Emerges since the 1950s, the livability concept has gained significant attention internationally and locally. In Malaysia, albeit the growing recognition of the livable community or livable development, for that matter, however, the definitive criteria of what constitutes livable remain ambiguous, particularly from the angle of community and sustainable development. With this in mind, this exploratory paper was designed to identify the livable community indicators related explicitly to Malaysia as a case study and has a substantial nexus to sustainable development. To do that, the paper employs a qualitative method or content analysis or, to be precise, a technique to identify the livable criteria. In this sense, this research identifies the livable keyword and its synonymous terminologies. This study examined official national documents, namely the Twelfth Malaysia Plan (RMK12), Fourth National Physical Plan (RFN4), National Community Policy (DKN), National Urbanization Policy 2 (DPN2), National Rural Physical Planning Policy 2030 (DPF Desa Negara 2030), Shared Prosperity Vision 2030 (WKB2030) and Rural Development Policy (DPLB). Eight indicators in assessing livability in Malaysia are infrastructure, health, housing, air quality, education, public participation, transportation, and recreation/leisure. Besides expanding our knowledge horizon concerning livability criteria to the community in the context of sustainable development, this paper offers society's contribution via baseline variables essential for community sustainability.