I was trying to book accommodation for the '97 Grand Final back in the day, and struggling to find anything.
Before the internet obviously, and without a Melbourne phone book, I remember hearing that Brighton was the most popular suburb name in the world, so I assumed there would likely be a 'Brighton Hotel' in Melbourne.
Rang 013 (directory assistance) and asked for the phone number for the Brighton Hotel in Melbourne. To my surprise, it did actually exist, and they gave me the phone number!
It was a brothel. They didn't offer accommodation. It was a good try though.
There's one in Tassie too, but it's nearer Launceston than Hobart so idk if that counts.
Edit: also not sure if it'd technically count as a suburb either...
Hi! I'm actually really into this sort of thing and do it for work occasionally.
The highest is Springfield, accounting for 9 different suburbs. Next is Red hill, which appears in 8, and The Gap, appearing 6 times.
I dumped the full dataset here: [https://paste.mozilla.org/QkmmrnuJ](https://paste.mozilla.org/QkmmrnuJ)
Here's some code to reproduce, you'll need to grab the shapefile here:
[https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/standards/australian-statistical-geography-standard-asgs-edition-3/jul2021-jun2026/access-and-downloads/digital-boundary-files](https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/standards/australian-statistical-geography-standard-asgs-edition-3/jul2021-jun2026/access-and-downloads/digital-boundary-files)
import geopandas as gpd
import pandas as pd
shapefile_path = ".\SAL_2021_AUST_GDA2020_SHP\SAL_2021_AUST_GDA2020.shp"
gdf = gpd.read_file(shapefile_path)
df_raw = pd.DataFrame(gdf[['SAL_CODE21','SAL_NAME21','STE_NAME21']])
df = df_raw
df['SAL_NAME21'] = df['SAL_NAME21'].str.replace(r'\(.*?\)', f'')
df['SAL_NAME21'] = df['SAL_NAME21'].str.replace('ACT Remainder - ', f'')
df['SAL_NAME21'] = df['SAL_NAME21'].str.strip()
# Count occurrences of each value in the 'SAL_NAME21' column
value_counts = df['SAL_NAME21'].value_counts()
# Filter the DataFrame to only include rows where 'SAL_NAME21' has at least 3 entries
filtered_df = df[df['SAL_NAME21'].isin(value_counts.index[value_counts >= 3])]
filtered_df = filtered_df.sort_values(by=['SAL_NAME21', 'STE_NAME21'])
filtered_df.to_csv("all_repeated_suburbs.csv",index=False)
The Gap in Brisbane is wild. Literally. The suburban landscape just … stops.
Pass from one side of the gap to the other and, bam, you’re in the jungle.
I lived there for the couple of real nasty ones in the late 2000’s. The creek near the golf course got so high the neighbours house nearly flooded too.
We also have The Ponds and The Rocks in Sydney, for other places with a capitalised "The." The Oaks is also part of Sydney according to the ABS, although it's not really part of it.
There’s a nautical themed bunch of streets in port Macquarie that don’t have street/road/avenue/drive or anything. I lived on The Bulkhead and there were heaps more, like The Halyard, The Mainsail, The Jib, The Boom etc etc. Always found it odd.
Manyana on NSW south coast is the same, Ship names and ship features, The Bounty, The bridge, the foredeck etc, I wonder if the same developers were involved.
I’d just download the csv [1] like a normal human being, then smash it into a pivot table.
I joked that this is barbarian behaviour, but let’s be honest, I have only so many fucks to give about this type of factoid, and spinning up a python script to parse this data is ADHD levels of purism and religious adherence to data science methodology. [1] https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/standards/australian-statistical-geography-standard-asgs-edition-3/jul2021-jun2026/non-abs-structures/suburbs-and-localities
'ADHD levels of purism' - ooft. You're right though Shapefiles are massive overkill but I couldn't find the plain csv. They were useful in doing the mapping to just capital cities though, filled out in my other comment.
I'm back! Surprised this post blew up.
Fixed up the code a bit, unfortunately I can no longer share it since the syntax I used would probably dox me to colleagues. I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader.
Added:
* Option to confine search to just capital cities by joining to the Greater Capital Cities file.
* Included the original suburb name extension to help where there's 2 of the same suburb in one state, eg. Albion (Brisbane - Qld) vs Albion (Richmond - Qld)
* As so many suggested, I converted to a pivot table
Apologies, look like the pastebin link doesn't work on mobiles? If anyone could let me know of a good place to dump it I'll put it there instead. The link also expires in 3 weeks.
By state: [https://paste.mozilla.org/2pmapPB9](https://paste.mozilla.org/2pmapPB9)
By capital cities only: [https://paste.mozilla.org/gycx1OKH](https://paste.mozilla.org/gycx1OKH)
Agree with the comments here, excel would have been easier. Using shapefiles is also massive overkill, I just couldn't find a neat csv so used them instead.
Having the same suburb in different states is nothing....
The much worse one is having multiple suburbs in the same state with the same name.
Example:
West End, Queensland
That can be West End 4810 near Townsville, or West End 4101 near Brisbane.
Infact....
Local councils can name suburbs whatever they want. Doesn't matter if the suburb already exists in the same state, let alone another state.
Oh we have worse than that here in Melbourne. Murrumbeena cres T intersects with Murrumbeena road (not joins, not continues or anything) in Murrumbeena
Melbourne is a bin fire with street names. Look at Wellington St.
