Where are Australia's most well-loved dining precincts?
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August 19, 2024

Where are Australia's most well-loved dining precincts?

Learn where Australia's most well-loved dining precincts are utilising our unique 'attractions' data

One of the best parts of creating Australia-wide lifestyle data monthly, is getting to look across the country and ask ‘Which neighbourhood has the best hospitality?’

Top amenities ranking in the Neighbourlytics platform

That question became so common that we decided to run the numbers and answer your questions: where are Australia’s most loved - open spaces, dining precincts, arts & culture hubs, community services. 

How do we define 'well-loved'?

As a lifestyle data tool for place makers, we have designed our analytics to help you see the neighbourhood through locals' eyes. As part of this, we have developed a metric called "relevance", which is looking to quantify place attachment.

Learn more about our 'relevance scoring, and how we define place attachment in the first post from this series here 

Read on to learn where the highest concentration of well-loved hospitality businesses are located across Australia.

Want to see more? Then take a look at the data report powering each location, and read right to the end to see the methodology.

Australia's Top 50 suburbs - the locations with the best offer of well-loved hospitality businesses

1
Melbourne
(Melbourne)
See Report
2
Sydney
(Sydney)
See Report
3
Adelaide
(Adelaide)
See Report
4
Brisbane City
(Brisbane)
See Report
5
Perth (WA)
(Perth)
See Report
6
Haymarket
(Sydney)
See Report
7
Surfers Paradise
(Gold Coast)
See Report
8
Hobart
(Hobart)
See Report
9
Fortitude Valley
(Brisbane)
See Report
10
Southport (Qld)
(Gold Coast)
See Report
11
Surry Hills
(Sydney)
See Report
12
Cairns City
(Cairns)
See Report
13
Richmond (Vic.)
(Yarra)
See Report
14
Docklands
(Melbourne)
See Report
15
Chatswood
(Willoughby)
See Report
16
Geelong
(Greater Geelong)
See Report
17
City
(Unincorporated ACT)
See Report
18
South Yarra
(Stonnington)
See Report
19
Wollongong
(Wollongong)
See Report
20
South Brisbane
(Brisbane)
See Report
21
Carlton (Vic.)
(Melbourne)
See Report
22
Fitzroy (Vic.)
(Yarra)
See Report
23
Newtown (NSW)
(Sydney)
See Report
24
Darlinghurst
(Sydney)
See Report
25
Footscray
(Maribyrnong)
See Report
26
Southbank
(Melbourne)
See Report
27
Maroochydore
(Sunshine Coast)
See Report
28
Preston (Vic.)
(Darebin)
See Report
29
Launceston
(Launceston)
See Report
30
Brunswick (Vic.)
(Moreland)
See Report
31
Mascot
(Bayside (NSW))
See Report
32
Penrith
(Penrith)
See Report
33
Port Macquarie
(Port Macquarie-Hastings)
See Report
34
Fremantle
(Fremantle)
See Report
35
Parramatta
(Parramatta)
See Report
36
Northbridge (WA)
(Perth)
See Report
37
Bendigo
(Greater Bendigo)
See Report
38
Marrickville
(Inner West)
See Report
39
North Sydney
(North Sydney)
See Report
40
St Kilda (Vic.)
(Port Phillip)
See Report
41
South Melbourne
(Port Phillip)
See Report
42
Campbelltown (NSW)
(Campbelltown (NSW))
See Report
43
Darwin City
(Darwin)
See Report
44
Broadbeach
(Gold Coast)
See Report
45
Coffs Harbour
(Coffs Harbour)
See Report
46
Shepparton
(Greater Shepparton)
See Report
47
Blacktown
(Blacktown)
See Report
48
Dubbo
(Dubbo)
See Report
49
Bankstown
(Canterbury-Bankstown)
See Report
50
Orange
(Orange)
See Report

