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Best suburbs in Adelaide for runners

How close the nearest parkrun is, how much running actually happens, and how much park to run in.

How this is ranked. Distance to the nearest parkrun, GPS activity heat, and the parks score. The activity figure comes from open GPS traces, so it reflects where people genuinely run rather than where a real-estate listing claims they do. 299 of 299 Adelaide suburbs had enough data to be ranked. Updated September 2026.
#SuburbNearest parkrun (km)Which parkrunActivity
1Surrey Downs——89
2West Lakes——86
3North Adelaide——94
4Croydon——82
5Novar Gardens——84
6West Lakes Shore——76
7Christies Beach——78
8Hawthorn——90
9Leabrook——94
10Glenside——74
11Wattle Park——84
12Adelaide——90
13O'Sullivan Beach——73
14Reynella East——89
15St Clair——75
16Sheidow Park——82
17Grange——74
18Hove——84
19Hazelwood Park——70
20Aberfoyle Park——70
21Gilberton——75
22Glenelg East——84
23Firle——64
24Linden Park——82
25Alberton——89

Showing the top 25 of 299 ranked suburbs. Scores are percentiles against every other suburb in Adelaide: 100 is the best in the city, 50 is mid-table. Click any suburb for its full profile.

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Sources: open GPS activity traces, official crime statistics, ABS census, OpenStreetMap (ODbL). No ranking on this site is sold or sponsored.
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