Almost half of young Australians would use their super to buy a home given the chance, according to a new survey Jack Derwin Australians are split down the middle on whether they would use their super to buy a home. (Ashley Cooper, Construction Photography, Avalon, Getty Images) A new survey of young Australians has shown opinion is almost perfectly divided down the middle on using super to get into the property market. Almost equal numbers of people said they would or wouldn't use their retirement savings to get onto the property ladder. Those who said they would had two different strategies for doing so, either using super as a deposit, or putting it in an offset account to make borrowing cheaper.