Microburbs reveals Ashley Madison’s most adulterous suburbs in Australia

That’s right. We went through the credit card transactions from the Ashley Madison dump to find unique users and used this to identify the most adulterous places in the country – or at least the most curious about Ashley Madison.

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Showing postcodes with at least 1000 residents. We sort by % of adult population on Ashley Madison.

The top 20 in NSW and ACT:

Rank PostCode # Ashley Madison accounts Adult residents % of adult population
1 BARANGAROODAWES POINTHAYMARKET 2000 662 30033 2.20%
2 BARTONCANBERRACAPITAL HILL 2600 70 6248 1.12%
3 BAR BEACHCOOKS HILLNEWCASTLE 2300 67 9226 0.72%
4 HMAS PLATYPUSHMAS WATERHENLAVENDER BAY 2060 78 11400 0.68%
5 DOUBLE BAY 2028 24 4065 0.59%
6 ALEXANDRIABEACONSFIELDEVELEIGH 2015 40 7391 0.54%
7 MANLYMANLY EAST 2095 65 13409 0.48%
8 HOMEBUSH BAYNEWINGTONSYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK 2127 29 7166 0.40%
9 PYRMONT 2009 43 10889 0.39%
10 MASCOTSYDNEY DOMESTIC AIRPORTSYDNEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 2020 36 9203 0.39%
11 ACTONBLACK MOUNTAINCANBERRA 2601 23 5947 0.38%
12 BALMAINBALMAIN EASTBIRCHGROVE 2041 47 12243 0.38%
13 CURL CURLFRESHWATERQUEENSCLIFF 2096 41 11049 0.37%
14 WATERLOOZETLAND 2017 49 13378 0.36%
15 GREENWAYTUGGERANONG 2900 5 1402 0.35%
16 DOVER HEIGHTSHMAS WATSONROSE BAY NORTH 2030 38 10903 0.34%
17 CHURCH POINTELVINA BAYLOVETT BAY 2105 5 1436 0.34%
18 NEUTRAL BAYNEUTRAL BAY JUNCTION 2089 34 9797 0.34%
19 CROWS NESTGREENWICHNAREMBURN 2065 83 24194 0.34%
20 COASTERS RETREATGREAT MACKEREL BEACHPALM BEACH2108 5 1461 0.34%

 

Top 20 in Victoria:

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Rank PostCode # Ashley Madison accounts Adult residents % of adult population
1 MELBOURNE 3000 639 28253 2.26%
2 SOUTH MELBOURNESOUTH MELBOURNE DC 3205 51 8246 0.61%
3 BAREENAGEELONGNEWTOWN 3220 68 13265 0.51%
4 MELBOURNEST KILDA ROAD CENTRAL 3004 43 8740 0.49%
5 WONGA PARK 3115 13 2971 0.43%
6 DOCKLANDS 3008 23 5279 0.43%
7 WILLIAMS LANDINGWILLIAMS RAAF 3027 11 2549 0.43%
8 CARRUMPATTERSON LAKES 3197 37 9015 0.41%
9 PLUMPTONROCKBANK 3335 6 1480 0.40%
10 COLLINGWOODCOLLINGWOOD NORTH 3066 22 5539 0.39%
11 TYABB 3913 10 2561 0.39%
12 ST KILDAST KILDA SOUTHST KILDA WEST 3182 75 19400 0.38%
13 GARDEN CITYPORT MELBOURNE 3207 47 12419 0.37%
14 CAMPBELLFIELD 3061 16 4259 0.37%
15 BURNLEYBURNLEY NORTHCREMORNE 3121 88 23563 0.37%
16 WEST MELBOURNE 3003 13 3573 0.36%
17 NEERIMNEERIM EASTNEERIM SOUTH 3831 4 1120 0.35%
18 HAWKSBURNTOORAK 3142 39 11205 0.34%
19 BRIGHTON ROADELWOOD 3184 43 12388 0.34%
20 SOUTH WHARFSOUTHBANK 3006 47 13588 0.34%

 

Top 20 in Queensland:

