The median sales price for units in the suburb for 2013 was $510,000 and the total value of sales was $159,245,671.

Braddon with a median sales price of $430,000 and $67,017,250 worth of sales had the second highest total value of sales in the territory.

Kambah – Canberra’s largest suburb – unsurprisingly recorded the highest total value of sales for houses with $75,498,313 at a median price of $489,000.

And the bourgeoning Gungahlin suburb of Forde had the second highest value of sales for houses for the year with $72,231,870 at a median price of $630,250.

Click or touch on the icons on the map to see how much property sold for cumulatively in that suburb in 2013.

The RP Data supplied information for the end of the year showed that Surfers Paradise in the Gold Coast recorded the highest sales total of $571,568,317 for units with a median sales price of $355,000.

And Sydney’s suburb of Mosman recorded the highest sales total for houses in the country –the suburb had $805,977,253 in sales for a median price of $2,200,000.

The booming number of sales in the unit dense suburb of Kingston contained four of the five largest unit sales for the year, according to Australian Property Monitors.

All of these were apartment sales in the developing lakeside are of the Kingston Foreshore.

The Doma Group’s Bridge Point development on the island at the foreshore recorded the top two unit sales for the year with apartments selling for more than $3 million each.

And CIC Australia’s Quayside complex on Eastlake Parade was the site of the fourth highest unit sale for 2013 with an apartment selling for $2,439,725.

Colliers International ACT state chief executive Paul Powderly said the high number of sales reflected the completion of a number of developments at the Kingston Foreshore, including Dockside and Aurora.

“When you have an area that’s the focus of development and the focus of land release you’re going to have these years where it stands out as the area with highest gross value,” he said.

“Now that Kingston’s coming to an end it will probably taper off.”

Mr Powderly said buyers spent on average 15 per cent more a square metre for dwellings at the foreshore when compared to areas such as Woden and Belconnen.

“It obviously reflects the higher price of land and the superior location so you end up selling it for a higher rate per square metre,” he said.

“So more live-in owners and more sophisticated investors because they understand the value of what they’re paying for.”

Real Estate Institute of the ACT president Michael Kumm said the rest of Kingston had suffered a bit due to the booming of the foreshore and the influx of units onto the market.

But he said the oversupply would be taken up in 2014.