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Aberfoyle Park

Ranked #14 of 274 Adelaide suburbs for parks. Every number below comes from open data — official crime statistics, ABS census and GPS activity traces — not opinion.

By BestSuburbs research · Updated October 2026 · Adelaide
Aberfoyle Park suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Parks92#14 of 274
Safety84#43 of 274
Green space81#34 of 274
Active & healthy70#22 of 274

Aberfoyle Park suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
68
#70 of 274
Safety
84
#43 of 274
Wealth
68
#87 of 274
Value
67
#87 of 274
Parks
92
#14 of 274
Cafés
63
#107 of 274
Transit
37
#172 of 274
Green space
81
#34 of 274
Active & healthy
70
#22 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
54
#120 of 274

Aberfoyle Park crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population11,234
Area5.82 km²
Postcode5159
Median household income$1,765/wk
Median rent$340/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$940,000 (32 sales this quarter; up 9.8% YoY)
Crime rate20.9 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks35 (4.74 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)7 — 6 primary, 1 secondary; nearest primary 0.65 km, secondary 0.47 km
Families score84/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park98.3% of the suburb
Cafés2
Gyms & sport venues103
Public transport stops82 (82 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)5 schools in the suburb, plus 3 kindergartens — nearest is Aberfoyle Park High School (0.78 km)

Sale prices: SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales, April–June 2026 quarter (2Q 2026) — © Government of South Australia (Land Services SA), Metropolitan Median House Sales, CC BY 4.0. Quarterly median house sale price per suburb, metropolitan Adelaide. Units are not in this dataset. Figures marked as low-volume rest on fewer than 10 sales that quarter.

Who lives in Aberfoyle Park

Population
11,234
Median age
42 years
Median household income
$1,765/wk
Median rent
$340/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$940,000

Source: ABS Census 2021; sale prices SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales, April–June 2026 quarter (2Q 2026). We do not hold a suburb-level renter/owner split, families-with-children rate, born-overseas rate or dwelling-type breakdown for Aberfoyle Park — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Aberfoyle Park

What is the postcode for Aberfoyle Park?

The postcode for Aberfoyle Park, Adelaide is 5159.

Is Aberfoyle Park a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Aberfoyle Park is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is parks, ranking #14 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 9 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Aberfoyle Park safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Adelaide, scoring 84/100 for safety and ranking #43 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 21 per 1,000 residents. That score is recorded offences per 1,000 residents from official crime statistics, as a percentile against every other suburb in the city.

Is Aberfoyle Park good for families?

It rates well on the family measures we can compute — safety 84/100, parks 92/100 and green space 81/100, with a median age of 42. It has 7 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.7 km from its centre. School counts and distances feed the families score; catchment zoning and school results do not (we cannot publish those) — see our Adelaide families ranking for the full method.

Is Aberfoyle Park expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $940,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 9.8% YoY. Median rent is $340 a week, and household income ranks #87 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 67/100 for value.

Does Aberfoyle Park have good public transport?

It scores 37/100 for transit, #172 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Aberfoyle Park?

98% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 4.7 hectares per 1,000 residents — 81/100 for green space.

Scores are percentiles against every other suburb in Adelaide: 100 is the best in the city, 50 is mid-table. Updated October 2026 (last updated 2026-10-17). Sources: open GPS activity traces, official crime statistics, ABS census, OpenStreetMap.
About this data: every number on this page is computed from public sources — it is not an opinion or a sponsored placement. See how we rank suburbs for the full method.
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