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Clarence Park

Ranked #4 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
Clarence Park suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Transit99#4 of 274
Value88#33 of 274
Cafés84#45 of 274
Wealth71#81 of 274

Clarence Park suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
9
#259 of 274
Safety
64
#100 of 274
Wealth
71
#81 of 274
Value
88
#33 of 274
Parks
4
#266 of 274
Cafés
84
#45 of 274
Transit
99
#4 of 274
Green space
16
#240 of 274
Active & healthy
32
#249 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
27
#210 of 274

Clarence Park crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population2,658
Area0.28 km²
Postcode5034
Median household income$1,799/wk
Median rent$310/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,450,500 (low volume: 7 sales; down 5.8% YoY)
Crime rate36.5 incidents per 1,000 people
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.6 km, secondary 2.92 km
Families score57/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park51.3% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues1
Public transport stops11 (2 train stations, 9 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is Cabra Dominican College (0.74 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 Park

Population
2,658
Median age
39 years
Median household income
$1,799/wk
Median rent
$310/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,450,500

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

Common questions about Clarence Park

What is the postcode for Clarence Park?

The postcode for Clarence Park, Adelaide is 5034.

Is Clarence Park a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Clarence Park is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is transit, ranking #4 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 5 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Clarence Park safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Adelaide, scoring 64/100 for safety and ranking #100 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 36 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 Park good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is parks and green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 64/100, parks 4/100 and green space 16/100, with a median age of 39. 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 Clarence Park expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,450,500 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), down 5.8% YoY. Median rent is $310 a week, and household income ranks #81 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 88/100 for value.

Does Clarence Park have good public transport?

It scores 99/100 for transit, #4 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Clarence Park?

51% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park — 16/100 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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