Most socio-economically advantaged suburbs in Victoria
The 25 suburbs in Victoria with the highest Suburb Score— our transparent 0–100 measure of socio-economic advantage, derived from the Australian Bureau of Statistics' SEIFA index of the 2021 Census. Higher means more advantaged on the ABS's own composite of income, education and occupation.
This ranks suburbs purely on a socio-economic measure from ABS Census data. It is not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit — advantage is not the same as livability, character or value. How we calculate the Suburb Score.
- 1Cremorne (Vic.)Suburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1175 · 2,158 residents
- 2KooyongSuburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1172 · 842 residents
- 3East MelbourneSuburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1156 · 4,896 residents
- 4Ivanhoe EastSuburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1150 · 3,762 residents
- 5ToorakSuburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1150 · 12,817 residents
- 6Clifton HillSuburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1147 · 6,606 residents
- 7Middle Park (Vic.)Suburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1147 · 4,000 residents
- 8Canterbury (Vic.)Suburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1146 · 7,800 residents
- 9Carlton NorthSuburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1146 · 6,177 residents
- 10Brighton (Vic.)Suburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1145 · 23,252 residents
- 11Malvern (Vic.)Suburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1145 · 9,929 residents
- 12EaglemontSuburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1144 · 3,960 residents
- 13Glen Iris (Vic.)Suburb Score 99 · SEIFA 1144 · 26,131 residents
- 14BurnleySuburb Score 98 · SEIFA 1140 · 794 residents
- 15Surrey HillsSuburb Score 98 · SEIFA 1138 · 13,655 residents
- 16Bells BeachSuburb Score 98 · SEIFA 1137 · 151 residents
- 17Camberwell (Vic.)Suburb Score 98 · SEIFA 1137 · 21,965 residents
- 18PortseaSuburb Score 98 · SEIFA 1136 · 787 residents
- 19Beaumaris (Vic.)Suburb Score 98 · SEIFA 1134 · 13,947 residents
- 20Kew (Vic.)Suburb Score 98 · SEIFA 1134 · 24,499 residents
- 21Albert Park (Vic.)Suburb Score 98 · SEIFA 1132 · 6,044 residents
- 22Deepdene (Vic.)Suburb Score 98 · SEIFA 1132 · 2,101 residents
- 23Hampton (Vic.)Suburb Score 98 · SEIFA 1132 · 13,518 residents
- 24Hawthorn EastSuburb Score 98 · SEIFA 1132 · 14,834 residents
- 25South WharfSuburb Score 98 · SEIFA 1132 · 71 residents
Suburbs with no ABS SEIFA score (some very small or unpopulated localities) are not ranked. Where suburbs share an identical SEIFA score they share a Suburb Score. The Suburb Score is always a national percentile, so a state list shows how its top suburbs sit against the whole country — not just against each other.