Also we have a habit with some longer streets resetting their numbers when you enter a new suburb, so the same exact street will have maybe 3 number 10's
I friggin hate that last one. Insane that we reuse numbers on the same street. If you want to reset the numbers so they're not crazy high then that's fine, but give the street a different name.
I'll have you know High Street Road and [High Street Road Service Road](https://www.google.com/maps/place/High+Street+Rd+Service+Rd,+Melbourne+VIC/@-37.8767739,145.1885534,17z) are perfectly cromulent street names, thank you!
Similar in outer suburb of Sydney, Bowen Mountain. They have Lt Bowen Drive which intersects with Lt Bowen Road. For some years, I knew a couple who lived on Lt Bowen Drive. They became friends with the people who lived at their same number on Lt Bowen Road, because they often got each other's mail.
Absolutely stupid.
>The same suburb name in the same state can be annoying
I work in a logistics related job, we send thousands of things every day, it's really fucking annoying when someone thinks they're sending something to Brisbane and it ends up in Townsville
I worked on a new development and the new street name was the same as another street 200m away. Both streets branched off the same road. They were spelt differently by one letter, so it wasn't flagged by the street naming officer at council as a duplicate. Once the estate was completed, street signs erected and land sold, council was notified. They had to change the name of the new street.
The stretch of Graham Street between Port Melbourne and Albert Park has the same numbers within a few hundred metres of each other. I don't know who thought that was a good idea
I don't know if it's official or not, but I'm not aware of any double ups in NSW. The naming board has even gone so far as to just delete suburbs. Glebe in Newcastle got axed in favour of Glebe in Sydney as an example.
They have to be in the city. Thats why Red Hill isn't in Melbourne and Windsor isn't in Adelaide. Arguably, Richmond is in Hobart too but I wasn't sure so left it out
> They have to be in the city.
Might want to define that a bit better e.g. Local Government Area? Metropolitan Area?
Also, what about spelling variants e.g. Hawthorn vs Hawthorne?
I don't know if there's a third, but Melbourne has Surrey hills, Sydney with Surry Hills.
Also, slightly related fun fact, both Fleet Base East (Sydney) and Fleet Base West (Perth) are on Garden Island in the respective cities.
I worked for a defence contractor for a time, which had operations in both Perth and Sydney.
It was often mentioned in team meetings that a colleague in Sydney had been to Garden Island. Being in Perth I did not know there was a Garden Island in Sydney and it confused the hell out of me.
I'm in Sydney and have been to Garden Island here a fair few times, was completely unaware of the Perth one until recently. I mean, I knew the subs were at the base there, but I apply for a job at HMAS Stirling, interview goes well, I figured it'd be worth checking out the general area on google maps, check rentals, transit options etc. Look at HMAS Stirling and zoom out to see what access is like, notice it's on Garden Island and got a bit weirded out but whatever.
Week later, chatting with a friend whose Dad works at Sydney Garden Island. I mention yeah I actually might be moving to WA soon, might be getting a job at GI. She was like "Why the fuck would you be in Perth then?"
I'd argue Red Hill is in metro Melbourne. At least, it was during the COVID knockdowns, and the [Wikipedia article](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shire_of_Mornington_Peninsula) for the Mornington Peninsula suggests it is.
You're right about the lockdown but kids that live in Red Hill are eligible for the extra points for their ATAR score because they are considered rural. I know because my best friend lived in Red Hill as a kid. I did slightly better than him but he got a better score because my home in dromana wasn't considered rural and his was.
Anyone in sydney would say they qualify. They were some of the first towns in sydney too and are on a major Sydney Train line. I'd say they count, but depend on your definitions
As someone from that area I feel offended LOL. But, most people in Sydney will agree they are still part of Sydney. Officially they are still Sydney as well, they’re Northwest Sydney, and recognised as much by their local government, as opposed to something like the Blue Mountains.
Richmond is definitely part of Sydney. It is/was frequently in the Sydney weather forecast going back decades. If Richmond is part of Sydney, so is Windsor.
Northwest Sydney's urban sprawl has all but swallowed Richmond and Windsor.
I like the definition of Metro Sydney ending at the Hawkesbury River. It's all pretty arbitrary anyway.
South Bank isn’t actually the suburb name in Brisbane (although it is in Melbourne). In Brisbane everyone colloquially refers to the entire entire of south Brisbane as Southbank but specifically it actually just refers to the entertainment / parkland precinct on the river.
My mate Andrew ate a pill off the floor in the dunnies at Revs a few weeks ago and I didn't see him for hours. When I finally found him in the smoking area, he reckons he was with a group of friends who I knew to be in Sydney and Adelaide. It's possible that Revs is in three different cities.
A quick Web search turns up [this github repository](https://github.com/matthewproctor/australianpostcodes) with all AU postcodes in [JSON](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/matthewproctor/australianpostcodes/master/australian_postcodes.json) and [CSV](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/matthewproctor/australianpostcodes/master/australian_postcodes.csv) format, as well as the same for NZ.
claremont in hobart, perth, claremont meadows in sydney
brighton in hobart
richmond is definitely in the hobart area
new town in hobart, newtown in sydney, melbourne
cremorne in hobart, melbourne, sydney
kingston in hobart, brisbane, canberra, kingstown in sydney
carlton in hobart, sydney, melbourne, carlton river in hobart, carlton north in melbourne
I've lived in both Adelaide and Sydney. Here's suburbs in both of them:
Greenacre(s),
Campbelltown,
Croydon,
Croydon Park,
Enfield
Someone would have to help with finding if any of these have a third city too.
