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Camden Park

Ranked #40 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
Camden Park suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Transit86#40 of 274
Safety62#105 of 274
Green space40#180 of 274
Value34#175 of 274

Camden Park suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
3
#267 of 274
Safety
62
#105 of 274
Wealth
27
#201 of 274
Value
34
#175 of 274
Parks
28
#209 of 274
Cafés
28
#247 of 274
Transit
86
#40 of 274
Green space
40
#180 of 274
Active & healthy
28
#263 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
28
#206 of 274

Camden Park crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population3,338
Area1.11 km²
Postcode5038
Median household income$1,398/wk
Median rent$305/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,182,500 (low volume: 6 sales; up 20.7% YoY)
Crime rate38.3 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks2 (0.44 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.66 km, secondary 3.7 km
Families score54/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park76.8% of the suburb
Cafés0
Public transport stops31 (2 tram/light-rail stops, 29 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb — nearest is Immanuel Primary School (0.69 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 Camden Park

Population
3,338
Median age
36 years
Median household income
$1,398/wk
Median rent
$305/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,182,500

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

Common questions about Camden Park

What is the postcode for Camden Park?

The postcode for Camden Park, Adelaide is 5038.

Is Camden Park a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Camden Park is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is transit, ranking #40 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 2 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Camden Park safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Adelaide, scoring 62/100 for safety and ranking #105 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 38 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 Camden Park good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is parks. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 62/100, parks 28/100 and green space 40/100, with a median age of 36. It has 0 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 Camden Park expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,182,500 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 20.7% YoY. Median rent is $305 a week, and household income ranks #201 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 34/100 for value.

Does Camden Park have good public transport?

It scores 86/100 for transit, #40 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Camden Park?

77% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.4 hectares per 1,000 residents — 40/100 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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