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Best Retirement Suburbs in Western Australia

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

Bunbury currently leads this Western Australia 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	Bunbury	100
#2	Albany	98
#3	Denmark	94
#4	Manjimup	93
#5	Crooked Brook	93
#6	Northcliffe	92
#7	Guildford	91
#8	Emu Point	91
#9	Kalamunda	90
#10	Fremantle	88
#11	Woodvale	88
#12	Bridgetown	87
#13	Perth	86
#14	Esperance	84
#15	Busselton	84
#16	Karrinyup	83
#17	Leeming	83
#18	Gnowangerup	83
#19	Duncraig	83
#20	Hovea	83
#21	Warwick	82
#22	Lesmurdie	82
#23	Bull Creek	82
#24	Hillarys	81
#25	College Grove	81
#26	Mount Lawley	81
#27	Mahogany Creek	81
#28	Ardross	80
#29	Cowaramup	80
#30	Murdoch	80
#31	Collie	80
#32	Harvey	79
#33	Joondalup	79
#34	Balingup	79
#35	Margaret River	78
#36	Stirling	78
#37	Leederville	78
#38	Watermans Bay	78
#39	Ocean Reef	78
#40	Australind	78
#41	Kingsley	77
#42	Donnybrook	77
#43	Wembley Downs	77
#44	Churchlands	77
#45	Gwelup	77
#46	Inglewood	77
#47	Padbury	77
#48	Mundaring	77
#49	Dalyellup	76
#50	Nannup	76

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.

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