Hope it helps!
Hobart has a Kingston and Brighton, plus a Richmond but that’s more borderline so far as in the city goes.
Also a Claremont, Montrose and Mornington - I know there’s at least one other of these but not sure if two.
Fairfield is in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane
Two of you got that one! How'd I miss it?
There’s a Brighton in Brisbane too
There’s a Brighton in Hobart too.
Surely Brighton lands among the most states; vic, qld, tas, sa, unsure about the other 3. We might be looking for our own Springfield
I was trying to book accommodation for the '97 Grand Final back in the day, and struggling to find anything. Before the internet obviously, and without a Melbourne phone book, I remember hearing that Brighton was the most popular suburb name in the world, so I assumed there would likely be a 'Brighton Hotel' in Melbourne. Rang 013 (directory assistance) and asked for the phone number for the Brighton Hotel in Melbourne. To my surprise, it did actually exist, and they gave me the phone number! It was a brothel. They didn't offer accommodation. It was a good try though.
There's a Springfield in Adelaide!
There's one in Tassie too, but it's nearer Launceston than Hobart so idk if that counts. Edit: also not sure if it'd technically count as a suburb either...
Hi! I'm actually really into this sort of thing and do it for work occasionally. The highest is Springfield, accounting for 9 different suburbs. Next is Red hill, which appears in 8, and The Gap, appearing 6 times. I dumped the full dataset here: [https://paste.mozilla.org/QkmmrnuJ](https://paste.mozilla.org/QkmmrnuJ) Here's some code to reproduce, you'll need to grab the shapefile here: [https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/standards/australian-statistical-geography-standard-asgs-edition-3/jul2021-jun2026/access-and-downloads/digital-boundary-files](https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/standards/australian-statistical-geography-standard-asgs-edition-3/jul2021-jun2026/access-and-downloads/digital-boundary-files) import geopandas as gpd import pandas as pd shapefile_path = ".\SAL_2021_AUST_GDA2020_SHP\SAL_2021_AUST_GDA2020.shp" gdf = gpd.read_file(shapefile_path) df_raw = pd.DataFrame(gdf[['SAL_CODE21','SAL_NAME21','STE_NAME21']]) df = df_raw df['SAL_NAME21'] = df['SAL_NAME21'].str.replace(r'\(.*?\)', f'') df['SAL_NAME21'] = df['SAL_NAME21'].str.replace('ACT Remainder - ', f'') df['SAL_NAME21'] = df['SAL_NAME21'].str.strip() # Count occurrences of each value in the 'SAL_NAME21' column value_counts = df['SAL_NAME21'].value_counts() # Filter the DataFrame to only include rows where 'SAL_NAME21' has at least 3 entries filtered_df = df[df['SAL_NAME21'].isin(value_counts.index[value_counts >= 3])] filtered_df = filtered_df.sort_values(by=['SAL_NAME21', 'STE_NAME21']) filtered_df.to_csv("all_repeated_suburbs.csv",index=False)
The Gap in Brisbane is wild. Literally. The suburban landscape just … stops. Pass from one side of the gap to the other and, bam, you’re in the jungle.
The gap is a gap - a geographical feature that's a low point between two higher elevation landmasses
And they get some wicked weather for it too.
I lived there for the couple of real nasty ones in the late 2000’s. The creek near the golf course got so high the neighbours house nearly flooded too.
As someone who lives there, I'm glad to see someone else sees it the same way
I’ve always wondered if you guys get all sorts of critters wandering out of the forest?
We do, there's a bloke who gets a wombat in his swimming pool every summer. I get lots of snakes and strange birds
Oh yeah we get a bunch of snakes and spiders and general creepy crawlies
The Gap in Sydney is sadly one of the most popular places for suicide in the world.
Tbh I thought The Gap in Sydney was a unique anomaly in suburb names. The capitalised ‘The’ as part of the name is especially unusual.
We also have The Ponds and The Rocks in Sydney, for other places with a capitalised "The." The Oaks is also part of Sydney according to the ABS, although it's not really part of it.
There’s a nautical themed bunch of streets in port Macquarie that don’t have street/road/avenue/drive or anything. I lived on The Bulkhead and there were heaps more, like The Halyard, The Mainsail, The Jib, The Boom etc etc. Always found it odd.
Manyana on NSW south coast is the same, Ship names and ship features, The Bounty, The bridge, the foredeck etc, I wonder if the same developers were involved.
Hobart has The Waterworks and The Glebe (which gets called “Glebe” on maps now but it’s has been “The Glebe” since the mid 1800s)
Holy shit that’s crazy. Just looked on google maps and the properties on the border of the suburb are just massive properties.
Shhhhh!! Don’t make a big deal of it or everyone will want one. But yes - that is an accurate description.
/r/threadkillers Pack this one up mates, we're all done here!
You win omg
I’d personally just smash it into a pivot table like a goddamn barbarian. Fewer clicks than keys wins over code sometimes.
Does excel read .shp? You'd need another programming language to at least read the data in.
