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Clarence Gardens

Ranked #14 of 274 Adelaide suburbs for value. 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
Clarence Gardens suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Value95#14 of 274
Transit95#15 of 274
Wealth91#25 of 274
Cafés84#46 of 274

Clarence Gardens suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
60
#110 of 274
Safety
65
#97 of 274
Wealth
91
#25 of 274
Value
95
#14 of 274
Parks
26
#213 of 274
Cafés
84
#46 of 274
Transit
95
#15 of 274
Green space
6
#264 of 274
Active & healthy
44
#181 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
32
#189 of 274

Clarence Gardens crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population2,373
Area0.49 km²
Postcode5039
Median household income$2,200/wk
Median rent$350/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,490,000 (low volume: 9 sales; up 17.8% YoY)
Crime rate35.4 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks1 (0.0 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.48 km, secondary 2.25 km
Families score51/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park10.7% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues7
Public transport stops18 (18 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb — nearest is St Anthony's School (0.62 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 Clarence Gardens

Population
2,373
Median age
38 years
Median household income
$2,200/wk
Median rent
$350/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,490,000

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 Clarence Gardens — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Clarence Gardens

What is the postcode for Clarence Gardens?

The postcode for Clarence Gardens, Adelaide is 5039.

Is Clarence Gardens a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Clarence Gardens is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is value, ranking #14 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 6 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Clarence Gardens safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Adelaide, scoring 65/100 for safety and ranking #97 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 35 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 Clarence Gardens good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is parks and green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 65/100, parks 26/100 and green space 6/100, with a median age of 38. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.5 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 Clarence Gardens expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,490,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 17.8% YoY. Median rent is $350 a week, and household income ranks #25 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 95/100 for value.

Does Clarence Gardens have good public transport?

It scores 95/100 for transit, #15 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Clarence Gardens?

11% 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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