Point Piper

Point Piper
Suburb
Point Piper
Point Piper Location in greater metropolitan Sydney
Interactive map of Point Piper
Coordinates: 33°52′14″S 151°15′3″E / 33.87056°S 151.25083°E / -33.87056; 151.25083
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
City	Sydney
LGA	Municipality of Woollahra
Location	6 km (3.7 mi) east of Sydney CBD
Government
• State electorate	Vaucluse
• Federal division	Wentworth
Area
• Total	0.39 km2 (0.15 sq mi)
Elevation	23 m (75 ft)
Population
• Total	1,334 (SAL 2021)2
Postcode	2027
Suburbs around Point Piper Port Jackson Darling Point Point Piper Rose Bay Double Bay Bellevue Hill Bellevue Hill

Point Piper is a small, harbourside eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, 6 kilometres (4 mi) east of the Sydney CBD, in the local government area known as the Municipality of Woollahra.

The suburb of Point Piper sits on Sydney Harbour, 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.³

Point Piper has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• 10 Dunara Gardens: Dunara⁴

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.

• Duff Reserve, off Wolseley Road, deep water point, popular for weddings and picnics
• Lady Martin's Beach, Wunulla Road
• Seven Shillings Beach, off New South Head Road
• Redleaf Pool, off New South Head Road, on Seven Shillings Beach

• The Scots College rowing shed, off Wolseley Road
• Royal Motor Yacht Club, 21 Wunulla Road
• Royal Prince Edward Yacht Club

At the 2011 census, 1,404 people were living in Point Piper.⁵ 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%.⁶

At the 2021 census, there were 1,334 people in Point Piper.⁷

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 2013.⁸

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.⁹

• 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.
• Edgar Bainton (1880–1956), British-born composer and conductor.
• Sir Daniel Cooper, 1st Baronet, colonial merchant and politician, started construction of Woollahra House
• Chris Corrigan, Qube Holdings chairman
• Neville Crichton, car dealer¹⁰
• John George Nathaniel Gibbes, a resident of Point Piper House
• Bruce Jackson (1949–2011), audio engineer, who lived in the mansion Altona in his youth
• Sir Frank Lowy AC, former Westfield Group founder and chairman
• Sir Charles Mackellar KCMG (1844–1926), an Australian politician and surgeon¹¹
• Dorothea Mackellar OBE (1885–1968), Australian poet best known for My Country, born at Dunara, in Point Piper¹²
• Lady Martin, Isabella Martin, estranged wife of Sir James Martin, Premier of New South Wales lived in Woollahra House
• Sir William McMahon, Prime Minister of Australia and wife Lady McMahon
• Lachlan Murdoch, businessman and wife Sarah¹³
• 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
• Rene Rivkin, stockbroker (deceased)¹⁴
• John Symond, founder of Aussie Home Loans¹⁵
• Doctor Frank Tidswell and his wife Edith, lived at Deloraine, next to Duff Reserve
• Malcolm Turnbull, former Prime Minister and wife Lucy, businesswoman and former Lord Mayor of Sydney
• Mike Cannon-Brookes, billionaire co-founder of Atlassian

View of Point Piper from Sydney Harbour