Henley sits on the northern side of the Parramatta River. Henley is the smallest suburb in Australia, at 0.3 km2.
Wareemba is, in fact, the smallest suburb in Sydney by land area at just 0.3 square kilometres! It's wedged in between Five Dock in the north and Abbotsford in the south and sits on the eastern shore of Hen and Chicken Bay.
Mosman (Sydney's largest suburb) is arguably it's most prestigious suburb outside of the Eastern Suburbs. Family friendly, it offers a myriad of outdoor parks, beaches and spots of natural beauty overlooking Sydney Harbour. Excellent public and private schools are within the suburb and surrounds.
Point Piper's Wolseley Road has long been considered Sydney's most expensive street and with 308 units, 1 townhouse, 67 houses, and 28 other dwellings, according to Domain data, it's easy to see why such tight supply, why the street fetches such high prices.
Most of Sydney's wealthy merchants, however, located their principal residences in what is arguably the city's oldest suburb, The Rocks.
Most affordable suburbs in 2022
Kambalda East in Western Australia was named the most affordable suburb for houses, with a median value of $118,525. For units, the most affordable suburb was Laguna Quays in Queensland, with a median value of just $72,076.
Hunters Hill, pioneered from 1847 as a suburb of detached houses in gardens, remains the oldest surviving example.
Canberra is the happiest capital of Australia, according to research.
New data has revealed where Australia's richest people live - and what they do for a crust. The Australian Taxation Office has released data compiled by tax returns from 2019-2020, filed by more than 14 million Australians. And it turns out Perth has the wealthiest neighbourhoods in the country.
The worst performing states are Tasmania, with incomes 26% below the national income and wealth average, as well as South Australia which is 19% below the average household income and 20% below the national net wealth.
Vaucluse – $8.4m
Vaucluse is known for being an incredibly affluent area with peninsular and harbour views unlike any other. You'll find lavish beaches everywhere in this coastal haven. A median-priced house in Vaucluse will cost you a whopping $8.4 million and $2,800 in rent.
The smallest town in Australia is the quirky Cooladdi (Aboriginal meaning “Black Duck”), which is placed between Quilpie and Charleville in southwest Queensland. Coolidge is actually a ghost town and, even though it once had a population of 270, now it's home to only four people.
Sydney's slum districts, commencing in Woolloomooloo Bay spread through Surry Hills, Paddington, Redfern, Newtown, Pyrmont, Balmain, Alexandria, Waterloo and Botany.
Beachside suburbs like Coogee and Bondi come out on top for liveability. Close enough to the city centre while existing in their own bubble, these coastal hotspots offer exquisite views and a space to breathe away from the commotion. For trendy inner-city living, try Paddington and Potts Point.
Until the early 19th century, Australia was best known as New Holland, a name first applied by the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in 1644 (as Nieuw-Holland ) and subsequently anglicised.
Ludmilla, which took out the top spot, is an inner-northern suburb just west of Fannie Bay (which also rated highly on searches).
The NSW town of Gurley (postcode 2398) had Australia's lowest average taxable income or loss of -$23,484. It was closely followed by the NSW postcodes 2386 (Burren Junction, Drildool, Nowley) with an average taxable income or loss of -$17,794, and the postcode 2405 (Boomi, Garah) with -$14,763.
Australia's Cheapest Farm Land For Sale Revealed. The north-west NSW town of Bourke is the cheapest place to buy farmland for sale in Australia, according to the 2022 Rural Bank Farmland Values Report.
Nicknames of the city include the 'Emerald City' and the 'Harbour City'.
Early settlement
Phillip's first impressions of Port Jackson, which had been named but not explored by Cook, are recorded in a famous dispatch to Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, then the British home secretary, dated May 15, 1788.
Bradfield is located at the northern end of Bringelly - and alongside Sydney's new international airport. The suburb will become Sydney's third city centre - along with Sydney and Parramatta.