A distinctive Perth property nicknamed the "witch house" has topped new realestate.com.au data ranking Australia's most-viewed streets over the year to August 2026, with the figures pointing to persistent buyer curiosity around the country's most exclusive addresses.
The data measured average views per listing across the past 12 months, capturing which streets consistently draw the most attention from prospective buyers and browsers alike.
Shady Hills View in Bullsbrook, Perth, ranked first nationally after the unusual property was listed late in 2025, recording 20,800 average views per listing.
Toorak, one of Melbourne's most prestigious suburbs, claimed two spots in the top three: Clendon Road (18,800 average views) and Hill Street (18,600). Two further Perth streets, Saunders Street in Mosman Park and Windarra Drive in City Beach, also featured prominently, alongside King Road in the semi-rural Melbourne suburb of Harkaway.
Sydney's strongest performer was Oak Road in Matcham, an exclusive suburb on the Central Coast, which recorded around 12,300 average views per listing over the year – enough to rank seventh nationally, though notably behind several Melbourne and Perth streets. Rounding out the top 10 were Nepean Highway in Frankston South, Harcourt Street in Hawthorn East, and Wootoona Terrace in Adelaide's St Georges.
That sustained viewing interest in Melbourne's top streets comes despite a broader correction at the top end of the market: realestate.com.au's own data shows Australia's housing downturn extended into a fifth consecutive month in August, with premium suburbs across Melbourne among the hardest hit. Separate Cotality figures show Melbourne's upper-quartile houses down 10.5% from their peak, more than double the fall recorded across the more affordable end of the market.
realestate.com.au economist Luc Redman (pictured) said the pattern reflects a broader curiosity about how the other half lives.
"Australians have always been interested in how others live, whether that be in luxury areas or unique homes; we're a nation that loves a stickybeak," Redman said.
He noted that most of the highest-ranking streets share common traits: premium suburbs, larger block sizes and leafy surrounds, with home values often out of reach for typical households. Redman said that scarcity is part of the appeal, pointing to iconic locations such as Byron Bay, Noosa Heads, and Toorak as examples of where listings can generate outsized interest.
For brokers, the data offers a useful signal of where high-value, low-frequency listings continue to draw disproportionate consumer engagement – markets where competition and pricing dynamics may behave differently to the broader established housing stock.
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