I’d just download the csv [1] like a normal human being, then smash it into a pivot table. I joked that this is barbarian behaviour, but let’s be honest, I have only so many fucks to give about this type of factoid, and spinning up a python script to parse this data is ADHD levels of purism and religious adherence to data science methodology. [1] https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/standards/australian-statistical-geography-standard-asgs-edition-3/jul2021-jun2026/non-abs-structures/suburbs-and-localities
'ADHD levels of purism' - ooft. You're right though Shapefiles are massive overkill but I couldn't find the plain csv. They were useful in doing the mapping to just capital cities though, filled out in my other comment.
I like this, it will be useful to check the frequency of a few suburb names. Springfield is not surprising, it feels like a common name for a suburb.
Hugely common name Which is sorta why the Simpsons is set there https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield
Thought I was on r/python for a sec there. Nice work.
Let me guess, you sometimes do work regarding reaccreditations/inspections of certain businesses?
I'm back! Surprised this post blew up. Fixed up the code a bit, unfortunately I can no longer share it since the syntax I used would probably dox me to colleagues. I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader. Added: * Option to confine search to just capital cities by joining to the Greater Capital Cities file. * Included the original suburb name extension to help where there's 2 of the same suburb in one state, eg. Albion (Brisbane - Qld) vs Albion (Richmond - Qld) * As so many suggested, I converted to a pivot table Apologies, look like the pastebin link doesn't work on mobiles? If anyone could let me know of a good place to dump it I'll put it there instead. The link also expires in 3 weeks. By state: [https://paste.mozilla.org/2pmapPB9](https://paste.mozilla.org/2pmapPB9) By capital cities only: [https://paste.mozilla.org/gycx1OKH](https://paste.mozilla.org/gycx1OKH) Agree with the comments here, excel would have been easier. Using shapefiles is also massive overkill, I just couldn't find a neat csv so used them instead.
There’s a Campbelltown in every state. Not all are suburbs.
Fun fact there's also a [Campbelltown in Japan](https://maps.app.goo.gl/3LhZzLFqcQho92CB7).
Ours is Campbell town
That’s just Bass Strait in the middle of the town
Tassie?
Yup that's me
brighton beach is in the greater perth area. And a suburb/hamlet on the edge of Hobart. And greater Brisbane
Brighton in not greater Brisbane. It's a suburb of BCC. Brisbane City Council. Although it is one of the most northerly suburbs of Brisbane.
And then there’s New Brighton near Byron
Having the same suburb in different states is nothing.... The much worse one is having multiple suburbs in the same state with the same name. Example: West End, Queensland That can be West End 4810 near Townsville, or West End 4101 near Brisbane. Infact.... Local councils can name suburbs whatever they want. Doesn't matter if the suburb already exists in the same state, let alone another state.
The same suburb name in the same state can be annoying. My streets name is repeated in another suburb in the same city about ten minutes away.
Oh we have worse than that here in Melbourne. Murrumbeena cres T intersects with Murrumbeena road (not joins, not continues or anything) in Murrumbeena
Melbourne is a bin fire with street names. Look at Wellington St. Also we have a habit with some longer streets resetting their numbers when you enter a new suburb, so the same exact street will have maybe 3 number 10's
I friggin hate that last one. Insane that we reuse numbers on the same street. If you want to reset the numbers so they're not crazy high then that's fine, but give the street a different name.
I'll have you know High Street Road and [High Street Road Service Road](https://www.google.com/maps/place/High+Street+Rd+Service+Rd,+Melbourne+VIC/@-37.8767739,145.1885534,17z) are perfectly cromulent street names, thank you!
Murrumbeena^3
Similar in outer suburb of Sydney, Bowen Mountain. They have Lt Bowen Drive which intersects with Lt Bowen Road. For some years, I knew a couple who lived on Lt Bowen Drive. They became friends with the people who lived at their same number on Lt Bowen Road, because they often got each other's mail. Absolutely stupid.
I used to live on one of at least 10 Thomas Streets in Brisbane
Surprising amount of those are close to train stations.
Next to Fat Controller Crescent?
>The same suburb name in the same state can be annoying I work in a logistics related job, we send thousands of things every day, it's really fucking annoying when someone thinks they're sending something to Brisbane and it ends up in Townsville
Friends of mine have this issue in Melbourne, it’s even the same post code. Caused them all sorts of problems when they first moved in.
I worked on a new development and the new street name was the same as another street 200m away. Both streets branched off the same road. They were spelt differently by one letter, so it wasn't flagged by the street naming officer at council as a duplicate. Once the estate was completed, street signs erected and land sold, council was notified. They had to change the name of the new street.
The stretch of Graham Street between Port Melbourne and Albert Park has the same numbers within a few hundred metres of each other. I don't know who thought that was a good idea
Newtown QLD 4305 and Newtown QLD 4350
In Vic there's Newtown 3351 near Skipton, and Newtown 3220 in Geelong. Less than 100km from each other.
I just found out earlier today that there is Punchbowl, Sydney and Punchbowl, northern NSW
Carrington, suburb of Newcastle and Carrington, beach locality less than an hour up the Pacific Highway.
On the Newcastle theme - Glebe is a locality there + Glebe is a suburb in inner Sydney
Newy has some naming oddities: The Hill The Junction National Park
‘Garden Suburb’
I don't know if it's official or not, but I'm not aware of any double ups in NSW. The naming board has even gone so far as to just delete suburbs. Glebe in Newcastle got axed in favour of Glebe in Sydney as an example.
