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Brooklyn Park

Ranked #65 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
Brooklyn Park suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Transit76#65 of 274
Cafés66#97 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)66#90 of 274
Value64#96 of 274

Brooklyn Park suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
46
#163 of 274
Safety
37
#172 of 274
Wealth
34
#181 of 274
Value
64
#96 of 274
Parks
39
#175 of 274
Cafés
66
#97 of 274
Transit
76
#65 of 274
Green space
24
#220 of 274
Active & healthy
33
#240 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
66
#90 of 274

Brooklyn Park crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population5,040
Area1.62 km²
Postcode5032
Median household income$1,466/wk
Median rent$285/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,200,000 (low volume: 5 sales; up 31.6% YoY)
Crime rate60.7 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks4 (0.07 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)2 — 2 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.68 km, secondary 1.17 km
Families score55/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park60.7% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues3
Public transport stops38 (38 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb

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 Brooklyn Park

Population
5,040
Median age
37 years
Median household income
$1,466/wk
Median rent
$285/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,200,000

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

Common questions about Brooklyn Park

What is the postcode for Brooklyn Park?

The postcode for Brooklyn Park, Adelaide is 5032.

Is Brooklyn Park a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Brooklyn Park is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is transit, ranking #65 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 4 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Brooklyn Park safe?

It is on the less safe side of Adelaide, scoring 37/100 for safety and ranking #172 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 61 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 Brooklyn Park good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 37/100, parks 39/100 and green space 24/100, with a median age of 37. It has 2 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.7 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 Brooklyn Park expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,200,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 31.6% YoY. Median rent is $285 a week, and household income ranks #181 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 64/100 for value.

Does Brooklyn Park have good public transport?

It scores 76/100 for transit, #65 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Brooklyn Park?

61% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.1 hectares per 1,000 residents — 24/100 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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