All 8 States & Territories in AUSTRALIA Ranked WORST to BEST 

*Can we SMASH 5000 Likes for a BEST Cities to Live in Australia video?!* Hope you all enjoy these "Ranking" videos, and let me know if there are any other countries or continents you'd like us to rank from WORST to BEST!

Anyone else from Canberra and was shocked to see we placed third and not last?! Or is it just me?

I love how his American accent disappeared whenever he said Melbourne XD

0:00 Intro 1:21 Honourable Mentions 2:18 #8- Northern Territory 3:46 #7- South Australia 5:05 #6- Queensland 6:33 #5- Tasmania 7:54 #4- New South Wales 9:15 #3- Australian Capital Territory (Canberra) 10:34 #2- Victoria 12:10 #1- Western Australia Thank you very much.

South Aussie here! Some of the things you mentioned are definitely part of why I love it here so much! Less traffic, and no matter where you are in Adelaide, you’re always within 15-20 mins of the beach or the hills. There are many beautiful national parks to explore, and stunning beaches. We are also pretty sheltered from most natural disasters here - we don’t get the cyclones or the flooding that they get in other states, but we do get bushfires. And it is so true about everyone knowing each other - or at least having mutual friends 😊

As someone who has lived in NSW , Queensland and Currently WA I love WA because the city is big enough but not too big, it’s a great state to raise a family and the weather is great. I’ve travelled to each of Australia’s states and territory and honestly each one has pluses and minuses. Australia in general is the best country to live in no matter where you live.

Wow I was not expecting a Western Australian win, Thanks from perth!

having travelled all over Australia and lived in Darwin and Melbourne I still think Perth has the best to offer in terms of lifestyle and weather. I am very thankful to be living here.

Tasmanian here! Have lived in Hobart most of my life and whilst it has it's flaws, it's such a beautiful and welcoming place.

As a resident of WA I have to say I was shocked that you placed it number one. it gets a bad reputation of being boring when it has in my opinion the most stunning outback and coastline in all of Australia. one thing that does get overlooked is the northern parts of WA because of the south west despite the Nyinggulu (Ningaloo) reef creating a stunning coastline around Exmouth

As someone born and raised in Melbourne, every state could be the best, depending on your priorities. We really are the 'lucky country', as everywhere is beautiful in Oz 👍☺️🇦🇺

I’ve visited Perth a couple of times and it is wicked good for sure. Think San Diego weather but with better beaches, nicer people, and less crime.

WA also has the best night skies in the world!! You can drive a half hour into the hills from the city and get nice dark skies but even if you want truly dark skies with the majestic Milky Way arching across the sky you can get the darkest rated skies in just a couple of hours. Of course our weather makes seeing the night sky very accessible compared to more cloudy locations in the tropics or further south in places like Tasmania and Victoria.

If I were to choose a state to live in in Australia, I'd probably pick Queensland, because I really like tropical weather and rainforests together with breathtaking beaches and turquoise water all around. However, I also find Western Australia a pretty reasonable place to reside in, since it has stunning nature and Perth is considered one of the most liveable cities on earth. And most importantly, it is not that expensive, just like Sydney or Melbourne.

West Aussie here, and you won't get an argument from me over this choice. We have so much on offer here, without the crowded population. I'm very glad to be an Aussie, but especially being an Aussie in West Aus

Very good video. I agree with your rankings. I lot of thought went into this.

And particularly spot on is Perth, best city in Oz, can walk across the CBD in 15 minutes, it’s ultra clean, heaps of work, traffic is bearable…., all in all the pick of the litter.

Queensland will always have a place in my heart,I worked at Brisbane airport as an aeromechanical engineer for a year and now that I'm officially a pilot I'm looking forward moving to brisbane from Spain as an RFDS pilot

I’ve lived and worked in 5 of our nations capital cities. Adelaide is by far my favourite for all of the reasons mentioned. Traffic , people , beaches , central market and ease of getting from place to place. Apart from Perth , the other 3 mainland capitals are left way behind. Unless you want to spend your leisure time shopping. Yesterday we spent nearly 3 hours in traffic to get to the closest sandy ocean facing beach only 60km from our home 😒. Ahhh !!

True about Canberra feeling like a collection of suburbs connected by country scenery and roundabouts. Perfect for people who want a taste of both city and country.

My two trips down to Australia showed how huge and diverse the country is. And I've only been to New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria. Loved everwhere I visited in Australia.

