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How is the guy in this article crying poor? He simply states that he didn't see value for money in the city and so didn't move there. Is everyone required to share your lifestyle preferences?

Retired people are still a household. If you're talking about a general average then everyone should be included. Even excluding people on benefits, the average is not going to be even half of 170k.

According to the last Census, the average household income in Australia is 65k

Some examples: http://www.trulia.com/NY/New_York/#/for_sale/New_York,NY/3p_beds/900000-1250000_price/map_v

170k household income is nowhere near the "average" - it's probably close to triple the average. In most cities in the world, even quite expensive ones, you wouldn't need to compromise to the degree of living in the middle of nowhere on that income.

I'm guessing he could borrow up to $1 million maybe?

I don't know anything about property prices in Perth but if he is a professor of sustainability, then it'd make sense that he wouldn't want to live in suburban sprawl and is probably against it on many levels. I certainly wouldn't want to live anywhere where I was forced to own a car and there...