Point Piper is a small, harbourside eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, east of the Sydney CBD, in the local government area known as the Municipality of Woollahra.
Location
The suburb of Point Piper sits on
Port Jackson, beside the suburbs of Rose Bay, Bellevue Hill and
Double Bay. The eleven streets in Point Piper are: Buckhurst Avenue, Longworth Avenue, New South Head Road, Saint Mervyn's Avenue,
Wolseley Road, Wolseley Crescent, Wingadal Place, Wentworth Place, Wentworth Street, Wunulla Road, and Wyuna Road.
[Gregory's Sydney Street Directory, Gregory's Publishing Company, 2007]
Heritage listings
Point Piper has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
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
Double Bay.
Beaches and reserves
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Duff Reserve, off Wolseley Road, deep water point, popular for weddings and picnics
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Lady Martin's Beach, Wunulla Road
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Seven Shillings Beach, off New South Head Road
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Redleaf Pool, off New South Head Road, on Seven Shillings Beach
Clubs
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The Scots College rowing shed, off Wolseley Road
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Royal Motor Yacht Club, 21 Wunulla Road
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Royal Prince Edward Yacht Club
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, Edgecliff and Rushcutters Bay, was named as the wealthiest area in Australia, according to information from the Australian Taxation Office 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
Wolseley Road. 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.
Elaine $130m (2024)
Fairwater $100m (2018) – Purchased by Mike and Annie Cannon-Brookes
Edgewater $95m (2020) – Purchased by John Li
Rockleigh $85m (2024)
Mainhead $68m (2023)
Altona $60m (2016) – Jiaer Huang
Akuna $60m (2023)
Routala $50m (2018) – David Fox
Deauville $45 (2017) – Purchased by Neville Crichton
Other notable properties
Wingadal – John Symond's mansion on Wingadal Place, is currently on the market with $200m+ hopes, easily making it Australia's most expensive, privately owned residential home.
Wolseley Rd – Three adjoining sites on Wolseley Road valued collectively at $99.5m have been purchased by Alexandra and Gabriel Jakob. A single dwelling is planned on the consolidated site, but the project was canceled following their divorce.
Kilmory, 6 Wentworth Street – Built in 1912 on the highest knoll in Point Piper for Sir Alexander MacCormick. Used as the Ave Maria Retreat (convent) Provincial House of the Roman Catholic Order of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in 1954–1995. Sold by Rodney Adler for $13 million in c. 2002, then divided into 11 homes.
Notable residents
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Jimmy Bancks (1889–1952), the creator of Ginger Meggs, lived at Deloraine until 1 July 1952, when he died from a heart attack the age of 63.
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Edgar Bainton (1880–1956), British-born composer and conductor.
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Sir Daniel Cooper, 1st Baronet, colonial merchant and politician, started construction of Woollahra House
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Chris Corrigan, Qube Holdings chairman
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Neville Crichton, car dealer
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John George Nathaniel Gibbes, a resident of Point Piper House
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Bruce Jackson (1949–2011), audio engineer, who lived in the mansion Altona in his youth
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Sir Frank Lowy , former Westfield Group founder and chairman
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Sir Charles Mackellar (1844–1926), an Australian politician and surgeon
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Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968), Australian poet best known for My Country, born at Dunara, in Point Piper
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Lady Martin, Isabella Martin, estranged wife of Sir James Martin, Premier of New South Wales lived in Woollahra House
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William McMahon, Prime Minister of Australia and wife Sonia McMahon
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Lachlan Murdoch, businessman and wife Sarah Murdoch
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John Piper (1773–1851), a colonial military officer who received the first land grant in the area
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Frank Renouf, New Zealand financier (deceased) and wife Susan Renouf
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Rene Rivkin, stockbroker (deceased)
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John Symond, founder of Aussie Home Loans
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Doctor Frank Tidswell and his wife Edith, lived at Deloraine, next to Duff Reserve
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Malcolm Turnbull, former Prime Minister and wife Lucy Turnbull, businesswoman and former Lord Mayor of Sydney
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Mike Cannon-Brookes, billionaire co-founder of Atlassian
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