What are the best family suburbs in Queensland?

The top-ranked suburbs are Bardon, Greenmount, Bald Knob, Booroobin, Wootha, and more, ordered by a category-specific composite score from official government and open data.

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Best Family Suburbs in Queensland

Q: What does the index column mean on ranking pages?

The index shows relative strength within the ranking list. 100 is the top-ranked suburb; lower values are further from the leader. It is not an overall suburb rating out of 100.

Suburbs ranked for families using education access, early-years services, safety, parks and sport facilities from official data.

Rank	Suburb	Index
#1	Bardon	100
#2	Greenmount	100
#3	Bald Knob	99
#4	Booroobin	99
#5	Wootha	99
#6	North Maleny	99
#7	Reesville	99
#8	King Scrub	99
#9	Cambroon	98
#10	Balmoral Ridge	98
#11	Armstrong Creek	98
#12	Glendale	98
#13	Yugar	98
#14	Ashgrove	97
#15	Kenmore	97
#16	Ocean View	97
#17	Bingil Bay	97
#18	Goomburra	96
#19	Scrubby Mountain	96
#20	Linthorpe	96
#21	Mount Pleasant	96
#22	St Lucia	96
#23	Laceys Creek	96
#24	Highvale	96
#25	Mission Beach	96
#26	West Woombye	96
#27	Hendra	95
#28	Cedar Creek	95
#29	South Mission Beach	95
#30	Mount Marshall	95
#31	Hendon	94
#32	Deuchar	94
#33	Camp Mountain	94
#34	Coorparoo	94
#35	Mount Mellum	94
#36	Cawdor	94
#37	Ilkley	94
#38	Upper Lockyer	94
#39	Diamond Valley	93
#40	Mount Coolum	93
#41	Chapel Hill	93
#42	Balmoral	93
#43	Tarzali	93
#44	Glencoe	92
#45	Hampton	92
#46	Point Arkwright	92
#47	Hawthorne	92
#48	Camp Hill	92
#49	Peeramon	92
#50	Diddillibah	92

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 21 August 2026 at 1:51 am AEST

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