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Best suburbs in Melbourne 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. 216 of 216 Melbourne suburbs had enough data to be ranked. Updated August 2026.

#	Suburb	Cafés	Transit	Activity
1	East Melbourne	96	93	88
2	Hawthorn	88	89	94
3	Albert Park	89	87	87
4	Parkville	95	82	84
5	Melbourne	100	99	62
6	Fitzroy	98	100	58
7	Deepdene	74	88	93
8	Camberwell	77	92	86
9	South Yarra	89	91	74
10	Malvern	77	97	80
11	St Kilda	86	99	69
12	Footscray	94	74	80
13	Richmond	93	95	59
14	Travancore	63	90	84
15	Collingwood	98	83	55
16	Caulfield North	63	88	82
17	Brighton	75	62	96
18	Brunswick East	92	94	46
19	Carlton	98	90	44
20	Ripponlea	86	97	49
21	Abbotsford	95	80	56
22	Fitzroy North	91	92	47
23	Armadale	70	93	66
24	Canterbury	72	66	90
25	Carlton North	84	85	58

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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