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Best Retirement Suburbs in Victoria

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

Steels Creek currently leads this Victoria 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	Steels Creek	100
#2	Warrandyte	96
#3	Moriac	96
#4	Viewbank	95
#5	Ringwood North	95
#6	Balnarring Beach	95
#7	Eltham	95
#8	Traralgon South	94
#9	Kew East	93
#10	Templestowe	93
#11	Shoreham	93
#12	Eltham North	93
#13	Research	93
#14	Mount Eliza	92
#15	Sandringham	92
#16	Park Orchards	92
#17	Beaumaris	91
#18	Hurstbridge	91
#19	Upwey	91
#20	Diamond Creek	91
#21	Templestowe Lower	90
#22	Wheelers Hill	90
#23	Highton	90
#24	Trentham	89
#25	Selby	89
#26	Olinda	89
#27	Donvale	89
#28	Brighton East	88
#29	Macedon	88
#30	The Patch	88
#31	Beaconsfield Upper	88
#32	East Sale	88
#33	Garfield North	88
#34	Boolarra	88
#35	Branxholme	87
#36	Mitcham	87
#37	Upper Ferntree Gully	87
#38	Keilor East	87
#39	Balwyn North	87
#40	Red Hill South	87
#41	Brunswick East	87
#42	Bulleen	87
#43	Taradale	87
#44	Montmorency	86
#45	Ceres	86
#46	Ellinbank	86
#47	Doncaster East	86
#48	Clarinda	86
#49	Mount Martha	86
#50	Aberfeldie	86

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 4 October 2026 at 1:54 am AEST

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