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Best suburbs in Melbourne for public transport

How well connected each suburb actually is.

How this is ranked. The transit score: access to train stations, tram and bus stops within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode and normalised against the city. 216 of 216 Melbourne suburbs had enough data to be ranked. Updated August 2026.

#	Suburb	Transit score
1	Fitzroy	100
2	Melbourne	99
3	St Kilda	99
4	Southbank	98
5	Windsor	98
6	North Melbourne	97
7	Malvern	97
8	Ripponlea	97
9	Prahran	96
10	South Melbourne	96
11	Richmond	95
12	Middle Park	95
13	Brunswick East	94
14	St Kilda West	94
15	East Melbourne	93
16	Armadale	93
17	Fitzroy North	92
18	Camberwell	92
19	South Yarra	91
20	Cremorne	91
21	Docklands	91
22	Carlton	90
23	Travancore	90
24	Hawthorn	89
25	Caulfield	89

Showing the top 25 of 216 ranked suburbs. Scores are percentiles against every other suburb in Melbourne: 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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