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Rank PostCode # Ashley Madison accounts Adult residents % of adult population
1 BRISBANEBRISBANE ADELAIDE STREETBRISBANE GPO 4000 359 19948 1.79%
2 ALBIONALBION BCALBION DC 4010 9 1770 0.50%
3 BRISBANE MARKETROCKLEAROCKLEA DC 4106 5 1075 0.46%
4 NEW FARM 4005 43 10392 0.41%
5 ASCOTHAMILTONHAMILTON CENTRAL 4007 36 9287 0.38%
6 BELGIAN GARDENSCAPE CLEVELANDCASTLE HILL 4810 76 20182 0.37%
7 EAST BRISBANEKANGAROO POINT 4169 45 12018 0.37%
8 ARCHERFIELDARCHERFIELD BCCOOPERS PLAINS 4108 15 4039 0.37%
9 MANGO HILLNORTH LAKES 4509 50 13611 0.36%
10 MURARRIE 4172 10 3154 0.31%
11 AEROGLENBARRON GORGEBRINSMEAD 4870 182 58447 0.31%
12 CLAYFIELDHENDRA 4011 36 11981 0.30%
13 TINGALPATINGALPA BCTINGALPA DC 4173 20 6732 0.29%
14 ALEXANDRA HEADLAND 4572 11 3757 0.29%
15 BOWEN HILLSFORTITUDE VALLEYFORTITUDE VALLEY BC4006 45 15669 0.28%
16 ALEXANDRAALLIGATOR CREEKANDERGROVE 4740 177 61887 0.28%
17 MILTONMILTON BCPADDINGTON 4064 24 8436 0.28%
18 BALMORALBULIMBAHAWTHORNE 4171 32 11418 0.28%
19 BENOBBLEBIDDADDABABOYLAND 4275 7 2552 0.27%
20 COTTON TREEKULUINMAROOCHYDORE 4558 44 16122 0.27%

 

Top 20 in South Australia:

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Rank PostCode # Ashley Madison accounts Adult residents % of adult population
1 ADELAIDEADELAIDE BCCITY WEST CAMPUS 5000 247 15740 1.56%
2 BIRDWOOD 5234 5 1011 0.49%
3 KUDLAMUNNO PARAMUNNO PARA DOWNS 5115 18 5097 0.35%
4 BOWDENBROMPTONHINDMARSH 5007 17 5212 0.32%
5 GLENELGGLENELG EASTGLENELG JETTY ROAD 5045 38 14001 0.27%
6 WOODVILLEWOODVILLE PARKWOODVILLE SOUTH 5011 22 8137 0.27%
7 NORTH ADELAIDENORTH ADELAIDE MELBOURNE ST 5006 16 6815 0.23%
8 HYDE PARKMALVERNUNLEY 5061 18 7873 0.22%
9 LOBETHAL 5241 4 1800 0.22%
10 BLAKISTONLITTLEHAMPTONTOTNESS 5250 5 2282 0.21%
11 BUCKLAND PARKVIRGINIA 5120 3 1396 0.21%
12 BRUKUNGADAWESLEYHAY VALLEY 5252 9 4236 0.21%
13 CHRISTIES BEACHCHRISTIES BEACH NORTH 5165 9 4244 0.21%
14 EVANSTONEVANSTON GARDENSEVANSTON PARK 5116 13 6183 0.21%
15 NOARLUNGA CENTRENOARLUNGA DOWNSOLD NOARLUNGA5168 8 3827 0.20%
16 NORTH HAVENOUTER HARBOR 5018 10 4799 0.20%
17 ANDREWS FARMBLAKEVIEWCRAIGMORE 5114 43 21557 0.19%
18 EASTWOODFREWVILLEFULLARTON 5063 20 10029 0.19%
19 ASHFORDBLACK FORESTEVERARD PARK 5035 10 5086 0.19%
20 CLELANDCRAFERSCRAFERS WEST 5152 9 4631 0.19%

 

Top 20 in Western Australia:

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Interactive map for Western Australia

Rank PostCode # Ashley Madison accounts Adult residents % of adult population
1 CITY DELIVERY CENTREPERTHPERTH GPO 6000 275 11900 2.31%
2 KINGS PARKWEST PERTH 6005 26 5245 0.49%
3 JURIEN BAY 6516 5 1169 0.42%
4 HERDSMANOSBORNE PARKOSBORNE PARK DC 6017 15 3527 0.42%
5 TWO ROCKS 6037 7 1659 0.42%
6 MUNDARINGMUNDARING DC 6073 10 2424 0.41%
7 BUTLERJINDALEE 6036 27 7291 0.37%
8 FREMANTLE 6160 27 7491 0.36%
9 SECRET HARBOUR 6173 24 6972 0.34%
10 SCARBOROUGHWEMBLEY DOWNS 6019 54 17175 0.31%
11 RIVERVALE 6103 22 7268 0.30%
12 LEDAWELLARD 6170 14 4763 0.29%
13 HIGHGATENORTHBRIDGE 6003 8 2744 0.29%
14 YANCHEP 6035 9 3127 0.28%
15 BANKSIA GROVECARRAMARNEERABUP 6031 21 7927 0.26%
16 AVELEYBELHUSBRIGADOON 6069 47 17852 0.26%
17 BAUDINCOWARAMUPGRACETOWN 6284 3 1142 0.26%
18 BURSWOODLATHLAINVICTORIA PARK 6100 32 12305 0.26%
19 BURNS BEACHCURRAMBINEILUKA 6028 39 15096 0.25%
20 CARLISLECARLISLE NORTHCARLISLE SOUTH 6101 32 12448 0.25%

 

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