Healthiest, most active suburbs in Perth
Where people genuinely walk, run and ride — measured, not claimed.
Floreat (88/100), City Beach (86/100), Burswood (80/100) lead this ranking of 256 Perth suburbs.
By Formada3D research · Updated October 2026
Part of Perth suburb rankings · all Perth lists
Which Perth suburbs are the healthiest and most active?
How do the top 25 compare, measure by measure?
| # | Suburb | Activity heat / km² | Gyms + sport per 1,000 | Healthy score | Median house price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Floreat | — | 49.1 | 77 | — |
| 2 |  City Beach | — | 26.4 | 76 | — |
| 3 |  Burswood | — | 6.8 | 75 | — |
| 4 |  Shoalwater | — | 7.1 | 69 | — |
| 5 |  Crawley | — | 4.0 | 73 | — |
| 6 |  Fremantle | — | 6.7 | 67 | — |
| 7 |  Harrisdale | — | 4.4 | 72 | — |
| 8 |  Joondalup | — | 5.1 | 73 | — |
| 9 |  Kinross | — | 9.3 | 65 | — |
| 10 |  Warwick | — | 7.5 | 70 | — |
| 11 |  Peppermint Grove | — | 10.0 | 67 | — |
| 12 |  Subiaco | — | 6.0 | 69 | — |
| 13 |  Forrestfield | — | 12.8 | 70 | — |
| 14 |  Guildford | — | 4.9 | 72 | — |
| 15 |  Churchlands | — | 19.5 | 66 | — |
| 16 |  Mosman Park | — | 5.6 | 68 | — |
| 17 |  Darch | — | 37.6 | 57 | — |
| 18 |  Brentwood | — | 11.6 | 65 | — |
| 19 |  Bull Creek | — | 9.1 | 73 | — |
| 20 |  Claremont | — | 6.3 | 64 | — |
| 21 |  Dalkeith | — | 5.0 | 68 | — |
| 22 |  Cottesloe | — | 5.2 | 57 | — |
| 23 |  Henley Brook | — | 42.8 | 66 | — |
| 24 |  Lesmurdie | — | 6.1 | 66 | — |
| 25 |  High Wycombe | — | 11.8 | 69 | — |
Showing the top 25 of 256 ranked suburbs. Scores are percentiles against every other suburb in Perth: 100 is the best in the city, 50 is mid-table. Click any suburb for its full profile.
Why are these the 10 most active suburbs in Perth? (October 2026)
Updated 10 October 2026 · one sentence of real reasons per suburb, from the data on this page.
- Floreat ★ 88
What lifts Floreat to #1 is 97% of it within 400 m of a park; it also has 10.6 ha of parkland per 1,000 residents, and 5 cafés.
- City Beach ★ 86
What lifts City Beach to #2 is 93% of it within 400 m of a park; it also has 59.3 ha of parkland per 1,000 residents, and 4 mapped schools nearby.
- Burswood ★ 80
Burswood (#3) scores on 96% of it within 400 m of a park and 2 public transport stops inside it for a transit score of 97, and 21.5 ha of parkland per 1,000 residents.
- Shoalwater ★ 80
What lifts Shoalwater to #4 is 97% of it within 400 m of a park; it also has 6.1 ha of parkland per 1,000 residents, and median rent of $260 a week.
- Crawley ★ 80
#5 Crawley — 100% of it within 400 m of a park, plus 6 cafés, and 8.1 ha of parkland per 1,000 residents.
- Fremantle ★ 80
Fremantle ranks #6: 76 cafés, 1 public transport stop inside it for a transit score of 85, and 79% of it within 400 m of a park.
- Harrisdale ★ 80
#7 Harrisdale — 100% of it within 400 m of a park, plus 12.7 ha of parkland per 1,000 residents, and 5 cafés.
- Joondalup ★ 80
What lifts Joondalup to #8 is 86% of it within 400 m of a park; it also has 2 public transport stops inside it for a transit score of 86, and 26 cafés.
- Kinross ★ 80
Kinross takes #9 on 100% of it within 400 m of a park, with 2 mapped schools nearby, and median rent of $405 a week.
- Warwick ★ 80
#10 Warwick — 93% of it within 400 m of a park, plus 1 public transport stop inside it for a transit score of 93, and 5 cafés.
Why each of the top 10 healthiest, most active suburbs in Perth ranks where it does
Written from this page's own data: each figure below is the suburb's own value, set against the Perth median where we hold one.
