Liveability
Best Retirement Suburbs in Australian Capital Territory
Suburbs suited to retirees, combining safety, health access, recreation, green space and favourable weather from official datasets.
Holder currently leads this Australian Capital Territory list. Suburbs suited to retirees, combining safety, health access, recreation, green space and favourable weather from official datasets. The index is relative to this list (100 = the top suburb here), not an overall suburb rating. Very small localities can rank highly when nearby services score well — check population and housing on each profile before treating a rank as a place to live.
| Rank | Suburb | Index |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | Holder | 100 |
| #2 | Fadden | 99 |
| #3 | Yarralumla | 97 |
| #4 | Evatt | 96 |
| #5 | Farrer | 95 |
| #6 | Campbell | 95 |
| #7 | Deakin | 93 |
| #8 | Griffith | 92 |
| #9 | Bruce | 92 |
| #10 | Hall | 92 |
| #11 | Barton | 91 |
| #12 | Casey | 91 |
| #13 | Weston | 90 |
| #14 | Forde | 90 |
| #15 | Forrest | 89 |
| #16 | Denman Prospect | 89 |
| #17 | Strathnairn | 88 |
| #18 | Macarthur | 87 |
| #19 | Cook | 87 |
| #20 | Franklin | 87 |
| #21 | Hughes | 86 |
| #22 | Gordon | 86 |
| #23 | Flynn | 86 |
| #24 | Bonython | 85 |
| #25 | Belconnen | 85 |
| #26 | Acton | 84 |
| #27 | Curtin | 84 |
| #28 | Kaleen | 83 |
| #29 | Crace | 83 |
| #30 | Greenway | 83 |
| #31 | Phillip | 81 |
| #32 | Conder | 81 |
| #33 | Coombs | 80 |
| #34 | Monash | 79 |
| #35 | City | 79 |
| #36 | Kingston | 79 |
| #37 | Red Hill | 79 |
| #38 | Isaacs | 77 |
| #39 | Ainslie | 77 |
| #40 | Fraser | 77 |
| #41 | Gowrie | 76 |
| #42 | Torrens | 76 |
| #43 | Mawson | 76 |
| #44 | Giralang | 75 |
| #45 | Melba | 75 |
| #46 | Gungahlin | 74 |
| #47 | Fisher | 74 |
| #48 | O'Malley | 74 |
| #49 | Moncrieff | 74 |
| #50 | Wright | 73 |
Index shows relative strength within this list. 100 is the top-ranked suburb; lower values are further from the leader, not an overall suburb rating.