The coolest projects in Australia in 2023 were not all in the country’s biggest cities as sizable and creative developments were put forward across the nation last year.

There were significant opportunities in Adelaide, Perth, Port Macquarie, Canberra and the Gold Coast—and developers were listening.

Western Australia was the best performing location for relative population growth, wage growth and house price growth, which rose 15.2 per cent according to Corelogic’s home value index.