West Aussie here, WA has everything you’d want out of an Australian state, and some. I’m just starting to explore my own backyard, and I’m disappointed I didn’t do it sooner. Perth is big enough to have a lot of big city amenities, but small enough to feel affordable and friendly. I know it has a reputation amongst some locals as being boring, but it’s really starting to develop a unique identity in recent years. But WA is more than Perth. You have the very liveable small towns dotted throughout the south west, that are beautiful. Most are a weekend trip from Perth, some being a day trip. There’s also a tonne of natural diversity too, and stunning landscapes the state over, most of it is very well kept secrets, and still maintains its natural beauty without the over-popularity of tourism.

As a Victorian living in WA, I wholly endorse this list 🥰

Perth is truely a beautiful majestic city. It has the largest inner City Park known as Kings Park which is 60 hectares larger than New Yorks central park. As Australia's third oldest capital city Perth is a vibrant modern City with a modern office towers but at street level, still retains much of its rich heritage. Anyone visiting Perth please visit Fremantle , Kings Park, Rottness, Cottesloe Beach and the Perth CBD. All World class. Thankyou for your awesome video of our beautiful country.

Enjoyed thanks !!!

I absolutely need to visit Australia someday. If I had to pick a state to live in, I'd choose Queensland because I love the rainforest, palm trees, abundant vegetation, thunderstorms, tropical cyclones.

I'm from Western Australia and I'm glad to see we got number 1, we have kilometers of coast line and some incredible beaches such as in exmouth, one example is Turqoise bay, which has some of the clearest water, it also has incredible cities! Thanks for putting us at number!

Amazing video, love it

Awesome information

Just moved to Perth 3 weeks ago and its the best, I love it in W.A. its got everything, beaches, forests, towns and the city all within an hours drive. So much to see and do here coming from someone who lived in Alice Springs for 20 years

South Australia was so hard done by. It deserves to be a lot higher

Perth in Western Australia doesn't have toll roads, and the traffic is generally low, making it a great place to live. The city has a thriving mining industry that provides high-paying jobs, and on top of that, it gets sunshine for 80% of the year.

Love the way you explain! I am thinking to to Masters in Australia! Any suggestion from your side? considering humid weather!

I don’t think there is a bad state or territory in Oz - so much to see & do and all of them have a lifetime of unique natural beauty and friendly people everywhere. Sometimes Sydney gets a bit of a bum rap from other Aussies in the way New York/LA do in the US - that’s normal. For anyone moving to Australia from overseas I think climate is a massive deal. Queensland - hot sweaty summer but magnificent in winter. Melbourne & Hobart - get a little bleak in Winter. And Sydney, Adelaide and Perth - similar latitudes and probably more rounded climates. Sydney is ridiculously expensive on the housing front so my vote would go for Perth or Adelaide based on the things I like. My favorite regional city in Australia is a Newcastle. Fantastic place.

I live in the Northern Territory but I love Western Australia and I agree with it being underrated, they've got the Kimberly's to the far north with stunning views, then you have the great Sandy Desert in the interior, the wheat belt past the Pilbara region, Kalgoorlie/Boulder a mining town towards the start of Nullarbor plain which stretches across to South Australia then you have the magnificent coastline in the south west corner but it does contain a lot of sharks and it's also home to the pink lake called "Lake Hillier"

super cool video

8) Northern Territory 2:18 7) South Australia 3:47 6) Queensland 5:05 5) Tasmania 6:35 4) New South Wales 7:54 3) Australian Capital Territory 9:15 2) Victoria 10:34 1) Western Australia 12:10 I'm a West Aussie who has lived in QLD also, I'd probably go 1) NSW 2) QLD 3) WA 4) VIC 5) TAS 6) SA 7) ACT 8) NT though. But that's just my opinion You guys have no idea how far everything is in WA, how bad the internet speeds are, how hot and dry it is, how we have an over reliance on mining and a lack of diverse job opportunities, how far away we are from other countries and how long it takes to get stuff delivered.

I’ve lived in the NT and Queensland and also visited Norfolk Island. Depending on the skills and qualifications you bring any State or Territory in Australia is a great place to live. The sense of wide open space is incredible. If you’re in the outback don’t forget to look up at night, the Milky Way is unreal !

Adelaide South Australia has been voted most livable city in Australia since the beginning of 2022, it was Melbourne, Victoria before that, Adelaide with its green belt is beautiful and a great city to bring up kids.. 🐨👍

Stunned that WA came in at No.1. I've lived here for most of my life and we constantly get put down by people who don't live here. It really is a fantastic place to live

nice video, very enjoyable

Thank you for creating this video to educate us and make us happy.

Good to see Canberra get a good placing (where I live). Well researched video as always!

amazing video love it

great video

Thanks for telling the world that Tasmania has the cleanest air on earth and some of the friendliest people you'd ever meet. That saves me bragging about about Tasmania to everyone I meet.