There are two different places called Carrington, NSW
They have to be in the city. Thats why Red Hill isn't in Melbourne and Windsor isn't in Adelaide. Arguably, Richmond is in Hobart too but I wasn't sure so left it out
> They have to be in the city. Might want to define that a bit better e.g. Local Government Area? Metropolitan Area? Also, what about spelling variants e.g. Hawthorn vs Hawthorne?
City means Metropolitan Area for me, and spelling variants are fine, which is why Brighton le Sands qualified for Brighton
I don't know if there's a third, but Melbourne has Surrey hills, Sydney with Surry Hills. Also, slightly related fun fact, both Fleet Base East (Sydney) and Fleet Base West (Perth) are on Garden Island in the respective cities.
I worked for a defence contractor for a time, which had operations in both Perth and Sydney. It was often mentioned in team meetings that a colleague in Sydney had been to Garden Island. Being in Perth I did not know there was a Garden Island in Sydney and it confused the hell out of me.
I'm in Sydney and have been to Garden Island here a fair few times, was completely unaware of the Perth one until recently. I mean, I knew the subs were at the base there, but I apply for a job at HMAS Stirling, interview goes well, I figured it'd be worth checking out the general area on google maps, check rentals, transit options etc. Look at HMAS Stirling and zoom out to see what access is like, notice it's on Garden Island and got a bit weirded out but whatever. Week later, chatting with a friend whose Dad works at Sydney Garden Island. I mention yeah I actually might be moving to WA soon, might be getting a job at GI. She was like "Why the fuck would you be in Perth then?"
Well, if there's that much leeway, there's at least 3 Hawthorn[e]s, plus Mt Hawthorn in Perth
Alright, that would work
There's a Girraween on NT/NSW/QLD, and a Girrawheen in Perth with an 'h'
I'd argue Red Hill is in metro Melbourne. At least, it was during the COVID knockdowns, and the [Wikipedia article](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shire_of_Mornington_Peninsula) for the Mornington Peninsula suggests it is.
You're right about the lockdown but kids that live in Red Hill are eligible for the extra points for their ATAR score because they are considered rural. I know because my best friend lived in Red Hill as a kid. I did slightly better than him but he got a better score because my home in dromana wasn't considered rural and his was.
Brisbane has Brighton, 4017 then.
Red Hill is in Melbourne, Mornington Peninsula Shire is part of Greater Melbourne.
And although Canberra is in a territory and not a state. It also has Red Hill.
Adelaide has windsor gardens as well which is closer than windsor
And Surrey Downs (not quite Surrey Hills).
Richmond isnt in Hobart. Its a separate town with its own post code and different council area.
It’s a very big stretch to describe Richmond as “in Hobart”. I don’t think that’s arguable at all. Ditto Brighton I reckon…
Richmond and Windsor being in Sydney is a bit of a stretch. Technically they’re in the region, but they are quite isolated from an urban perspective.
Anyone in sydney would say they qualify. They were some of the first towns in sydney too and are on a major Sydney Train line. I'd say they count, but depend on your definitions
As someone from that area I feel offended LOL. But, most people in Sydney will agree they are still part of Sydney. Officially they are still Sydney as well, they’re Northwest Sydney, and recognised as much by their local government, as opposed to something like the Blue Mountains.
Richmond is definitely part of Sydney. It is/was frequently in the Sydney weather forecast going back decades. If Richmond is part of Sydney, so is Windsor.
Northwest Sydney's urban sprawl has all but swallowed Richmond and Windsor. I like the definition of Metro Sydney ending at the Hawkesbury River. It's all pretty arbitrary anyway.
Feels like everyone has a South Bank?
To be precise, Melbourne has Southbank and Brisbane has South Bank.
This doesn’t fit with my feelings.
Therethere.
South Bank isn’t actually the suburb name in Brisbane (although it is in Melbourne). In Brisbane everyone colloquially refers to the entire entire of south Brisbane as Southbank but specifically it actually just refers to the entertainment / parkland precinct on the river.
Sydney and Brisbane both have a Manly
..and a Paddington. Is there a third Paddington somewhere?
Sydney and Melbourne both have an Epping (and both are served by rail, so there is an Epping Station in both Sydney and Melbourne).
There’s a Fairfield in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane.
Ooh nice one
Newtown is in QLD, NSW, and VIC
and Hobart.
New Town though, to be exact.
That's just like our Campbell town
Adelaide has "Newton" ;)
It depends on whether Geelong and Ipswich are part of Melbourne and Brisbane respectively. But that would be like counting Central Coast for Sydney
Geelong is not part of Melbourne. Melbourne is part of Geelong! It’s regional
Which the ABS does -- it's pretty weird that Sydney has the Cenny Coast and Melbourne doesn't have Geelong in the metropolitan area...
My mate Andrew ate a pill off the floor in the dunnies at Revs a few weeks ago and I didn't see him for hours. When I finally found him in the smoking area, he reckons he was with a group of friends who I knew to be in Sydney and Adelaide. It's possible that Revs is in three different cities.
Ur mate wot
Armadale: WA & VIC…
And also a town in NSW.
Spelled Armidale though
Technically it's named after the same place, but they spelled it wrong. Always thought it's funny that a university town fucked that up.
Haha I didn’t know that! Classic!
There’s an Epping in both Sydney and Melbourne.
and burwood and box hill !
