Australia's most shared suburbs

The tiny Sydney postcode of Chippendale – Darlington is officially the epicentre of ‘flatsharing’ in Australia, according to a recent analysis by Flatmates.com.au.

Just over one in five private dwellings in the postcode (22% to be exact), were listed on the share-site over the past year—earning it the title.

Not far behind were the postcodes of Melbourne CBD and Brisbane CBD - Springhill with 19% of dwellings shared each .

Melbourne saw two more postcodes in the top-ten with West Melbourne (3003) and Southbank (3006), while Brisbane’s St Lucia (4067) also featured.

Unsurprisingly, Sydney’s steep rental prices meant its postcodes were most represented with Ultimo (2007), Pyrmont (2009), Bondi–Tamarama (2026) and the Sydney CBD (2000) all appearing in the top ten.

Rank	Post Code	Suburb	Percentage of dwellings shared
1	2008	Chippendale – Darlington	22%
2	3000	Melbourne CBD	19%
2	4000	Brisbane CBD – Springhill	19%
4	2007	Ultimo	18%
5	2009	Pyrmont	17%
5	4067	St Lucia–St Lucia South	17%
7	2026	Bondi – Tamarama	14%
7	3003	West Melbourne	14%
9	3006	Southbank	13%
10	2000	Sydney CBD	12%

26 postcodes across Australia had at least one in 10 dwellings that were being shared while a further 70 postcodes had between five and 10% of dwellings.

Flatmates.com.au chief executive officer, Thomas Clement, said even he was a little surprised with the final results.

“When we think of share suburbs in say, Sydney, we think of Surry Hills, Darlinghurst, and Newtown, not Chippendale or Darlington.”

“On reflection, however, it does make sense for a suburb like Chippendale to top the list given that it’s centrally located to the city and universities, well connected by public transport and has become increasingly cosmopolitan. It shares this commonality with many of the suburbs that ranked highly.”

Flatmates.com.au achieved the results through analysis of share home listings created in the past 12 months and private dwelling data from the Bureau of Statistics.

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New South Wales Top Ten

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Rank	Post Code	Suburb	Percentage of dwellings shared
1	2008	Chippendale – Darlington	22%
2	2007	Ultimo	18%
3	2009	Pyrmont	17%
4	2026	Bondi – Tamarama	14%
5	2000	Sydney CBD	12%
6	2042	Newtown – Enmore	10%
7	2022	Bondi Junction	10%
8	2034	Coogee – South Coogee	10%
9	2010	Surry Hills – Darlinghurst	9%
10	2037	Glebe – Forrest Lodge	9%

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Victoria Top Ten

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Rank	Post Code	Suburb	Percentage of dwellings shared
1	3000	Melbourne CBD	19%
2	3003	West Melbourne	14%
3	3006	Southbank	13%
4	3052	Parkville	12%
5	3067	Abbotsford	12%
6	3053	Carlton – Carlton South	10%
7	3051	North Melbourne	9%
8	3168	Clayton	8%
9	3057	Brunswick East	8%
10	3008	Docklands	8%

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Queensland Top Ten

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Rank	Post Code	Suburb	Percentage of dwellings shared
1	4000	Brisbane CBD - Spring Hill	19%
2	4067	St Lucia – St Lucia South	17%
3	4169	East Brisbane – Kangaroo Point	12%
4	4064	Milton – Paddington	12%
5	4101	South Brisbane – West End	11%
6	4059	Kelvin Grove – Red Hill	11%
7	4102	Dutton Park – Woolloongabba	11%
8	4005	New Farm – Teneriffe	11%
9	4006	Fortitude Valley – Newstead – Bowen Hills	10%
10	4066	Toowong – Auchenflower	9%