What are the best cycling suburbs in Victoria?

The top-ranked suburbs are Melbourne, Geelong, Brunswick, Carlton, Coburg, and more, ordered by a category-specific composite score from official government and open data.

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Best Cycling Suburbs in Victoria

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 with the best cycling infrastructure signals — bike parking, hire facilities and recreational cycling access from OpenStreetMap data.

Rank	Suburb	Index
#1	Melbourne	100
#2	Geelong	96
#3	Brunswick	84
#4	Carlton	84
#5	Coburg	84
#6	Footscray	84
#7	North Melbourne	84
#8	Southbank	84
#9	Brunswick East	84
#10	Eltham	84
#11	Clayton	83
#12	Fitzroy	83
#13	Hawthorn	83
#14	Northcote	83
#15	Glen Waverley	83
#16	Moonee Ponds	83
#17	St Albans	83
#18	Abbotsford	83
#19	Collingwood	83
#20	Docklands	83
#21	Ringwood	83
#22	South Melbourne	83
#23	Box Hill	82
#24	Dandenong	82
#25	Springvale	82
#26	Camberwell	82
#27	Fitzroy North	82
#28	Balwyn North	82
#29	Preston	82
#30	Richmond	82
#31	Sunshine	82
#32	Yarraville	82
#33	Kensington	82
#34	Geelong West	81
#35	Kew	81
#36	Prahran	81
#37	Ascot Vale	81
#38	Brighton	81
#39	Coburg North	81
#40	Ringwood East	81
#41	Mitcham	81
#42	Newport	81
#43	Ballarat Central	81
#44	Balwyn	80
#45	East Melbourne	80
#46	Oakleigh	80
#47	Sandringham	80
#48	Fairfield	80
#49	Horsham	80
#50	Thornbury	79

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 17 August 2026 at 1:40 am AEST

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