Lifestyle & outdoors

Greenest Suburbs in New South Wales

Suburbs with the highest green cover, parks access and environment scores from satellite analysis and open data.

Goonoo Forest currently leads this New South Wales list. Suburbs with the highest green cover, parks access and environment scores from satellite analysis and open data. 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	Goonoo Forest	100
#2	Dangar Island	97
#3	Magenta	96
#4	Binjura	94
#5	Allgomera	94
#6	Bouddi	94
#7	Lake Macquarie	93
#8	Way Way	93
#9	Bungarribee	89
#10	Lemon Tree Passage	89
#11	Blackbutt	89
#12	Alfords Point	89
#13	Glenroy	89
#14	Clifton Grove	88
#15	Culburra Beach	88
#16	Norah Head	87
#17	Minnamurra	86
#18	Kalkite	86
#19	Lapstone	86
#20	Pelaw Main	86
#21	Wallerawang	86
#22	Kendall	85
#23	Roseville Chase	85
#24	North Rothbury	84
#25	Berrambool	84
#26	Daleys Point	84
#27	Mardi	84
#28	Berringer Lake	84
#29	Woodbine	84
#30	Doyalson	84
#31	Killcare	84
#32	Kapooka	83
#33	Manyana	83
#34	Shoal Bay	82
#35	West Albury	82
#36	Gemalla	82
#37	Cecil Hills	82
#38	Bonnet Bay	82
#39	Abbotsbury	82
#40	Lake Conjola	81
#41	East Lindfield	81
#42	North Arm Cove	81
#43	Ramsgate	81
#44	Mooney Mooney	81
#45	Mendooran	81
#46	Sydney Olympic Park	81
#47	Angus	80
#48	Elermore Vale	80
#49	Claremont Meadows	80
#50	Tanilba Bay	80

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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