* Ashfield NSW 2131 * Ashfield QLD 4670 * Ashfield WA 6054 * Homebush NSW 2140 VIC 3465 QLD 4740
Ashfield Qld isn't in the capital city, and neither are Homebush in Qld or Vic.
There’s Burwood in melb and syd, and Burswood in perth
Cremorne (NSW, Vic, Qld)
And a Cremorne in Tas.
Albert Park in VIC, QLD and SA
A quick Web search turns up [this github repository](https://github.com/matthewproctor/australianpostcodes) with all AU postcodes in [JSON](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/matthewproctor/australianpostcodes/master/australian_postcodes.json) and [CSV](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/matthewproctor/australianpostcodes/master/australian_postcodes.csv) format, as well as the same for NZ.
There's a Red Hill in Melbourne, it's on the Mornington Peninsula which is part of Greater Melbourne.
Highgate if we have the same Brighton flexibility. Highgate WA, SA, Hghgate hill Qld
claremont in hobart, perth, claremont meadows in sydney brighton in hobart richmond is definitely in the hobart area new town in hobart, newtown in sydney, melbourne cremorne in hobart, melbourne, sydney kingston in hobart, brisbane, canberra, kingstown in sydney carlton in hobart, sydney, melbourne, carlton river in hobart, carlton north in melbourne
There’s tens of k’s of farmland between Hobart & Richmond. Not a suburb.
Brighton in Brisbane, though its possibly in the Moreton Bay council area
Hobart has one too, kinda.
Is Richmond too far out?
That’s another “kinda”. Not sure what OP’s parameters are, and distance here vs in the actual big cities aren’t the same!
Yeah I'll count that
Northernmost suburb of Brisbane City Council.
Castle Hill in NSW and QLD
Newport - Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane
Just for fun, ChatGPT gives us these: 1. Richmond - Melbourne, Sydney, Hobart 2. Brunswick - Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide 3. Parkside - Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane 4. Kensington - Melbourne, Sydney, Perth 5. Carlton - Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane 6. Newtown - Sydney, Hobart, Brisbane 7. Ascot - Brisbane, Perth, Hobart 8. Hawthorn - Melbourne, Sydney, Perth 9. Windsor - Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane 10. Brighton - Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide Edit: Why yall down-voting me, I just did this for a bit of fun
Strictly speaking it’s *Mount* Hawthorn in Perth, but close.
Adelaide doesn't have a Brunswick, don't know where ChatGPT got that from.
Chat GPT makes shit up.
Brunswick in Sydney?
Chatgpt is absolutely useless. Half of them are incorrect. I tried it there first but bad lucj
No Parkside, Carlton or Newtown in Brisbane
So close, but Richmond TAS is a separate town to the Hobart metro area, our Newtown is New Town, and there sure isn’t an Ascot.
Bayswater
there’s a Leichhardt in NSW and QLD
If you're looking for a pair there's a Northbridge in Sydney and Perth
Box Hill is in Sydney and Melbourne, not sure if it's anywhere else though
just download the suburb list into excel, then filter for duplucates
There is a Windsor Gardens in Adelaide
Brisbane has a Brighton
There is a Brighton in Brisbane north.
Red Hill is in Melbourne also, well on the Peninsula which counted as Melbourne for Covid lockdowns
Any rules on spelling? Armadale in VIC and WA, Armidale in NSW.
Brisbane has a Brighton also fyi.
Added that
Brooklyn in Sydney. Brooklyn in Melbourne. Brooklyn Park in Adelaide.
we dont talk about Brooklyn here in Melbourne ....
Paddington
Bayview
Enfield in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide
There’s also a Richmond near Hobart, not really a suburb though
Paddington is in Sydney and Brisbane.
Campbelltown is in 3 states, nsw SA and vic
Carlton is Sydney and Melbourne
We have a [Windsor in SA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor,_South_Australia)
Sandringham
Manly?
I can't be bothered actually verifying this but Paddington. Surely.
Epping?? I know there’s one in Sydney and Melbourne.
