Lifestyle & outdoors
Best Dog Friendly Suburbs in Victoria
Suburbs with strong signals for dog owners — parks, open space and pet-friendly amenity access.
East Melbourne currently leads this Victoria list. Suburbs with strong signals for dog owners — parks, open space and pet-friendly amenity access. 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 | East Melbourne | 100 |
| #2 | Olinda | 100 |
| #3 | Castlemaine | 97 |
| #4 | Parkville | 97 |
| #5 | Warrandyte | 96 |
| #6 | Bendigo | 94 |
| #7 | Myrtleford | 92 |
| #8 | Mansfield | 92 |
| #9 | Eltham | 91 |
| #10 | Geelong | 91 |
| #11 | Daylesford | 91 |
| #12 | Diamond Creek | 90 |
| #13 | Wonga Park | 90 |
| #14 | Eltham North | 89 |
| #15 | The Basin | 89 |
| #16 | Langwarrin | 89 |
| #17 | Footscray | 88 |
| #18 | Newtown | 88 |
| #19 | Buninyong | 88 |
| #20 | Wonthaggi | 88 |
| #21 | Montrose | 87 |
| #22 | St Helena | 87 |
| #23 | Burwood | 87 |
| #24 | Kangaroo Flat | 87 |
| #25 | Deep Lead | 87 |
| #26 | Hurstbridge | 87 |
| #27 | Lysterfield | 87 |
| #28 | Smythesdale | 87 |
| #29 | Wedderburn | 85 |
| #30 | Abbotsford | 85 |
| #31 | Kew | 85 |
| #32 | Keilor | 85 |
| #33 | Yallambie | 85 |
| #34 | Broadford | 85 |
| #35 | Hastings | 84 |
| #36 | Ringwood North | 84 |
| #37 | Talbot | 84 |
| #38 | Newborough | 84 |
| #39 | Lilydale | 83 |
| #40 | Ouyen | 83 |
| #41 | Bittern | 83 |
| #42 | Clarinda | 83 |
| #43 | Westmeadows | 83 |
| #44 | Templestowe | 83 |
| #45 | Macleod | 83 |
| #46 | Melbourne | 83 |
| #47 | West Wodonga | 83 |
| #48 | Clunes | 83 |
| #49 | St Arnaud | 83 |
| #50 | Creswick | 83 |
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.