Southbank Central Apartments’ residents order the most Uber Eats in Melbourne

Thought your lunch ordering habits were bad? Spare a thought for this Melbourne building — it’s the hungriest building in the city for Uber Eats.

Thought your lunch ordering habits from the desk were bad — spare a thought for this Southbank apartment complex.

Thought your lunch ordering habits from the desk were bad — spare a thought for this Southbank apartment complex.

Southbank Central Apartments has been named the hungriest building in the city for ordering Uber Eats, according to the food delivery giant.

People staying in the Balston St complex receive a knock on the door from an Uber Eats driver or rider at least nine times a day.

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Southbank Central Apartments clocked up the most Uber Eats visits of the year. Picture: Google Maps.

People were ordering food to the building at least nine times a day. Picture: Google Maps.

The Australis building, on Little Lonsdale, made the second most Uber Eats orders in 2018, followed by Southbank Grand apartments on City Rd.

The data, collected from Uber Eats users across Australia in 2018, has uncovered Melbourne’s bizarre eating habits.

— More than 23 million Chicken McNuggets were scoffed down by Melburnians via the app.

— While 83 million Chicken McNuggets were eaten Australia wide.

— Love pizza? One person in Brisbane spent $914.25 worth of Dominos in one go.

— Hot chips were the most ordered food in Australia.

— Nepalese is the upcoming cuisine on the app in Melbourne.

— More than 860,000 burritos, 290,000 poke bowls and 250,000 McFlurry’s were ordered.

Melbourne ate 23 million chicken McNuggets on Uber Eats this year.

One adventurous Melburnian made 658 orders on the app alone — nearly twice a day — while another ordered from 178 different restaurants.

While hot chips and nuggets went down a treat, Aussies were more health conscious when ordering takeaway in 2018.

Healthy options on Uber Eats increased by 149% between June to October this year.

There was a 283% increase in plant based meal options between August and September, while a 75% increase was seen in vegetarian orders between June and November.

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