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Best suburbs in Adelaide for young professionals

Cafés, public transport and how much life is actually happening on the street.

How this is ranked. Cafés per 1,000 residents, public transport access, and GPS activity heat — the last being a measure of how much walking, running and riding actually happens there, rather than how it is marketed. 299 of 299 Adelaide suburbs had enough data to be ranked. Updated September 2026.

#	Suburb	Cafés	Transit	Activity
1	Adelaide	100	97	90
2	Croydon	98	97	82
3	Forestville	96	99	82
4	North Adelaide	95	83	94
5	Torrens Park	89	90	92
6	Hawthorn	88	93	90
7	Port Adelaide	91	86	92
8	Glenelg	100	98	70
9	Alberton	80	95	89
10	Blackwood	90	91	72
11	Goodwood	96	98	59
12	Glenelg East	70	96	84
13	Wayville	94	98	57
14	Glandore	88	99	62
15	Belair	68	82	92
16	Oaklands Park	90	88	62
17	North Haven	62	89	86
18	Hallett Cove	58	83	90
19	Leabrook	92	41	94
20	St Morris	98	41	87
21	Marino	70	90	64
22	Kilburn	64	91	67
23	Plympton	78	100	42
24	Unley	96	90	34
25	Tusmore	92	41	87

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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