Most walkable Launceston suburbs

The suburb of Launceston tops the ranking, scoring 91 out of 100. The 15 listed score between 32 and 91, a spread of 59 points. These 15 suburbs came from a field of 24 eligible Launceston suburbs.

This ranking scores every eligible Launceston suburb on walkability — how much of daily life, from shops and schools to transport stops and parks, sits within walking distance of the average address.

Walkability is scored against the other Launceston suburbs rather than on an absolute scale, so a Launceston "top 5%" means the most walkable places in this city, not this city measured against Sydney. That matters: Australian cities differ enormously in how they were built, and an absolute cut-off would hand the older, denser cities a long list and the younger ones almost nothing — which tells a reader choosing between suburbs in one city nothing at all. Safety enters as a small secondary factor, because the most walkable parts of any city skew to dense inner cores. A high score means errands are walkable, not that a suburb is quiet.

Most walkable suburbs in Launceston

Ranked on the walkability score — how much of daily life (shops, schools, transport stops, parks) sits within walking distance — percentile-ranked within the city's pool, with a small safety leg.

1

Launceston

TAS 7250 · 3,110 residents

91/100 walkability · among the most walkable in Launceston · 83/100 safety

B 97.5
2

East Launceston

TAS 7250 · 2,270 residents

88/100 walkability · more walkable than 96% of Launceston · 100/100 safety

A+ 96.3
3

Newstead

TAS 7250 · 5,617 residents

81/100 walkability · more walkable than 87% of Launceston · 100/100 safety

A+ 88.9
4

Kings Meadows

TAS 7249 · 4,359 residents

83/100 walkability · more walkable than 91% of Launceston · 75/100 safety

B 88.9
5

South Launceston

TAS 7249 · 4,894 residents

79/100 walkability · more walkable than 83% of Launceston · 75/100 safety

A 81.5
6

Mayfield

TAS 7248 · 1,525 residents

73/100 walkability · more walkable than 76% of Launceston · 100/100 safety

B 79.7
7

Invermay

TAS 7248 · 3,498 residents

73/100 walkability · more walkable than 76% of Launceston · 71/100 safety

B 75.3
8

Norwood

TAS 7250 · 3,869 residents

70/100 walkability · more walkable than 65% of Launceston · 100/100 safety

A 70.4
9

Summerhill

TAS 7250 · 3,139 residents

68/100 walkability · more walkable than 61% of Launceston · 100/100 safety

A 66.7
10

Ravenswood

TAS 7250 · 3,804 residents

71/100 walkability · more walkable than 70% of Launceston · 50/100 safety

C 66.6
11

Newnham

TAS 7248 · 7,073 residents

66/100 walkability · more walkable than 56% of Launceston · 69/100 safety

C 58.4
12

Youngtown

TAS 7249 · 4,315 residents

65/100 walkability · more walkable than 50% of Launceston · 83/100 safety

B 55.0
13

West Launceston

TAS 7250 · 4,316 residents

65/100 walkability · more walkable than 50% of Launceston · 57/100 safety

A 51.0
14

Prospect Vale

TAS 7250 · 5,433 residents

32/100 walkability · more walkable than 39% of Launceston · 100/100 safety

A 48.3
15

Legana

TAS 7277 · 4,719 residents

40/100 walkability · more walkable than 44% of Launceston · 68/100 safety

B 47.2

Ranked from 24 qualifying suburbs.

How we ranked these

85% walkability · 15% safety (bushfire, crime, flood combined). Walkability measures how much of daily life — shops, schools, transport stops, parks — sits within walking distance of the average address, and is turned into a percentile within Launceston's candidate pool rather than judged against a national cut-off, because Australian cities differ enormously in how they were built. Safety is a small leg only: the most walkable parts of any city are its dense inner areas, so it nudges the order without overturning it. A suburb with no walkability score is excluded rather than ranked last. See how we calculate for the full methodology.

Common questions about this ranking

What are the most walkable Launceston suburbs?

The suburb of Launceston tops the ranking, scoring 91 out of 100. The 15 listed score between 32 and 91, a spread of 59 points. These 15 suburbs came from a field of 24 eligible Launceston suburbs.

How is walkability measured?

The score reflects how much of daily life sits within walking distance of the average address in a suburb — shops, schools, transport stops, parks and other everyday destinations. It is a 0-100 figure per suburb, and it describes the suburb as a whole, so a long street on the edge of a walkable suburb may still feel car-dependent.

Why are these ranked against other Launceston suburbs?

Walkability is percentile-ranked within Launceston's candidate pool rather than against an absolute national cut-off. Australian cities were built in different eras and differ enormously in density, so an absolute threshold would return a long list in the older cities and almost nothing in the younger ones — useless to a reader choosing between Launceston suburbs. A Launceston top-ranked suburb is the most walkable in Launceston.

Does a high score mean the suburb is quiet?

No — often the opposite. The most walkable parts of any Australian city are its dense inner areas, which tend to be busier, noisier and more built up. The score answers "can I get to things on foot", not "is it peaceful". Safety carries 15% of the ranking against walkability's 85%, which nudges the order without overriding it — so read the risk figures on each suburb's own page before deciding.

Which suburbs are eligible?

Suburbs in Launceston with a population of at least 500 and a walkability score on record. A suburb with no score is left out rather than ranked last — unmeasured is not the same as unwalkable — and the top 15 are shown.

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Rankings last computed 28 September 2026. Recomputed after each ACARA schools data refresh.

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