Our attitudes towards housing are changing, according to an Australian National University (ANU) poll.

More of us believe owning a home is beyond our grasp, and one in five struggle to keep up with housing payments.

The ANU polled more than 2,500 Australians. Have a look at the key trends.

Australian dream

Owning your own home — does it still mean as much to us as it used to?

The poll shows three-quarters of Australians think owning a home is part of "the Australian way of life".

Only 7 per cent think owning a property is not all that important. It's clear the issue is going nowhere.

Level of concern

We know Australians are struggling to enter the real estate market.

The Coalition has said it will try to address this in Tuesday's budget and the ANU polling shows you why.

Close to 70 per cent of Australians are very concerned, or somewhat concerned, they will never own a property. Only 14 per cent have no concerns.

Negative gearing

The Federal Government has repeatedly ruled out changes to negative gearing, arguing it will increase the cost of rent and destabilise the property market.

But Labor wants to curb negative gearing on new homes. Just over half of Australians support removing negative gearing, according to the ANU poll.

Only 25 per cent oppose, or strongly oppose, removing it all together.

First home owner

The first-home owners grant may be popular with punters, but not so much with our politicians and economists.

The one-off payments help young Australians purchase a home, but are credited with increasing prices.

Coalition MPs say you may as well pay property developers directly and be done with it.

Do not expect to see this in the budget, however popular it may be.

Where is the market going?

Is there a housing bubble, and if so when will it pop? There has been a fair share of analysis devoted to this in recent years.

But the ANU polling shows a clear view among the public.

About 84 per cent of people think prices will increase over the next five years, while 10 per cent think they will stay about the same.

What would you do to help?

Politicians are searching for answers on housing affordability. It appears many of us would be willing to lend a hand too.

The ANU polling shows 45 per cent of Australians would be willing to stop their home value increasing to improve housing affordability.

More than 30 per cent of respondents were unwilling.