Women’s housing choices are now visible on the map, with new data pinpointing the Australian communities where they make up a clear majority of residents.
Each year, International Women’s Day highlights a simple idea, "that the world works better when women are valued, included and given the same opportunities as everyone else,” said Ray White Group Senior Data Analyst Atom Go Tian. In housing, that idea is playing out geographically, according to new insights from the group.
Using the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) population data across 2,226 areas with at least 200 female residents, the analysis identified suburbs where “more than 53.4% of an area's population is female, well above the national average of 50.7%… These are communities that women are actively choosing, returning to, and staying in.”
While other national data shows how hard it still is for many women to buy in the first place, Ray White’s list of female‑friendly communities offers a glimpse of where things are working better.
At the top is Woollahra in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, where 55.5% of residents are female and the median house price is $5.11 million. But this blue‑chip enclave is not the norm. As Tian notes, “female-friendly communities exist at every price point across the country, from Greenfields in Perth at $725,000 to Castle Hill – East in Sydney's northwest at $2.84 million. What unites them has nothing to do with wealth. It has everything to do with what women value.”
Many of the strongest female concentrations are in family‑oriented suburbs, where schools, safety, and community infrastructure come first. Castle Hill – East in Sydney’s northwest, Taigum – Fitzgibbon in Brisbane’s north and Greenfields in Perth’s Mandurah corridor all fit this profile
As Tian writes, “These are places where women choose to raise children, invest in community infrastructure, and stay long after their families have grown.”
These areas offer a mix of multicultural communities, strong education options, accessible healthcare and relative affordability, helping to anchor residents over the long term.
A second group of female‑majority areas is driven by lifestyle. Mornington – West on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula has the second‑highest female concentration in the country at 55%, with a median age of 59. Women are choosing it for “world-class wineries, coastal walks and a culture that rewards long-term belonging.”
Further north, Brunswick Heads and Ocean Shores in NSW have attracted women who led many of the post‑pandemic relocations, trading city commutes for “farmers markets, surf breaks and a pace of life that better reflected their values.”
The third pattern is opportunity.
“Where education, healthcare, government and emerging industries cluster, women follow,” Tian said.
Deakin in Canberra, Armadale in Melbourne, Robina – West on the Gold Coast and Warradale in Adelaide sit close to embassies, policy precincts, universities, hospitals, fashion districts, and growing technology corridors.
These hubs draw women building careers in public policy, healthcare, education, fashion, and advanced industries, and many choose to live near where they work and influence.
Across the 10 highlighted areas, average one‑year price growth is about 10.9% – “a consequence, not a cause.”
As Tian puts it: “Women are not choosing these places because of property prices. They are choosing them because of schools, community, culture, career and lifestyle. The property performance simply follows. When we build communities that work for women, we build communities that work for everyone. Give to gain. The data proves it.”
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