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Blair Athol

Ranked #122 of 274 Adelaide suburbs for transit. 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
Blair Athol suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Transit56#122 of 274
Active40#183 of 274
Active & healthy34#234 of 274
Wealth33#185 of 274

Blair Athol suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
40
#183 of 274
Safety
7
#256 of 274
Wealth
33
#185 of 274
Value
31
#183 of 274
Parks
4
#258 of 274
Cafés
28
#217 of 274
Transit
56
#122 of 274
Green space
6
#262 of 274
Active & healthy
34
#234 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
30
#197 of 274

Blair Athol crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population5,274
Area0.83 km²
Postcode5084
Median household income$1,459/wk
Median rent$321/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,033,750 (21 sales this quarter; up 11.0% YoY)
Crime rate123.8 incidents per 1,000 people
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.56 km, secondary 2.03 km
Families score35/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park10.4% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues13
Public transport stops15 (15 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb — nearest is Blair Athol North School (0.66 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 Blair Athol

Population
5,274
Median age
32 years
Median household income
$1,459/wk
Median rent
$321/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,033,750

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

Common questions about Blair Athol

What is the postcode for Blair Athol?

The postcode for Blair Athol, Adelaide is 5084.

Is Blair Athol a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Blair Athol is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is transit, ranking #122 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 1 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Blair Athol safe?

It is on the less safe side of Adelaide, scoring 7/100 for safety and ranking #256 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 124 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 Blair Athol good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety and parks and green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 7/100, parks 4/100 and green space 6/100, with a median age of 32. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.6 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 Blair Athol expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,033,750 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 11.0% YoY. Median rent is $321 a week, and household income ranks #185 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 31/100 for value.

Does Blair Athol have good public transport?

It scores 56/100 for transit, #122 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Blair Athol?

10% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park — 6/100 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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