Neighbours opening title logo used throughout 1996.
1996 was Neighbours 12th year in production.
Main characters[]
| Ranking | Character | Played by | Duration | Number of Episodes | Running total | Previous year's ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philip Martin | Ian Rawlings | Full year | 141 | 658 | 1 |
| = | Susan Kennedy | Jackie Woodburne | Full year | 141 | 307 | 2 |
| 2 | Karl Kennedy | Alan Fletcher | Full year | 140 | 317 | 1 |
| 3 | Marlene Kratz | Moya O'Sullivan | Full year | 126 | 318 | 5 |
| 4 | Libby Kennedy | Kym Valentine | Full year | 120 | 258 | 10 |
| 5 | Billy Kennedy | Jesse Spencer | Full year | 118 | 257 | 12 |
| 6 | Helen Daniels | Anne Haddy | Full year except April | 116 | 1600 | 6 |
| 7 | Malcolm Kennedy | Benjamin McNair | Full year | 115 | 262 | 9 |
| = | Toadfish Rebecchi | Ryan Moloney | Full year | 115 | 136 | - |
| 8 | Lou Carpenter | Tom Oliver | Full year except September | 111 | 620 | 3 |
| 9 | Hannah Martin | Rebecca Ritters | Full year | 109 | 472 | 13 |
| 10 | Luke Handley | Bernard Curry | Full year | 98 | 171 | 16 |
| 11 | Cheryl Stark | Caroline Gillmer & Colette Mann | Until September | 95 | 403 | 4 |
| = | Danni Stark | Eliza Szonert | Until November | 95 | 365 | 8 |
| 12 | Joanna Hartman | Emma Harrison | Full year | 88 | 135 | 17 |
| 13 | Debbie Martin | Marnie Reece-Wilmore | From April | 81 | 376 | - |
| 14 | Angie Rebecchi | Lesley Baker | Until October | 73 | 113 | 18 |
| 15 | Stonefish Rebecchi | Anthony Engelman | Until October | 72 | 178 | 14 |
| 16 | Darren Stark | Todd MacDonald | From July | 69 | 89 | - |
| 17 | Louise Carpenter | Jiordan Anna Tolli | Full year | 63 | 139 | 17 |
| 18 | Sam Kratz | Richard Grieve | Until June | 50 | 245 | 8 |
| 19 | Catherine O'Brien | Radha Mitchell | February-March, May-June and from September | 45 | 45 | - |
| 20 | Brett Stark | Brett Blewitt | January-March, October-November | 36 | 309 | 9 |
| 21 | Sarah Beaumont | Nicola Charles | From September | 31 | 31 | - |
| 22 | Ruth Wilkinson | Ailsa Piper | From October | 27 | 27 | - |
| 23 | Lance Wilkinson | Andrew Bibby | March-April and from October | 26 | 42 | - |
| 24 | Harold Bishop | Ian Smith | From October | 24 | 618 | - |
| 25 | Cody Willis | Peta Brady | Until March | 22 | 430 | 9 |
| 26 | Jen Handley | Alyce Platt | Until March | 21 | 136 | 11 |
| 27 | Madge Bishop | Anne Charleston | From November | 19 | 937 | - |
| 28 | Anne Wilkinson | Brooke Satchwell | From November | 15 | 15 | - |
| 29 | Annalise Hartman | Kimberley Davies | January | 6 | 378 | 7 |
| 30 | Michael Martin | Troy Beckwith | Until February | 5 | 148 | 24 |
| 31 | Pam Willis | Sue Jones | March-April | 4 | 534 | - |
Guest Characters
Who Lived Where?[]
- No 22 Ramsay Street -
- No 24 Ramsay Street -
- No 26 Ramsay Street -
- No 28 Ramsay Street -
- No 30 Ramsay Street -
- No 32 Ramsay Street -