1. Floreat
Floreat is #1 of 256 ranked Perth suburbs on this list, with a score of 88/100. It has an activity score of 98, a healthy score of 77 and 49.1 gyms and sports facilities per 1,000 residents. The trade-off: it scores 39/100 for public transport, so it is weaker there. It covers 4.6 km² with about 8,621 residents (census).
2. City Beach
City Beach is #2 of 256 ranked Perth suburbs on this list, with a score of 86/100. It has an activity score of 95, a healthy score of 76 and 26.4 gyms and sports facilities per 1,000 residents. The trade-off: it scores 37/100 for value for rent, so it is weaker there. It covers 9.8 km² with about 6,805 residents (census).
3. Burswood
Burswood is #3 of 256 ranked Perth suburbs on this list, with a score of 80/100. It has an activity score of 86, a healthy score of 75 and 6.8 gyms and sports facilities per 1,000 residents. The trade-off: it scores 20/100 for value for rent, so it is weaker there. It covers 3.4 km² with about 2,779 residents (census).
4. Shoalwater
Shoalwater is #4 of 256 ranked Perth suburbs on this list, with a score of 80/100. It has an activity score of 92, a healthy score of 69 and 7.1 gyms and sports facilities per 1,000 residents. The trade-off: it scores 25/100 for value for rent, so it is weaker there. It covers 2.6 km² with about 4,368 residents (census).
5. Crawley
Crawley is #5 of 256 ranked Perth suburbs on this list, with a score of 80/100. It has an activity score of 87, a healthy score of 73 and 4 gyms and sports facilities per 1,000 residents. The trade-off: it scores 3/100 for value for rent, so it is weaker there. It covers 1.4 km² with about 3,975 residents (census).
6. Fremantle
Fremantle is #6 of 256 ranked Perth suburbs on this list, with a score of 80/100. It has an activity score of 93, a healthy score of 67 and 6.7 gyms and sports facilities per 1,000 residents. The trade-off: it scores 28/100 for value for rent, so it is weaker there. It covers 5.5 km² with about 9,251 residents (census).
7. Harrisdale
Harrisdale is #7 of 256 ranked Perth suburbs on this list, with a score of 80/100. It has an activity score of 88, a healthy score of 72 and 4.4 gyms and sports facilities per 1,000 residents. The trade-off: it scores 39/100 for public transport, so it is weaker there. It covers 5.8 km² with about 11,667 residents (census).
8. Joondalup
Joondalup is #8 of 256 ranked Perth suburbs on this list, with a score of 80/100. It has an activity score of 86, a healthy score of 73 and 5.1 gyms and sports facilities per 1,000 residents. The trade-off: it scores 25/100 for value for rent, so it is weaker there. It covers 10.6 km² with about 9,193 residents (census).
9. Kinross
Kinross is #9 of 256 ranked Perth suburbs on this list, with a score of 80/100. It has an activity score of 94, a healthy score of 65 and 9.3 gyms and sports facilities per 1,000 residents. The trade-off: it scores 33/100 for parks, so it is weaker there. It covers 2.8 km² with about 6,988 residents (census).
10. Warwick
Warwick is #10 of 256 ranked Perth suburbs on this list, with a score of 80/100. It has an activity score of 89, a healthy score of 70 and 7.5 gyms and sports facilities per 1,000 residents. The trade-off: it scores 5/100 for value for rent, so it is weaker there. It covers 3 km² with about 3,858 residents (census).
How do these suburbs compare head to head?
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What are the healthiest, most active suburbs in Perth?
On our October 2026 data the top five are Floreat (88/100), City Beach (86/100), Burswood (80/100), Shoalwater (80/100), Crawley (80/100), out of 256 ranked Perth suburbs.
How is this ranking calculated?
GPS activity heat per square kilometre from open activity traces, blended with the healthy score (gyms, sports facilities and parks per resident). This is the dataset nobody else in the category publishes. 256 of 256 Perth suburbs had enough data to be ranked. Updated October 2026.
Is this ranking sponsored?
No. No ranking on this site is sold or sponsored. It is computed from open data: GPS activity traces, official crime statistics, the ABS census and OpenStreetMap.
What other Perth rankings are there?
Sources: open GPS activity traces, official crime statistics, ABS census,
OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Median sale price: not available for Western Australia — Landgate sells suburb sales reports and REIWA's medians are commercial; there is no open-licence suburb-level sale price dataset for WA. No ranking on this site is sold or sponsored.
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