Liveability

Best Retirement Suburbs in Queensland

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

Samford Village currently leads this Queensland 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	Samford Village	100
#2	Dayboro	90
#3	Bardon	89
#4	Kenmore	88
#5	Ransome	88
#6	Currumbin	88
#7	Ashgrove	87
#8	St Lucia	86
#9	Ferny Grove	85
#10	Carindale	84
#11	Jindalee	84
#12	Balmoral Ridge	83
#13	Bulimba	82
#14	Ferny Hills	82
#15	Kenmore Hills	82
#16	Red Hill	81
#17	Bellbowrie	81
#18	Wongaling Beach	81
#19	Sinnamon Park	81
#20	Yeronga	80
#21	Indooroopilly	80
#22	Eatons Hill	80
#23	Camp Hill	80
#24	Oxley	80
#25	Graceville	80
#26	Marcus Beach	80
#27	Sandgate	80
#28	Caloundra	80
#29	North Maleny	79
#30	Nathan	79
#31	Yandina	79
#32	Eight Mile Plains	79
#33	Withcott	78
#34	Toowong	78
#35	Buddina	78
#36	Coorparoo	78
#37	Felton	78
#38	Maleny	78
#39	Arana Hills	78
#40	Mount Cotton	78
#41	Mount Ommaney	78
#42	Nambour	78
#43	Wellington Point	78
#44	Stretton	77
#45	Rochedale	77
#46	Tarragindi	77
#47	Tamborine Mountain	77
#48	Buderim	77
#49	Highfields	77
#50	Mission Beach	77

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.

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