Amazing video - both educational and entertaining. Your video will inspire many people to visit Australia. Keep up the great work!

Great video love it.

QLD all day everyday, beautiful one day, perfect the next is spot on. Great laid back people, incredible beaches and tropical and subtropical rainforest areas. In summer it does get hot the further north you go with a killer humidity. Winter days are ridiculously beautiful (not cold at all), bright coolish and clear, perfect to be outside!

Excellent video - full pf great content

very beautiful country - thank you for making this video

I'm constantly inspired by your creativity.

I've been travelling throughout Western Australia for the last two years and there's still so much to see! It's got a bit of everything :)

Wow nice one👍👍

West Aussie from the heart of Perth, living and working in Europe for only a bit of time, but I’m so homesick! Home early July and can’t wait. There’s so much we take for granted…Thanks for the vote guys ❤

thank you for giving your opinion on Australia I really appreciate it

Great video! There's really no where bad to live in Oz just depends on priorities. And it's stunningly beautiful.

Adelaide was ranked the 3rd most livable city in the world last year (global liveability index)

Exceptipnal potted review of my homeland! Well done guys!!

Let's go we got another great video thanks again for all that you do

Good to see ACT ranked up there, I go to uni there and I do think it's underrated. And having done a big road trip through WA I really can't argue with that, absolutely loved it!

Talking to Australians everyday at the airport here in the Middle East is something that I enjoy. They're so friendly and don't pick any offence if you ask them, "How was your flight ?" They're very approachable 😊

as someone who lives in Adelaide i would like to point out, it seems we don't have a ton but we have many events they just dont receive alot of notice but they are really good events and are often really fun and sometimes educational but in a fun way!

a long awaited video!

Sydney and Melbourne all got beat by Adelaide in 2021 in the world's most livable cities,

What a delightful visitor to Perth you have such great enthusiasm

Our family moved to Perth in 1967. Dad set up an office -- just him and a secretary for Phillips Petroleum. Other oil companies also had set up small offices. These geologists from North America and Europe agreed it was the best assignment you could get. They came up with an agreed description --- " Perthly Paradise" 1 an area of 1/3 of a continent that was theirs to explore. 2 the corporate headquarters were pretty close to the opposite side of the planet. 3 it was friendly and a safe place to raise a family.😂

Mango! Great video, keep up the good work

nice video

I'm so lucky to be born i Australia 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

also i have to say you did your homework well , you pronounced everything how we pronounce it and it was beautiful

love to visit Australia - great video

I like the voice of the Mr. Camel - so cool

Thank you for putting sea cliff bridge in the intro

Very nice list about Australia

I live in Adelaide idk y it's so low on the list but anyways Adelaide is awesome and Australia in general is a great place to live

As a Perth resident, we do have a lot of fun stuff happen at night but Fremantle is probably one of the busiest places overtaking the city. Kings Park is the real treasure as there are so many wildflowers there and in a lot of our bushland. Plus there are some amazing places to stop for drinks and we have a bridge you can zipline off. Pretty fun here.

Great video. I think Pearth is really the nicest place to stay.

Watching from Melbourne, where it's 37°C this very instant, with a cool change on the horizon promising to turn things decidedly Antarctic any moment. : )

It's interesting listening to this from a foreigners point of view, I have lived in new south Wales my whole life, my friend moved to Tasmania, I have been to Victoria and Canberra for a few school holidays, and I have been to Queensland with my family once, so listening to how others think about it is very interesting

YES YOU UPLOADED ❤❤❤❤

Being born and raised in Ballarat Vic, I would say that it's perfect for me, it's about a hour drive from Melbourne so you can easily access all the same stuff that the Melbournians experience, the city of Ballarat is the 3rd biggest in the state and shows some excellent, history with being a great spot to mine for gold in the gold rush, and a large amount of forest and bush area that surrounds the city, these areas have some amazing wildlife views and some of the best 4x4 tracks in the state. Though the city does suffer the same fate as Melbourne with some quite high housing prices, though most of that is overshadowed by the overall great community that Ballarat has, festivals are quite common in the area. Well there's my insight and opinion on the matter.e

I've lived all over the world and Australia and Brisbane is miles ahead of the rest of the country... but mainly because the weather is excellent!

Victoria may sometimes have all 4 seasons in 1 day and even in 1 week, I still wouldn't trade Victoria for any other state or territory ever.

mad respect!! this video was awesome! you pronounced Melbourne correctly aswell : D

It isn’t the lucky country anymore because of the government

I love the NT. Spent 6 months there and seriously fell in love with it. Minus the huge amount of homeless, theft, and stores closing at like 5pm every day. My time there was awesome

Love your videos man❤️ Your style is so unique 🔥

I always watch all your videos, and you can imagine how excited I was to see you actually covered my country. You were pretty spot on too. Although WA as number 1? Hmmm... but hey ho. Oh one other thing .. I love when. you do the whole 'Hey, why is it only number 4 if its so great' voice thing. Funny. Keep doing that in future videos. Oh and I also like the 'without further ado' thing ... what can I say, Im easily pleased.

