At the 2011 census, 1,404 people were living in Point Piper. In the 2016 census, the population had risen to 1,424 people. 56.1% of people were born in Australia and 71.3% of people only spoke English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 28.3%, Catholic 20.0%, Judaism 13.6% and Anglican 13.3%. At the
2021 census, there were 1,334 people in Point Piper. Point Piper, in combination with
Darling Point,
Edgecliff and
Rushcutters Bay, was named as the wealthiest area in Australia, according to information from the
Australian Taxation Office in 2013.
Housing Point Piper is home to some of the most expensive and exclusive homes in Australia, holding the record for the three most expensive house sales nationwide ($130m, $100m, $95m). There are only eleven streets in Point Piper; the main road is
Wolseley Road. The price per square metre of real estate in Point Piper is one of the most expensive in the world.
Notable sales Uig Lodge $130m (2022) – Purchased by Scott Farquhar and Kim Jackson. Elaine $130m (2024)
Fairwater $100m (2018) – Purchased by Mike and Annie Cannon-Brookes Edgewater $95m (2020) – Purchased by John Li Rockleigh $85m (2024) Mainhead $68m (2023) Altona $60m (2016) – Jiaer Huang Akuna $60m (2023) Routala $50m (2018) – David Fox Deauville $45 (2017) – Purchased by Neville Crichton
Other notable properties Wingadal –
John Symond's mansion on Wingadal Place, is currently on the market with $200m+ hopes, easily making it Australia's most expensive, privately owned residential home. Wolseley Rd – Three adjoining sites on
Wolseley Rd valued collectively at $99.5m have been purchased by Alexandra and Gabriel Jakob. A single dwelling is planned on the consolidated site, but the project was canceled following their divorce.
Alexandra Jakob, Australian entrepreneur and founder of BondiBoost and Little Learning School, now owns the waterfront mansion in Point Piper, previously owned by
Westpac director Steve Harker, which was purchased for $40 million. Kilmory, 6 Wentworth Street – Built in 1912 on the highest knoll in Point Piper for Sir Alexander MacCormick. Used as the Ave Maria Retreat (convent) Provincial House of the Roman Catholic Order of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in 1954–1995. Sold by
Rodney Adler for $13 million in c. 2002, then divided into 11 homes. ==Notable residents==