Results by State

Queensland
1
Brisbane City
(Brisbane)
See Report
2
Surfers Paradise
(Gold Coast)
See Report
3
Fortitude Valley
(Brisbane)
See Report
4
Southport
(Gold Coast)
See Report
5
Cairns City
(Cairns)
See Report
6
South Brisbane
(Brisbane)
See Report
7
Maroochydore
(Sunshine Coast)
See Report
8
Broadbeach
(Gold Coast)
See Report
9
Toowoomba City
(Toowoomba)
See Report
10
Burleigh Heads
(Gold Coast)
See Report
11
Upper Mount Gravatt
(Brisbane)
See Report
12
Sunnybank
(Brisbane)
See Report
13
Robina
(Gold Coast)
See Report
14
Mooloolaba
(Sunshine Coast)
See Report
15
West End
(Brisbane)
See Report
New South Wales
1
Sydney
(Sydney)
See Report
2
Haymarket
(Sydney)
See Report
3
Surry Hills
(Sydney)
See Report
4
Chatswood
(Willoughby)
See Report
5
Wollongong
(Wollongong)
See Report
6
Newtown
(Sydney)
See Report
7
Darlinghurst
(Sydney)
See Report
8
Mascot
(Bayside (NSW))
See Report
9
Penrith
(Penrith)
See Report
10
Port Macquarie
(Port Macquarie-Hastings)
See Report
11
Parramatta
(Parramatta)
See Report
12
Marrickville
(Inner West)
See Report
13
North Sydney
(North Sydney)
See Report
14
Campbelltown
(Campbelltown (NSW))
See Report
15
Coffs Harbour
(Coffs Harbour)
See Report
South Australia
1
Adelaide
(Adelaide)
See Report
2
North Adelaide
(Adelaide)
See Report
3
Glenelg
(Holdfast Bay)
See Report
4
Mount Gambier
(Mount Gambier)
See Report
5
Norwood
(Norwood Payneham and St Peters)
See Report
6
Mount Barker
(Mount Barker)
See Report
7
Modbury
(Tea Tree Gully)
See Report
8
Port Adelaide
(Port Adelaide Enfield)
See Report
9
Prospect
(Prospect)
See Report
10
Morphett Vale
(Onkaparinga)
See Report
11
Mawson Lakes
(Salisbury)
See Report
12
Salisbury
(Salisbury)
See Report
13
West Lakes
(Charles Sturt)
See Report
14
Oaklands Park
(Marion)
See Report
15
Kilburn
(Port Adelaide Enfield)
See Report
Victoria
1
Melbourne
(Melbourne)
See Report
2
Richmond
(Yarra)
See Report
3
Docklands
(Melbourne)
See Report
4
Geelong
(Greater Geelong)
See Report
5
South Yarra
(Stonnington)
See Report
6
Carlton
(Melbourne)
See Report
7
Fitzroy
(Yarra)
See Report
8
Footscray
(Maribyrnong)
See Report
9
Southbank
(Melbourne)
See Report
10
Preston
(Darebin)
See Report
11
Brunswick
(Moreland)
See Report
12
Bendigo
(Greater Bendigo)
See Report
13
St Kilda
(Port Phillip)
See Report
14
South Melbourne
(Port Phillip)
See Report
15
Shepparton
(Greater Shepparton)
See Report
Western Australia
1
Perth
(Perth)
See Report
2
Fremantle
(Fremantle)
See Report
3
Northbridge
(Perth)
See Report
4
Morley
(Bayswater)
See Report
5
Joondalup
(Joondalup)
See Report
6
Subiaco
(Subiaco)
See Report
7
East Victoria Park
(Victoria Park)
See Report
8
Cannington
(Canning)
See Report
9
Mandurah
(Mandurah)
See Report
10
Bunbury
(Bunbury)
See Report
11
Rockingham
(Rockingham)
See Report
12
West Perth
(Perth)
See Report
13
Victoria Park
(Victoria Park)
See Report
14
East Perth
(Perth)
See Report
15
Canning Vale
(Canning)
See Report
Tasmania
1
Hobart
(Hobart)
See Report
2
Launceston
(Launceston)
See Report
3
Devonport
(Devonport)
See Report
4
North Hobart
(Hobart)
See Report
5
Moonah
(Glenorchy)
See Report
6
Sandy Bay
(Hobart)
See Report
7
Battery Point
(Hobart)
See Report
8
Burnie
(Burnie)
See Report
9
Glenorchy
(Glenorchy)
See Report
10
Kingston
(Kingborough)
See Report
ACT
1
City
(Unincorporated ACT)
See Report
2
Belconnen
(Unincorporated ACT)
See Report
3
Phillip
(Unincorporated ACT)
See Report
4
Greenway
(Unincorporated ACT)
See Report
5
Gungahlin
(Unincorporated ACT)
See Report
6
Braddon
(Unincorporated ACT)
See Report
7
Kingston
(Unincorporated ACT)
See Report
8
Dickson
(Unincorporated ACT)
See Report
9
Griffith
(Unincorporated ACT)
See Report
10
Wanniassa
(Unincorporated ACT)
See Report
Northern Territory
1
Darwin City
(Darwin)
See Report
2
Casuarina
(Darwin)
See Report

About our Methodology

  • Analysis undertaken using the “Attractions” data directly from the Neighbourlytics platform.
  • All analysis at a ‘whole of suburb’ level, and suburbs with a residential population less than 300 were excluded.
  • Suburbs were ranked by the count of hospitality businesses with a ‘relevance score’ of over 8. 
  • Neighbourlytics’ ‘relevance score’ is a place attachment index calculated by examining the digital footprint of a local amenity - essentially how much community-driven digital activity is generated when people like, rate, follow, mention, checkin, and review the place. 

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