Australian suburb rankings

League tables built from 2021 Census and SEIFA open data. Every metric shows both ends: the highest and the lowest suburbs nationally, with per-state cuts.

These rankings sit on top of the full suburb database. Pick a metric to see the national leaders and the other end of the scale, then click any suburb for its complete demographic profile. Figures describe whole suburbs at the 2021 Census, not individual households, and the labels stay neutral and factual: a higher or lower number is just that, not a verdict on a place or its residents.

Median household income ABS 2021 Census Highest: Longueville, NSW ($4,894) Median weekly rent ABS 2021 Census Highest: Greenhills Beach, NSW ($1,625) SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) ABS SEIFA 2021 Highest: Tamarama, NSW (1,209) Median age ABS 2021 Census Highest: Tea Gardens, NSW (69) Overseas-born share ABS 2021 Census Highest: Haymarket, NSW (85.8%) Home ownership rate ABS 2021 Census Highest: Springvale, NSW (98.8%)

All rankings are computed at suburb level only. Local government area income is a derived estimate and is deliberately excluded from these tables. Housing-cost metrics (rent) measure price levels, not affordability, and SEIFA is a relative socio-economic index where 1000 is the national mean.

Last rebuilt June 2026. Sources: ABS 2021 Census and SEIFA 2021. See the data notes.