Mosman heads top 100 list, with Kew, Paddington and Castl...

Mosman heads top 100 list, with Kew, Paddington and Castle Hill climbing the ranks and Hope Island and Vaucluse tumbling

Jonathan ChancellorFeb 13, 2012

Mosman retains its status as the nation’s mega-suburb for sales, despite the merchant banking industry yet to return to its boom-time buying habits.

Some 622 sales in Mosman on Sydney’s lower north shore last year grossed
$951 million, easily beating off Melbourne’s Brighton, where 421 vendors grossed $639 million, according to RP Data.

Toorak in Melbourne was in third spot, with $520 million in sales from 287
sales.

The RP Data list (below) outlines the top 100 suburbs across the country
based on the gross value of combined house and unit sales.

In Mosman, which includes the very pricey Balmoral precinct, houses had a $2.49 million median, Brighton at $1.76 million, and Toorak’s house median was $2.83 million.

Point Piper’s $6.7 million median topped the list, followed by Bellevue Hill
and Vaucluse, both at $3.4 million.

Point Piper also topped the list for apartments, with a $1.56 million median.

Tim Lawless from RP Data notes more than half of the suburbs on the 2011
list show a median house value higher than $1 million.

Over the past five years suburbs such as Kew (Melbourne), Castle Hill
(Sydney) and Paddington (Sydney) have moved into the top 10. Paddington
has shifted the most; five years ago the suburb was ranked 27th based on the gross value of sales.

At 10th spot, Surfers Paradise remains in the top 10 but has slipped from the number two position five years ago.

The other two Gold Coast suburbs have also slipped down the rankings due to falls in both value and volumes, including Hope Island, which slipped to 70th place having been ranked ninth nationally five years ago. Southport is now ranked 86th after previously being the seventh highest grossing suburb five years ago. Buderim on the Sunshine Coast has slipped from 20th place five years ago to 92^nd place.

Outside of the capital cities and Gold Coast, Port Macquarie recorded the
highest gross value of sales last year to be ranked 21st (which was no change over last year and five years ago).

Port Macquarie had the highest number of sales on the list totalling 967 sales. Point Piper’s 33 sales were the fewest.

The suburb of Orange has shown a surge upwards in the rankings, moving
from 137th nationally five years ago to 54th last year.

