Liveability

Top Suburbs by Overall Score in Queensland

Suburbs ranked by overall desirability score — a weighted index from eight pillars including safety, housing, education, accessibility, lifestyle, environment, future growth and community. Scores are normalised within metro, coastal and regional cohorts.

Samford Village currently leads this Queensland list. Suburbs ranked by overall desirability score — a weighted index from eight pillars including safety, housing, education, accessibility, lifestyle, environment, future growth and community. Scores are normalised within metro, coastal and regional cohorts. 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	Score /100
#1	Samford Village	80.3
#2	Kenmore	78.4
#3	Ashgrove	77.6
#4	Bardon	72.4
#5	Tarragindi	71.6
#6	Coorparoo	71.3
#7	Bulimba	71.0
#8	Arana Hills	70.6
#9	Camp Hill	70.6
#10	Toowong	70.2
#11	Jindalee	70.1
#12	The Gap	69.5
#13	Keperra	69.4
#14	Carindale	69.3
#15	Graceville	69.3
#16	Gumdale	68.8
#17	Indooroopilly	68.8
#18	Maleny	68.4
#19	Mount Ommaney	67.9
#20	Dayboro	67.6
#21	Newmarket	67.6
#22	Virginia	67.5
#23	Sandgate	67.4
#24	Wellington Point	66.9
#25	Chapel Hill	66.8
#26	Albany Creek	66.7
#27	Fairfield	66.4
#28	Eight Mile Plains	65.8
#29	Highfields	65.8
#30	Moggill	65.7
#31	Red Hill	65.7
#32	Yeerongpilly	65.5
#33	Caloundra	65.3
#34	Taringa	65.3
#35	Yeronga	65.1
#36	St Lucia	65.0
#37	Hendra	64.9
#38	Aspley	64.8
#39	Grange	64.7
#40	Manly West	64.6
#41	Ransome	64.5
#42	Stafford	64.4
#43	Currimundi	64.3
#44	Holland Park West	64.3
#45	Carina	64.2
#46	Manly	64.2
#47	New Farm	64.1
#48	Milton	64.0
#49	Alderley	63.9
#50	Victoria Point	63.9
#51	Wilston	63.8
#52	Noosa Heads	63.7
#53	Corinda	63.6
#54	Currumbin	63.4
#55	Ferny Grove	63.3
#56	Birkdale	63.2
#57	Palm Beach	63.2
#58	Fig Tree Pocket	63.0
#59	Balmoral Ridge	62.9
#60	Cannon Hill	62.9
#61	Everton Hills	62.9
#62	Alexandra Hills	62.8
#63	Paddington	62.8
#64	Clayfield	62.5
#65	Auchenflower	62.4
#66	Mitchelton	62.4
#67	Tugun	62.4
#68	Wongaling Beach	62.4
#69	Calamvale	62.3
#70	Highvale	62.3
#71	Rochedale	62.2
#72	Kenmore Hills	62.1
#73	Kelvin Grove	61.9
#74	Runcorn	61.8
#75	Bellbowrie	61.7
#76	North Maleny	61.7
#77	Buderim	61.6
#78	Nundah	61.6
#79	Stones Corner	61.5
#80	Kedron	61.2
#81	Rochedale South	61.1
#82	Taigum	61.1
#83	Ferny Hills	60.9
#84	Marcus Beach	60.9
#85	Springfield Central	60.9
#86	Windsor	60.9
#87	Buddina	60.8
#88	Camp Mountain	60.8
#89	Wishart	60.8
#90	Oxley	60.7
#91	Mudjimba	60.6
#92	Salisbury	60.6
#93	Varsity Lakes	60.4
#94	Springwood	60.2
#95	Brookfield	60.1
#96	Morningside	60.1
#97	Closeburn	60.0
#98	Forest Glen	60.0
#99	Mooloolaba	60.0
#100	Nathan	59.9

Score is the overall desirability index (0–100), normalised within each metro, coastal and regional cohort.

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