Best hostels in Australia
Fun/social-ranked hostels across Australia. Punk Score is the best available evidence that guests actually have a good time together, calibrated onto the 0-100 UI.
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cities
Sydney — among the highest recent hostel demand levels in this listMelbourne — high recent hostel demandCairns — moderate recent hostel demandGold Coast — moderate recent hostel demandBrisbane — moderate recent hostel demandNoosa — moderate recent hostel demandByron Bay — moderate recent hostel demandAirlie Beach — moderate recent hostel demandPerth — moderate recent hostel demandMagnetic Island — low recent hostel demandAdelaide — low recent hostel demandPort Macquarie — low recent hostel demandHobart — low recent hostel demandRainbow Beach — low recent hostel demandTownsville — low recent hostel demandHervey Bay — low recent hostel demandBlue Mountains — low recent hostel demandSunshine Coast — low recent hostel demandAgnes Water - Town of 1770 — low recent hostel demandNewcastle — low recent hostel demand
Through the filter
We read reviews on Hostelworld, Booking.com, and Google Maps and flag two things right on the cards: bed-bug reports, and reviews that read bought or incentivized. The bed-bug detector is the Punk AI Language Model, a small in-house classifier.
No bed bug reports found in AustraliaTop hostel cities in Australia
Cities ranked by recent hostel demand plus the strongest Good-or-better Punk Score signals.
Sydney
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Zen Harmony House
Goated
331 reviews
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Wake Up! Bondi Beach
Very Good
2190 reviews
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Mad Monkey Coogee Beach
Good
1167 reviews
Melbourne
Cairns
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Travellers Oasis
Good
1118 reviews
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Mad Monkey Village
Good
1069 reviews
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Mad Monkey Jungle
Very Good
1007 reviews
Top hostels overall in Australia
Alice Springs
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Australia
5th best in Alice Springs
Mercure Alice Springs Resort
Punk Score
18%
GODAWFUL
Rainbow Beach
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Australia
2nd best in Rainbow Beach
Pippies Beach House Rainbow Beach
Punk Score
17%
GODAWFUL
