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Weighted score from safety, housing, education, accessibility, lifestyle, environment, future growth and community. Ranked within metro, coastal and regional cohorts.

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Beachside suburbs and towns whose boundary meets the coast — city beaches and regional holiday towns alike — so beaches are ranked against beaches.

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Cohort median: 49.1/100 (Coastal & beach)

1Victoria Point416583.5/100+34.4 vs median
2Thornlands416480.5/100+31.4 vs median
3Birkdale415979.3/100+30.2 vs median
4Wynnum417878.1/100+29 vs median
5Wellington Point416075.4/100+26.3 vs median
6Brighton401774.1/100+25 vs median
7Cleveland416372/100+22.9 vs median
8Palm Beach422169.9/100+20.8 vs median
9Mango Hill450969.4/100+20.3 vs median
10Maroochydore455869.1/100+20 vs median
11Ormiston416068.9/100+19.8 vs median
12Currimundi455168.3/100+19.2 vs median
13Sandgate401767.4/100+18.3 vs median
14Redland Bay416566.6/100+17.5 vs median
15Bongaree450766/100+16.9 vs median
16Manly417963.9/100+14.8 vs median
17Tugun422463.7/100+14.6 vs median
18Thorneside415863.5/100+14.4 vs median
19Miami422063.3/100+14.2 vs median
20Clontarf401963.1/100+14 vs median
21Mooloolaba455763/100+13.9 vs median
22Coolum Beach457362.8/100+13.7 vs median
23Wurtulla457561.6/100+12.5 vs median
24Deception Bay450861.3/100+12.2 vs median
25Redcliffe402061.3/100+12.2 vs median

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