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Best suburbs in Melbourne for runners

How close the nearest parkrun is, how much running actually happens, and how much park to run in.

How this is ranked. Distance to the nearest parkrun, GPS activity heat, and the parks score. The activity figure comes from open GPS traces, so it reflects where people genuinely run rather than where a real-estate listing claims they do. 216 of 216 Melbourne suburbs had enough data to be ranked. Updated August 2026.

#	Suburb	Nearest parkrun (km)	Which parkrun	Activity
1	Parkville	1.0	Parkville parkrun	84
2	Albert Park	0.3	Albert parkrun, Melbourne	87
3	Heidelberg	0.5	Warringal Parklands parkrun	86
4	Essendon West	2.1	Maribyrnong parkrun	80
5	Eaglemont	1.2	Warringal Parklands parkrun	74
6	Travancore	2.3	Parkville parkrun	84
7	Coburg North	0.8	Coburg parkrun	70
8	Maribyrnong	0.9	Maribyrnong parkrun	52
9	East Melbourne	2.9	Studley parkrun	88
10	Kew	1.9	Studley parkrun	94
11	South Yarra	2.5	Albert parkrun, Melbourne	74
12	Bulleen	1.6	Warringal Parklands parkrun	76
13	Burwood	0.4	Gardiners Creek parkrun	82
14	Kensington	3.4	Parkville parkrun	55
15	Aberfeldie	1.2	Maribyrnong parkrun	94
16	Abbotsford	0.5	Studley parkrun	56
17	St Kilda	2.9	Albert parkrun, Melbourne	69
18	Carlton	1.7	Parkville parkrun	44
19	Yarraville	0.5	Cruickshank Park parkrun	74
20	Clifton Hill	1.6	Studley parkrun	82
21	Hawthorn	3.6	Studley parkrun	94
22	Seaholme	3.1	Altona Beach parkrun	93
23	Footscray	2.6	Cruickshank Park parkrun	80
24	Ashburton	4.1	Gardiners Creek parkrun	70
25	Box Hill	2.9	Gardiners Creek parkrun	71

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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