These Are Australia's Fittest Cities For 2021

And nope the capitals don't come in first. - by Nikolina Ilic

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While, when it came to the fittest cities in the world, no Aussie destination was able to crack the top 10, it was none other than NSW and Victoria who fought it out in the state league (with NSW taking the cake for 2020). But because there's nothing we love more than a bit of city rivalry - we had to bring it right down to local level with a new list of Australia's fittest cities, created by Myprotein Australia.

The list takes into account the number of gyms per 1,000 people, the number of fitness searches on Google, and a whole lot of other data to score every city in the nation out of 100.

They also found out exactly what workouts each city likes doing the most - check it out below.

The 15 fittest cities favourite workouts

Ranking	Area	Population	Favourite Workout	Fitness Score
1	Byron Bay	9,246	CrossFit	70.01
2	Melbourne	5,078,193	Yoga	41.76
3	Sydney	53,121,163	Yoga	40.36
4	Brisbane	2,514,184	Running	29.75
5	Pakenham	46,421	Running	27.40
6	Victor Harbor - Goolwa	14,954	Yoga	23.51
7	Perth	2,059,484	Yoga	23.25
8	Adelaide	1,345,777	Yoga	22.20
9	Warragul	20,149	Running	21.55
10	Mandurah	96,736	Pilates	20.12
11	Gympie	21,599	Running	19.95
12	Cessnock	21,725	Running	19.41
13	Port Macquarie	47,973	Yoga	19.19
14	Armidale	24,504	Yoga	19.13
15	Sunbury	36,084	Running	18.93

According to the study, residents of Byron Bay were crowned Australia’s fittest and they love CrossFit more than any other workout. Their second favourite workout is yoga and their third is pilates.

And surprisingly, while Melbourne might be home to the most gyms – 327 in total, it’s Byron Bay that has the highest number of gyms per person. In fact, they have 7.79 per 1,000 people (72 in total).

Melbourne turns out to be a hotspot for Aussies with a passion for fitness, but more specifically yoga, pilates and running, while Sydneysider love yoga, followed by pilates and then running, in that order. You can read more into the report here.

Nikolina Ilic

Nikolina is the new web-obsessed Digital Editor at Men's and Women's Health, responsible for all things social media and .com. A lover of boxing, she has a mean punch inside and out of the ring. She was previously a Digital Editor at GQ and Vogue magazine.

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