Australia's most shared suburbs

The small inner city Sydney postcode of Chippendale – Darlington has been revealed as Australia’s most shared, according to recent analysis by Flatmates.com.au.

The data revealed that 22% or just over one in five private dwellings in the postcode (2008) were listed on the flat sharing website in the past year.

In equal second came the postcodes of Melbourne CBD (3000) and Brisbane CBD – Springhill (4000), with 19% of dwellings shared.

Melbourne’s postcodes West Melbourne (3003) and Southbank (3006) also made the list in eight and ninth place, respectively.

Unsurprisingly, Sydney’s steep rental prices pushed four additional postcodes Ultimo (2007), Pyrmont (2009), Bondi – Tamarama (2026) and the Sydney CBD (2000), into the top 10.

Chief executive officer of Flatmates.com.au, Thomas Clement, said his view of traditional share accommodation suburbs had been somewhat challenged by the results.

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

“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.”

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

However, Clement suggests the percentage of shared homes could be even higher.

“At the last census, for example, Brisbane – Springhill registered 899 group homes, our data alone shows this number has grown by 41%.”

“Given listings on our site account for around 62% of the share accommodation market the results might not include homes listed elsewhere or set up by friends, which means the numbers would be even higher.”

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.

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%

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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%

• Full list of postcodes available by request.