Suburb		Sales 2011	Total value of sales, 2011	Rank 2011	Rank 2010	Rank 2006
Suburb		Sales 2011	Total value of sales, 2011	Rank 2011	Rank 2010	Rank 2006
MOSMAN	NSW	622	$951,640,862	1	1	1
BRIGHTON	VIC	421	$639,106,071	2	2	4
TOORAK	VIC	287	$520,571,300	3	4	5
KEW	VIC	389	$493,509,303	4	6	11
RANDWICK	NSW	546	$483,757,789	5	11	10
SURFERS PARADISE	QLD	882	$482,682,483	6	7	2
CASTLE HILL	NSW	680	$480,807,440	7	9	15
SOUTH YARRA	VIC	548	$462,951,941	8	5	6
MELBOURNE	VIC	950	$441,750,321	9	3	3
PADDING- TON	NSW	343	$427,493,149	10	17	27
MAROUBRA	NSW	507	$418,701,388	11	16	30
RICHMOND	VIC	542	$410,991,747	12	10	35
MANLY	NSW	394	$406,070,618	13	15	19
BERWICK	VIC	844	$391,803,042	14	19	47
BELLEVUE HILL	NSW	213	$387,317,625	15	14	22
HAWTHORN	VIC	464	$385,199,960	16	13	23
CHATS- WOOD	NSW	450	$382,370,170	17	33	18
GLEN WAVERLEY	VIC	547	$379,378,732	18	18	43
CAMBERWELL	VIC	318	$376,993,696	19	27	51
SYDNEY	NSW	508	$373,026,417	20	26	13
PORT MACQUARIE	NSW	967	$372,762,696	21	21	21
GLEN IRIS	VIC	406	$372,224,788	22	12	33
CRONULLA	NSW	536	$368,367,938	23	28	36
DEE WHY	NSW	666	$368,332,170	24	25	38
VAUCLUSE	NSW	149	$357,022,653	25	8	12
DARLING- HURST	NSW	420	$353,135,804	26	47	170
STRATH- FIELD	NSW	353	$343,971,438	27	29	61
POINT COOK	VIC	727	$343,205,145	28	20	120
PYRMONT	NSW	365	$340,002,167	29	48	24
MOUNT WAVERLEY	VIC	461	$336,418,802	30	34	58
SOUTH- BANK	VIC	481	$333,932,390	31	24	25
CARINGBAH	NSW	492	$324,294,908	32	41	75
MALVERN EAST	VIC	320	$321,562,402	33	36	70
BAULKHAM HILLS	NSW	550	$319,684,374	34	43	53
PORT MELBOURNE	VIC	389	$319,659,222	35	23	14
ST IVES	NSW	340	$310,297,330	36	39	49
MORNING- TON	VIC	553	$309,652,377	37	30	52
ELWOOD	VIC	401	$303,104,632	38	31	45
COOGEE	NSW	321	$301,497,572	39	65	56
RESERVOIR	VIC	643	$299,784,279	40	35	91
ROSE BAY	NSW	194	$298,831,901	41	46	42
ST KILDA	VIC	508	$294,835,570	42	22	41
CREMORNE	NSW	335	$294,702,669	43	52	54
WAHROONGA	NSW	283	$292,603,780	44	53	64
HURSTVILLE	NSW	487	$292,442,257	45	54	82
PAKENHAM	VIC	840	$291,398,080	46	49	180
BENTLEIGH EAST	VIC	427	$289,322,108	47	51	114
BALWYN NORTH	VIC	253	$288,322,907	48	37	109
FRANKSTON	VIC	805	$285,414,891	49	32	48
BLACKTOWN	NSW	815	$284,219,786	50	57	116
MARRICK- VILLE	NSW	449	$281,762,744	51	98	125
SURRY HILLS	NSW	401	$281,062,951	52	64	96
NEUTRAL BAY	NSW	334	$279,484,930	53	42	66
ORANGE	NSW	921	$269,843,040	54	144	137
RYDE	NSW	416	$269,492,198	55	81	185
MOUNT MARTHA	VIC	425	$269,012,056	56	45	78
PENNINGTON	SA	50	$266,461,780	57	2382	2788
BURWOOD	NSW	345	$265,028,737	58	288	498
BRUNSWICK	VIC	430	$262,999,318	59	78	131
PARRAMATTA	NSW	633	$261,315,863	60	67	233
SCAR- BOROUGH	WA	442	$257,929,731	61	58	32
MOUNT ELIZA	VIC	321	$257,470,199	62	55	72
KILLARA	NSW	250	$257,272,896	63	74	163
NORTHCOTE	VIC	345	$255,920,940	64	77	143
SOUTH PERTH	WA	256	$252,477,591	65	80	26
COTTESLOE	WA	146	$248,184,500	66	93	103
BRIGHTON EAST	VIC	244	$247,841,545	67	75	57
WOOLLAHRA	NSW	154	$247,656,394	68	69	50
BALMAIN	NSW	240	$244,962,200	69	70	97
HOPE ISLAND	QLD	382	$242,008,797	70	62	9
BALWYN	VIC	207	$241,964,594	71	40	95
LEICH- HARDT	NSW	301	$241,296,205	72	86	118
BRISBANE CITY	QLD	443	$240,914,600	73	71	8
MALVERN	VIC	178	$238,185,765	74	61	81
POINT PIPER	NSW	33	$236,944,250	75	700	322
NORTH BONDI	NSW	167	$235,479,208	76	87	135
KELLYVILLE	NSW	352	$235,403,150	77	140	124
TURRA- MURRA	NSW	221	$234,447,616	78	90	175
HORNSBY	NSW	468	$234,119,334	79	132	151
COBURG	VIC	426	$233,408,050	80	83	165
HAWTHORN EAST	VIC	248	$232,742,600	81	68	90
EAST PERTH	WA	404	$232,734,000	82	100	44
AVALON	NSW	209	$232,549,490	83	50	37
ASHFIELD	NSW	396	$232,057,274	84	161	289
HUNTERS HILL	NSW	154	$230,542,501	85	106	168
SOUTH- PORT	QLD	624	$230,374,319	86	38	7
PYMBLE	NSW	214	$230,317,988	87	72	169
SUNBURY	VIC	621	$230,241,729	88	123	150
AUBURN	NSW	580	$228,661,597	89	103	196
NEWTOWN	NSW	318	$228,115,657	90	141	177
COMO	WA	370	$227,671,233	91	108	76
BUDERIM	QLD	451	$227,646,155	92	44	20
PERTH	WA	410	$227,329,692	93	175	31
ESSENDON	VIC	298	$227,249,331	94	66	111
EPPING	NSW	283	$226,999,044	95	82	176
ROSE- VILLE	NSW	158	$225,246,538	96	91	178
QUAKERS HILL	NSW	523	$225,093,422	97	242	164
CARLING- FORD	NSW	341	$224,440,451	98	131	194
CANTER- BURY	VIC	127	$223,405,684	99	95	160
BONDI BEACH	NSW	264	$221,225,800	100	107	106

Source: RP Data

Jonathan Chancellor

Jonathan Chancellor is one of Australia's most respected property journalists, having been at the top of the game since the early 1980s. Jonathan co-founded the property industry website Property Observer and has written for national and international publications.

Mosman heads top 100 list, with Kew, Paddington and Castle Hill climbing the ranks and Hope Island and Vaucluse tumbling

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