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Best suburbs in Brisbane for young professionals

Cafés, public transport and how much life is actually happening on the street.

How this is ranked. Cafés per 1,000 residents, public transport access, and GPS activity heat — the last being a measure of how much walking, running and riding actually happens there, rather than how it is marketed. 277 of 277 Brisbane suburbs had enough data to be ranked. Updated August 2026.

#	Suburb	Cafés	Transit	Activity
1	Albion	98	97	88
2	Fairfield	89	100	84
3	Gaythorne	80	99	90
4	Alderley	80	90	98
5	Milton	98	98	72
6	Dutton Park	96	98	73
7	Newmarket	76	94	96
8	Bowen Hills	92	99	74
9	South Brisbane	99	98	68
10	Mitchelton	82	92	82
11	Beenleigh	80	82	94
12	Yeronga	80	85	90
13	Brisbane City	100	97	56
14	Nundah	81	93	78
15	Windsor	68	87	94
16	Indooroopilly	91	73	84
17	Toowong	94	81	72
18	Hendra	86	89	68
19	Graceville	68	91	82
20	Taringa	89	92	60
21	Wooloowin	87	99	54
22	Keperra	70	87	81
23	Sandgate	86	83	68
24	Fortitude Valley	97	97	40
25	Ormiston	66	77	91

Showing the top 25 of 277 ranked suburbs. Scores are percentiles against every other suburb in Brisbane: 100 is the best in the city, 50 is mid-table. Click any suburb for its full profile.

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Sources: open GPS activity traces, official crime statistics, ABS census, OpenStreetMap (ODbL). No ranking on this site is sold or sponsored.
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