Oddly, I have lived in all States at one time or another - as well as dozens of cities around the world due to my job. Sydney was most stressful - we had to move 12 times in 2 years, due to the rocky rental markets and lack of housing in general. Melbourne, the most fun, but the most socioeconomically divided. Adelaide is lovely, so it Perth - but it feels like you are so far away from everything and everyone. Queensland has the feeling you never have to leave - however, it's so slow and had the sense everyone is in retirement. The most underrated is Alice Springs in the Northern Territory it's very cosmopolitan and culturally authentic. I now live in Canberra - by far the easiest city in the WORLD to live, it's a bit of nothing but totally everything ( almost like Canada as a concept ). Admittedly a little flat culturally/socially the quality of daily life here is EXTRA. Planned as a Garden City in the ART DECO style, there are deliberate green belts in between micro centres, making sure there is a balance between bush and city - and also, no one area becomes overcrowded and too dense. It's ultra easy to get to anywhere and park, there is little if any congestion, it's incredibly clean, has 4 gorgeous seasons. It's only 2 hours from Sydney, 2 hours to the snowy mountains, two hours to the coastal towns - and surrounded by wineries, cheese /dairy etc. The head of government, military, arts and so on are here, there is no shortage of good jobs. Low on celebrities and California glitz, it's very Washington and definitely a city of the future.

Agree with your summary. My parents lived their last part of their lives in Bridgetown and close rellies in Bunbury and Busselton, as well as Perth itself, though living in Adelaide SA I love WA where I and my wife had our Honeymoon (The South West corner - Big Trees, Albany, Stirling Ranges, Lake Grace and Wave Rock at Hyden. What a place to retire!!! (As well as work and live)

Top 5 things to do in Canberra 1.Do the half fun stuff that is in Canberra 2.Realize that u have done everything and that Canberra is actually the most boring city in Australia 3.It is literally just barren fields everywhere 4.Complain that there is NO BEACHES 5.leave (This is coming from a person who has lived in Canberra his whole life!)

Pretty much agree with this list, although as someone who is from Canberra it's definitely doesn't deserve number 3. Plenty of other places to live with lower cost of living and better weather and things to do.

From Augusta to Perth , and north to the Pinnacles... I enjoyed it... Highlights were the Jewel Cave and Rotnest.. as for city dwelling, Freo has a brilliant vibe.. But in the end.. from the west end, Its so easy to leave.

Born and raised in Queensland, and I've always appreciated how breathtaking it can be, don't know how NSW beats it out in anything except maybe history. Queensland is definitely one of the best contenders, but when it comes to crime rate, probably one of the worst, Cairns alone is enough to put Australia on the map as dangerous, Townsville right behind it

Hi First of all, not an Aussie, however I do genuinely love Australia, Got the chance to visit twice in my life, but definitely planning to visit again, I would love to live there but it is getting harder by the day if you do not meet the Australian criteria, definitely one of the best places to live in the world. I do agree 100% with your pick, and yeah Melbourne can have four seasons in a day. Nice, warm and sunny one minute, then chilly, miserable weather the next, I love Melbourne still, definitely loads to explore and I even have great memories too. Especially of Eureka Skydeck 88, loved it

As someone from Victoria, I completely respect this list! I love WA and it deserves more recognition, it’s really a beautiful place and is very underrated, thank you for appreciating it! :)

I just had a holiday in Perth and the cafes all close at 4 pm. Finding somewhere to eat in the evening was quite difficult on a budget. It was like a country town. Nearby Freemantle is where people go now.

As a European, the only place that really sounds appealing to me is Sydney (and NSW as a state): the scenery, the sunny weather, the vibrant city life, the world-renowned beaches… I would leave London, and gloomy England, in a heartbeat if I had the chance to move to Sydney. I wouldn’t move to Melbourne solely for the weather, as it dangerously reminds me of the uncertain and grey British sky.

Glad they mentioned the low crime of SA as this is so true. I've lost my bag or purse on 3 or 4 occasions in the city or suburbs and I always get it back with all the money and cards still in it. People drive out of their way to return it home to me (Im usually not contactable by phone and maybe people do not trust the police as much as returning something to it's owner themselves as interestingly no one has ever handed it over to the police). I don't even bother cancelling out my bankcards when I loose it.