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Best Retirement Suburbs in New South Wales

Suburbs suited to retirees, combining safety, health access, recreation, green space and favourable weather from official datasets.

Carss Park currently leads this New South Wales 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	Carss Park	100
#2	Watsons Bay	100
#3	Roseville Chase	98
#4	Milton	98
#5	Lindfield	98
#6	Glenbrook	97
#7	Middle Cove	97
#8	North Sydney	97
#9	Pambula	97
#10	Lawson	95
#11	Woolwich	95
#12	Haberfield	93
#13	East Lindfield	93
#14	Gordon	92
#15	Castle Hill	92
#16	Bangor	92
#17	Lane Cove	92
#18	Forestville	92
#19	Camden	92
#20	Stanwell Tops	91
#21	East Killara	91
#22	St Ives	91
#23	Engadine	91
#24	Bowral	91
#25	Castlecrag	90
#26	Curl Curl	90
#27	Frenchs Forest	90
#28	Mount Kuring-Gai	89
#29	Willoughby East	89
#30	Kiama	89
#31	West Pennant Hills	89
#32	Cremorne	89
#33	Brookvale	89
#34	West Pymble	89
#35	Coledale	89
#36	Alfords Point	88
#37	The Ponds	88
#38	Blaxland	88
#39	Warriewood	88
#40	Lapstone	88
#41	Kirribilli	88
#42	Neutral Bay	88
#43	North Kellyville	88
#44	Seaforth	88
#45	Baulkham Hills	88
#46	Rouse Hill	88
#47	Collaroy	88
#48	Castle Cove	87
#49	Belimbla Park	87
#50	North Parramatta	87

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.

Last updated 4 October 2026 at 1:54 am AEST

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