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Top Suburbs by Overall Score in Victoria

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.

Ringwood North currently leads this Victoria 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	Ringwood North	70.5
#2	Diamond Creek	70.1
#3	Montmorency	69.2
#4	Fairfield	68.6
#5	Sandringham	68.4
#6	Mount Eliza	68.3
#7	Beaumaris	67.7
#8	Eltham	67.5
#9	Black Rock	67.3
#10	Mitcham	67.3
#11	Kew East	66.9
#12	Heathmont	66.8
#13	Highton	66.8
#14	Upwey	66.8
#15	Trentham	66.7
#16	Warrandyte	66.6
#17	Templestowe Lower	66.5
#18	Mordialloc	66.3
#19	Park Orchards	66.3
#20	Sulky	66.3
#21	St Helena	66.0
#22	Albert Park	65.9
#23	Northcote	65.8
#24	Rosanna	65.6
#25	Castlemaine	65.4
#26	Ashburton	65.3
#27	Mentone	65.3
#28	Kew	65.1
#29	Ivanhoe	65.0
#30	Lower Plenty	65.0
#31	Buninyong	64.9
#32	Newtown	64.8
#33	Bulleen	64.7
#34	Ormond	64.6
#35	Hurstbridge	64.5
#36	Parkdale	64.5
#37	Blackburn	64.3
#38	Hawthorn	64.3
#39	Upper Ferntree Gully	64.1
#40	Red Hill South	64.0
#41	Research	64.0
#42	Strathfieldsaye	64.0
#43	Watsonia	64.0
#44	Brighton	63.9
#45	Queenscliff	63.8
#46	Barwon Heads	63.7
#47	Yarraville	63.7
#48	Langwarrin	63.6
#49	Ringwood East	63.5
#50	Dingley Village	63.1
#51	Belgrave	62.9
#52	Chelsea Heights	62.9
#53	Newport	62.9
#54	Wantirna	62.9
#55	Wonga Park	62.9
#56	Wantirna South	62.8
#57	Edithvale	62.7
#58	Yallambie	62.7
#59	Hampton	62.6
#60	Vermont South	62.6
#61	Balwyn North	62.5
#62	Caulfield North	62.5
#63	Ferntree Gully	62.5
#64	Keilor East	62.5
#65	Aberfeldie	62.4
#66	Canterbury	62.4
#67	Doncaster East	62.4
#68	Fitzroy North	62.4
#69	Aspendale Gardens	62.3
#70	Ripponlea	62.2
#71	Coburg	62.1
#72	Maldon	62.0
#73	Mount Waverley	62.0
#74	Pakenham Upper	62.0
#75	Rowville	62.0
#76	Wheelers Hill	62.0
#77	Essendon	61.9
#78	Middle Park	61.9
#79	Brunswick East	61.8
#80	Glen Waverley	61.8
#81	Williamstown	61.8
#82	Chelsea	61.7
#83	Cheltenham	61.7
#84	Oakleigh South	61.7
#85	Ivanhoe East	61.6
#86	Knoxfield	61.6
#87	Brunswick	61.5
#88	East Melbourne	61.5
#89	Elsternwick	61.5
#90	Montrose	61.5
#91	Smeaton	61.4
#92	Sorrento	61.4
#93	Beaconsfield Upper	61.3
#94	Scoresby	61.3
#95	Alphington	61.2
#96	Bentleigh East	61.2
#97	Camberwell	61.2
#98	Elwood	61.2
#99	Greensborough	61.2
#100	Thornbury	61.2

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

Last updated 7 October 2026 at 2:45 am AEDT

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