Where is our most royal suburb?

Nerida Conisbee, Ray White Group chief economist

In case your news feed isn’t populated enough with royal commentary, this week we take a look at our most royal suburbs. Rather than looking at the Australian suburb that the queen visited the most we have instead looked at those that have the most street names referencing the royal family. Topping the list is the town of Warragul in eastern Victoria. It has more “royal” street names than any other suburb in Australia.

Queen Elizabeth did in fact see a lot of Australia during her reign. Canberra was the most visited

capital city, not surprisingly given that it is our capital. The most extensive tour however was in 1954 when she visited 57 towns across the country over 58 days. It is perhaps then that more streets were named after her with many of these towns having the largest number of royal street names.

While regional areas feature heavily on the list (accounting for 14 of the total 29 suburbs), Sydney and Melbourne suburbs dominate. This perhaps reflects the age of these cities. In comparison, Canberra, our newest city and most visited by the queen, has barely any royal streets. The Sydney suburbs that top the list tend to be some of the most expensive (Mosman, Hunters Hill and Paddington) while Melbourne suburbs are cheaper (Dandenong and Hallam).

So what does this mean for the future monarchy? Paradise Point on the Gold Coast is an early adopter and is the only suburb in Australia that has a King Charles Street. This compares to 29 Queen Elizabeth streets around Australia. It may be time for the new king to revisit Queen Elizabeth’s 1954 tour.