Ranked #9 of 299 Adelaide suburbs for active. Every number below comes from open data — official crime statistics, ABS census and GPS activity traces — not opinion.
| Population | 4,718 |
| Area | 14.95 km² |
| Median household income | $2,265/wk |
| Median rent | $376/wk |
| Crime rate | 18.2 incidents per 1,000 people |
| Parks | 7 (181.04 ha per 1,000 people) |
| Within 400m of a park | 86.0% of the suburb |
| Cafés | 2 |
| Gyms & sport venues | 68 |
Source: ABS Census 2021. We do not hold a suburb-level renter/owner split, families-with-children rate, born-overseas rate or dwelling-type breakdown for Belair — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.
Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Adelaide, scoring 86/100 for safety and ranking #42 of 299 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 18 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.
It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 86/100, parks 38/100 and green space 81/100, with a median age of 47. We do not hold school catchment data, so this does not account for schools — see our Adelaide families ranking for the full method.
Median rent is $376 a week, and household income ranks #23 of 299 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 90/100 for value.
It scores 82/100 for transit, #53 of 299 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.
86% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 181.0 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 September 2026. Sources: open GPS activity traces,
official crime statistics, ABS census, OpenStreetMap.
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