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Aldgate

Ranked #5 of 274 Adelaide suburbs for wealth. 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
Aldgate suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Wealth98#5 of 274
Safety97#9 of 274
Active74#47 of 274
Cafés64#105 of 274

Aldgate suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
74
#47 of 274
Safety
97
#9 of 274
Wealth
98
#5 of 274
Value
63
#98 of 274
Parks
16
#238 of 274
Cafés
64
#105 of 274
Transit
3
#267 of 274
Green space
37
#186 of 274
Active & healthy
64
#50 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
34
#180 of 274

Aldgate crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population3,471
Area8.12 km²
Postcode5154
Median household income$2,561/wk
Median rent$500/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,205,000 (low volume: 9 sales; down 24.9% YoY)
Crime rate10.7 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks2 (1.59 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)2 — 2 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 1.03 km, secondary 2.31 km
Families score69/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park47.1% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues58
Public transport stops28 (28 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)4 schools in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is The Hills Montessori School (1.27 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 Aldgate

Population
3,471
Median age
45 years
Median household income
$2,561/wk
Median rent
$500/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,205,000

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 Aldgate — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Aldgate

What is the postcode for Aldgate?

The postcode for Aldgate, Adelaide is 5154.

Is Aldgate a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Aldgate is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is wealth, ranking #5 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 6 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Aldgate safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Adelaide, scoring 97/100 for safety and ranking #9 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 11 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 Aldgate good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is parks. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 97/100, parks 16/100 and green space 37/100, with a median age of 45. It has 2 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 1.0 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 Aldgate expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,205,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), down 24.9% YoY. Median rent is $500 a week, and household income ranks #5 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 63/100 for value.

Does Aldgate have good public transport?

It scores 3/100 for transit, #267 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Aldgate?

47% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 1.6 hectares per 1,000 residents — 37/100 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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