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Cumberland Park

Ranked #5 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
Cumberland Park suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Transit98#5 of 274
Value84#42 of 274
Wealth77#63 of 274
Active58#116 of 274

Cumberland Park suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
58
#116 of 274
Safety
39
#168 of 274
Wealth
77
#63 of 274
Value
84
#42 of 274
Parks
4
#257 of 274
Cafés
28
#189 of 274
Transit
98
#5 of 274
Green space
18
#234 of 274
Active & healthy
32
#245 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
43
#153 of 274

Cumberland Park crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population2,571
Area0.5 km²
Postcode5041
Median household income$1,901/wk
Median rent$343/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,490,000 (low volume: 8 sales; up 13.3% YoY)
Crime rate59.1 incidents per 1,000 people
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.76 km, secondary 2.02 km
Families score46/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park55.9% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues4
Public transport stops21 (21 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb — nearest is Cabra Dominican College (0.43 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 Cumberland Park

Population
2,571
Median age
41 years
Median household income
$1,901/wk
Median rent
$343/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 Cumberland Park — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Cumberland Park

What is the postcode for Cumberland Park?

The postcode for Cumberland Park, Adelaide is 5041.

Is Cumberland Park a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Cumberland Park is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is transit, ranking #5 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 Cumberland Park safe?

It is on the less safe side of Adelaide, scoring 39/100 for safety and ranking #168 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 59 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 Cumberland Park good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is parks and green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 39/100, parks 4/100 and green space 18/100, with a median age of 41. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.8 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 Cumberland Park expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,490,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 13.3% YoY. Median rent is $343 a week, and household income ranks #63 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 84/100 for value.

Does Cumberland Park have good public transport?

It scores 98/100 for transit, #5 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Cumberland Park?

56% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park — 18/100 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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