Point Piper is a small, harbourside eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of

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, Australia, east of the

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, in the local government area known as the

Municipality of Woollahra Woollahra Municipal Council (or Woollahra Council) is a local government area in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Woollahra is bounded by Sydney Harbour in the north, Waverley Council in the east, Rand ...

. Point Piper has been historically regarded as Australia's most expensive suburb. In 2011,

Wolseley Road Wolseley Road is a road in the Sydney suburb of Point Piper. It is one kilometre long. It starts at New South Head Road and curves around the west side of Point Piper, terminating in a dead end above Lady Martins Beach. Description As at 200 ...

was ranked as the ninth-most expensive street in the world, at $38,900 per square metre.

Location

The suburb of Point Piper sits on Sydney Harbour, beside the suburbs of Rose Bay, Bellevue Hill and

Double Bay Double Bay is a harbourside eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 4 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district. It is the administrative centre of the local government area of the Municipalit ...

. The streets in Point Piper are: Buckhurst Avenue, Longworth Avenue,

New South Head Road New South Head Road, is a major road in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, linking the inner-eastern suburb of Rushcutters Bay to the southern reaches of the South Head peninsula. Route New South Head Road runs north-east from Rushcutters Bay t ...

, Redvers Street, Saint Mervyn's Avenue,

, Wolseley Crescent, Wingadal Place, Wentworth Place, Wentworth Street, Wunulla Road, and Wyuna Road. Point Piper House

Heritage listings

Point Piper has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * 10 Dunara Gardens: ''

Dunara ''Dunara'' is a heritage-listed residence located at Point Piper, in the Municipality of Woollahra local government area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1882 to 1883. It is also known as Dorothea Mackellar birthplac ...

Commercial area

Point Piper does not have a commercial area, and has few amenities or public facilities. The closest commercial areas are in nearby suburbs such as Rose Bay and

Beaches and reserves

*Duff Reserve, off

, deep water point, popular for weddings and picnics *Lady Martin's Beach, Wunulla Road *Seven Shillings Beach, off

*Redleaf Pool, off New South Head Road, on Seven Shillings Beach

Clubs

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rowing shed, off

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, 21 Wunulla Road *

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Population

At the 2011 census, 1,404 people were living in Point Piper. In the 2016 census, the population had risen to 1,424 people. 56.1% of people were born in Australia and 71.3% of people only spoke English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 28.3%, Catholic 20.0%, Judaism 13.6% and Anglican 13.3%. At the 2021 census, there were 1,334 people in Point Piper. Point Piper, in combination with

Darling Point Darling Point is a harbourside eastern suburb of Sydney, Australia. It is 4 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of Woollahra Council. Darling Point is bounded by Sydney Harbour ...

, Edgecliff and

Rushcutters Bay Rushcutters Bay is a harbourside eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 3 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Sydney. The suburb of Rushcutter ...

, was named as the wealthiest area in Australia, according to information from the

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in 2013.

Housing

Point Piper is home to some of the most expensive and exclusive homes in Australia, holding the record for the three most expensive house sales nationwide ($130m, $100m, $95m). There are only eleven streets in Point Piper; the main road is

. The price per square metre of real estate in Point Piper is one of the most expensive in the world. Notable sales Uig Lodge $130m (2022) - Purchased by Scott Farquhar and Kim Jackson. Fairwater $100m (2018) - Purchased by Mike and Annie Cannon-Brookes Edgewater $95m (2020) - Purchased by John Li Elaine $71m (2017) - Purchased by Scott Farquhar and Kim Jackson. Altona $60 (2016) - Jiaer Huang Routala $50m (2018) - David Fox Akuna $45m (2022) - Purchased by Scott Barlow Deauville $45 (2017) - Purchased by Neville Crichton Other notable properties Wingadal -

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's mansion on Wingadal Place, reportedly cost over A$70 million to build (excluding land), easily making it Australia's most expensive, privately owned residential home. Wolseley Rd - Three adjoining sites on Wolseley Rd valued collectively at $99.5m have been purchased by Alexandra and Gabriel Jakob. A single dwelling is planned on the consolidated site. As at 2010, Wolseley Road was the world's ninth-most expensive residential street at up to $38,000 per square metre.

Notable residents

Jimmy Bancks James Charles Bancks (10 May 1889 – 1 July 1952) was an Australian cartoonist best known for his comic strip ''Ginger Meggs''. Biography James Charles Bancks was born in Enmore, New South Wales, Australia on 10 May 1889, the son of an Irish ...

(1889–1952), the creator of

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, lived at ''Deloraine'' until 1 July 1952, when he died from a heart attack the age of 63. *

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(1880–1956), British-born composer and conductor. *

Sir Daniel Cooper, 1st Baronet Sir Daniel Cooper, 1st Baronet (1 July 1821 – 5 June 1902) was a nineteenth-century politician, merchant and philanthropist in the Colony of New South Wales. He served as the first speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the colony and was a ...

, colonial merchant and politician, started construction of Woollahra House * Chris Corrigan,

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chairman * Neville Crichton, car dealer *

John George Nathaniel Gibbes Colonel John George Nathaniel Gibbes (30 March 17875 December 1873) was a British army officer who emigrated to Australia in 1834 on his appointment as Collector of Customs for the Colony of New South Wales, an appointment which gave him a se ...

, a resident of Point Piper House * Bruce Jackson (deceased), audio engineer, who lived in the mansion ''Altona'' in his youth *Sir

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, former

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founder and chairman *Sir

Charles Mackellar Sir Charles Kinnaird Mackellar (5 December 184414 July 1926) was an Australian politician and surgeon. He served in the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1885 to 1925, with the exception of a period of 50 days in 1903 when he filled a c ...

(1844–1926), an Australian politician and surgeon *

Dorothea Mackellar Isobel Marion Dorothea Mackellar, (1 July 1885 – 14 January 1968) was an Australian poet and fiction writer. Her poem '' My Country'' is widely known in Australia, especially its second stanza, which begins: "''I love a sunburnt countr ...

(1885–1968), Australian poet best known for ''

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'', born at ''

'', in Point Piper *Lady Martin, Isabella Martin, estranged wife of Sir James Martin,

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lived in Woollahra House *

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, Prime Minister of Australia and wife Lady McMahon *

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, businessman and wife

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* John Piper (1773–1851), a colonial military officer who received the first land grant in the area * Sir Frank Renouf, New Zealand financier (deceased) and wife

Susan Renouf Susan, Lady Renouf (''née'' Rossiter; 15 July 1942 – 15 July 2016) was an Australian socialite. Her title was acquired through her third marriage to New Zealand businessman Sir Frank Renouf. Early life Renouf was born Susan Rossiter in Mel ...

Rene Rivkin Rene Walter Rivkin (6 June 1944 – 1 May 2005) was a Chinese-born Australian entrepreneur, investor, investment adviser, and stockbroker. He was convicted of insider trading in 2003 and sentenced to nine months of periodic detention. Early li ...

, stockbroker (deceased) *

, founder of

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*Doctor

Frank Tidswell Francis (Frank) Tidswell (1867 – 26 February 1941) was an Australian physician who served as the Director of the Government Bureau of Microbiology, New South Wales from 1908 until 1913. In this role he has been noted as "a pathologist of dist ...

and his wife Edith, lived at ''Deloraine'', next to Duff Reserve *

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, former

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and wife

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, businesswoman and former

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, billionaire co-founder of

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References

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