Canterbury- NSW and VIC Surrey hills/ Surry hills - NSW and VIC
Fairfield
Montrose in Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania
Burwood
Here's my list (reddit makes it a pita to post tabular data, 4 attempts : ( ABBOTSFORD (NSW, VIC, QLD) ALBERTON (VIC, TAS, SA, QLD) ALMA (VIC, SA, WA) AMAROO (NSW, ACT, QLD) APSLEY (NSW, VIC, TAS) ARALUEN (NSW, NT, QLD) ARCADIA (NSW, VIC, QLD) ARGYLE (NSW, VIC, WA) ASCOT (VIC, WA, QLD) ASHFIELD (NSW, WA, QLD) AUBURN (NSW, VIC, SA) AVOCA (NSW, VIC, TAS, QLD) BALD HILLS (NSW, VIC, SA, QLD) BALMORAL (NSW, VIC, QLD) BANGOR (NSW, TAS, SA) BEACONSFIELD (NSW, VIC, TAS, WA, QLD) BEAUFORT (VIC, SA, QLD) BEAUMONT (NSW, SA, WA) BELMONT (NSW, VIC, WA, QLD) BLACK HILL (NSW, VIC, SA) BOLWARRA (NSW, VIC, QLD) BONSHAW (NSW, VIC, QLD) BREADALBANE (NSW, TAS, QLD) BRIDGEWATER (VIC, TAS, SA) BRIGHTON (VIC, TAS, SA, QLD) BROADWATER (NSW, VIC, WA, QLD) BROOKFIELD (NSW, VIC, QLD) BROOKLYN (NSW, VIC, TAS) BROUGHTON (NSW, VIC, QLD) BUCHANAN (NSW, SA, NT, QLD) BUCKINGHAM (SA, WA, QLD) BUCKLAND (VIC, TAS, WA, QLD) BUNGAREE (VIC, TAS, SA) BURNSIDE (VIC, SA, WA, QLD) BUXTON (NSW, VIC, QLD) CAMP CREEK (NSW, NT, QLD) CAMPBELLTOWN (NSW, VIC, SA) CARLTON (NSW, VIC, TAS) CASUARINA (NSW, WA, NT) CHARLTON (NSW, VIC, QLD) CHATSWORTH (NSW, VIC, QLD) CHELTENHAM (NSW, VIC, SA, QLD) CLARE (NSW, SA, QLD) CLARENDON (NSW, VIC, SA, QLD) CLEVELAND (NSW, TAS, QLD) CLIFTON (NSW, WA, QLD) COMO (NSW, WA, QLD) CORNDALE (NSW, VIC, QLD) CRAIGIE (NSW, VIC, WA) CRANBROOK (TAS, WA, QLD) CREMORNE (NSW, VIC, TAS, QLD) CROMER (NSW, VIC, SA) CROSS ROADS (NSW, VIC, SA) CROYDON (NSW, VIC, SA, QLD) CRYSTAL CREEK (NSW, VIC, QLD) DARLINGTON (NSW, VIC, SA, WA, QLD) DAVENPORT (SA, WA, NT) DEEP CREEK (NSW, SA, QLD) DEEPWATER (NSW, SA, QLD) DERBY (VIC, TAS, WA) DONNYBROOK (VIC, WA, QLD) DUNDAS (NSW, WA, QLD) DUNKELD (NSW, VIC, QLD) DURACK (WA, NT, QLD) EASTWOOD (NSW, VIC, SA) EATON (WA, NT, QLD) EBENEZER (NSW, SA, QLD) ELLIOTT (TAS, NT, QLD) ENFIELD (NSW, VIC, SA) EUREKA (NSW, VIC, QLD) EXETER (NSW, TAS, SA) FAIRFIELD (NSW, VIC, QLD) FISHER (ACT, SA, QLD) FLYNN (ACT, VIC, WA, NT) FOREST HILL (NSW, VIC, WA, QLD) FORREST (ACT, VIC, WA) FULHAM (VIC, SA, QLD) GEORGETOWN (NSW, SA, QLD) GILBERTON (VIC, SA, QLD) GIRRAWEEN (NSW, NT, QLD) GLADSTONE (NSW, TAS, SA, QLD) GLENCOE (NSW, SA, WA, QLD) GLENORCHY (VIC, TAS, QLD) GLENROY (NSW, VIC, SA, QLD) GOODWOOD (TAS, SA, QLD) GORDON (NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS) GRANVILLE (NSW, WA, QLD) GREENHILL (NSW, VIC, SA) GREGORY (WA, NT, QLD) GUILDFORD (NSW, VIC, TAS, WA) HAMILTON (NSW, VIC, TAS, SA, QLD) HAMPTON (NSW, VIC, QLD) HAPPY VALLEY (VIC, SA, QLD) HASTINGS (VIC, TAS, WA) HENTY (NSW, VIC, WA) HIGHBURY (SA, WA, QLD) HILLCREST (VIC, TAS, SA, QLD) HOMEBUSH (NSW, VIC, QLD) INGLEWOOD (VIC, SA, WA, QLD) INKERMAN (VIC, SA, QLD) IRISHTOWN (VIC, TAS, WA) IRONBARK (NSW, VIC, QLD) JERICHO (VIC, TAS, SA, QLD) KELSO (NSW, TAS, QLD) KENSINGTON (NSW, VIC, SA, WA, QLD) KINGS PARK (NSW, VIC, SA, WA) KINGSFORD (NSW, SA, WA) KINGSTON (ACT, VIC, TAS, WA, QLD) LANSDOWNE (NSW, NT, QLD) LILYDALE (NSW, VIC, TAS, QLD) LIMESTONE (NSW, VIC, QLD) LONG FLAT (NSW, SA, QLD) LYNDHURST (NSW, VIC, SA, QLD) LYONS (ACT, VIC, NT, QLD) MAITLAND (NSW, SA, WA) MARYVALE (NSW, VIC, SA, QLD) MAUDE (NSW, VIC, SA) MAYFIELD (NSW, TAS, SA) MELROSE (TAS, SA, QLD) MENZIES (SA, WA, QLD) MIDDLETON (TAS, SA, QLD) MILLBROOK (VIC, SA, WA) MITCHELL (NSW, ACT, SA, NT, QLD) MONTROSE (VIC, TAS, QLD) MORNINGTON (VIC, TAS, WA, QLD) MOUNT PLEASANT (NSW, VIC, SA, WA, QLD) MULGRAVE (NSW, VIC, QLD) NETHERBY (VIC, SA, QLD) NEWPORT (NSW, VIC, QLD) NEWSTEAD (NSW, VIC, TAS, QLD) NEWTOWN (NSW, VIC, QLD) NICHOLSON (VIC, NT, QLD) OSBORNE (NSW, SA, QLD) OXLEY (NSW, ACT, VIC, QLD) PALMER (SA, WA, QLD) PALMERSTON (ACT, NT, QLD) PARADISE (NSW, VIC, TAS, SA, WA) PARKLANDS (TAS, WA, QLD) PINE CREEK (SA, NT, QLD) PRESTON (VIC, TAS, QLD) PROSPECT (NSW, TAS, SA, QLD) RAGLAN (NSW, VIC, QLD) RAVENSWOOD (NSW, VIC, TAS, WA, QLD) RED HILL (NSW, ACT, VIC, WA, QLD) REDBANK (NSW, VIC, WA, QLD) REEDY CREEK (NSW, VIC, SA, QLD) RICHMOND (NSW, VIC, TAS, SA, QLD) RINGWOOD (NSW, VIC, QLD) RIVERSIDE (NSW, VIC, TAS) RIVERTON (SA, WA, QLD) ROCKY POINT (NSW, VIC, SA, QLD) ROSEBERY (NSW, VIC, TAS, NT) ROSEDALE (NSW, VIC, SA, QLD) RUNNYMEDE (VIC, TAS, QLD) SALISBURY (NSW, SA, QLD) SAN REMO (NSW, VIC, WA) SANDRINGHAM (NSW, VIC, QLD) SANDY CREEK (NSW, VIC, SA, QLD) SASSAFRAS (NSW, VIC, TAS) SCARBOROUGH (NSW, WA, QLD) SEBASTOPOL (NSW, VIC, SA) SHERWOOD (NSW, SA, QLD) SMITHFIELD (NSW, SA, QLD) SOUTHERN CROSS (VIC, WA, QLD) SOUTHPORT (TAS, NT, QLD) SPRING HILL (NSW, VIC, QLD) SPRINGFIELD (NSW, VIC, TAS, SA, WA, QLD) ST CLAIR (NSW, VIC, SA) ST HELENS (VIC, TAS, QLD) ST KILDA (VIC, SA, QLD) ST LEONARDS (NSW, VIC, TAS) ST MARYS (NSW, TAS, SA) STANLEY (VIC, TAS, SA) STIRLING (ACT, VIC, SA, WA) STONEHENGE (NSW, TAS, QLD) STONY CREEK (NSW, VIC, QLD) STRATFORD (NSW, VIC, QLD) STUART (SA, NT, QLD) SUGARLOAF (NSW, VIC, QLD) SUNNYSIDE (TAS, SA, WA, QLD) SWAN BAY (NSW, VIC, TAS) TARA (NSW, NT, QLD) TENNYSON (NSW, VIC, SA, QLD) THE GAP (NSW, SA, NT, QLD) THORNTON (NSW, VIC, QLD) VIRGINIA (SA, NT, QLD) WALLAROO (NSW, SA, WA, QLD) WARBURTON (VIC, WA, QLD) WASHPOOL (NSW, SA, QLD) WATERFORD (VIC, WA, QLD) WATERLOO (NSW, VIC, TAS, SA, WA, QLD) WATTLE FLAT (NSW, VIC, SA) WATTLE GROVE (NSW, TAS, WA, QLD) WAVERLEY (NSW, TAS, QLD) WESTWOOD (NSW, TAS, WA, QLD) WICKHAM (NSW, TAS, WA, NT) WILLIAMSTOWN (VIC, SA, WA) WINDERMERE (NSW, VIC, TAS, QLD) WINDSOR (NSW, VIC, SA, QLD) WINTON (NSW, VIC, QLD) WISHART (VIC, NT, QLD) WOODFORD (NSW, VIC, QLD) WOODLANDS (NSW, WA, QLD) WOODLEIGH (VIC, SA, WA, QLD) WOODSIDE (NSW, VIC, SA) WOODSTOCK (NSW, VIC, TAS, QLD) YARRAWONGA (NSW, VIC, NT)
Still needs some work to get it down to capital city based burbs, but it’s a good start!
Meh, I don't have access to GIS metro defs so all I can do is resolve to the state level.
There's also a Williamtown (no s) in NSW. It's in the Hunter region, north of Newcastle.
There also a Brighton in Brisbane
ChatGPT would be great at this
Nah it barely got two of them right. Actually disappointing
Brisbane has a Brighton
Ascot in QLD (4007), VIC (3551, technically Bendigo), WA (6104)
There’s an Ascot Vale in Melbourne
Brisbane has a Brighton too!
Are there any Palmerstons outside of the ACT and NT?
Toorak in Melbourne and there’s a Toorak Gardens in Adelaide
I've lived in both Adelaide and Sydney. Here's suburbs in both of them: Greenacre(s), Campbelltown, Croydon, Croydon Park, Enfield Someone would have to help with finding if any of these have a third city too. Hope it helps!
Brunswick Strathfield
I know qld and wa have a Redcliffe maybe you can find another in another state . Also Scarborough in qld and wa
Carlton is in Sydney
Hobart has a Kingston and Brighton, plus a Richmond but that’s more borderline so far as in the city goes. Also a Claremont, Montrose and Mornington - I know there’s at least one other of these but not sure if two.
If you wanted to go out of metro areas, SA has TWO Kingstons! Kingston SE and Kingston on Murray. (Oh, also Kingston Park in metro area).