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Edwardstown

Ranked #30 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
Edwardstown suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Transit89#30 of 274
Value52#129 of 274
Active44#169 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)42#155 of 274

Edwardstown suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
44
#169 of 274
Safety
4
#264 of 274
Wealth
21
#216 of 274
Value
52
#129 of 274
Parks
16
#239 of 274
Cafés
28
#178 of 274
Transit
89
#30 of 274
Green space
8
#255 of 274
Active & healthy
25
#268 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
42
#155 of 274

Edwardstown crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population4,514
Area2.29 km²
Postcode5039
Median household income$1,360/wk
Median rent$275/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$955,000 (23 sales this quarter; down 18.6% YoY)
Crime rate147.5 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks2 (0.0 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.96 km, secondary 1.98 km
Families score42/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park21.3% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues3
Public transport stops64 (2 train stations, 62 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is Edwardstown Primary School (0.8 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 Edwardstown

Population
4,514
Median age
37 years
Median household income
$1,360/wk
Median rent
$275/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$955,000

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

Common questions about Edwardstown

What is the postcode for Edwardstown?

The postcode for Edwardstown, Adelaide is 5039.

Is Edwardstown a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Edwardstown is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is transit, ranking #30 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 Edwardstown safe?

It is on the less safe side of Adelaide, scoring 4/100 for safety and ranking #264 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 148 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 Edwardstown good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety and parks and green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 4/100, parks 16/100 and green space 8/100, with a median age of 37. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 1.0 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 Edwardstown expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $955,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), down 18.6% YoY. Median rent is $275 a week, and household income ranks #216 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 52/100 for value.

Does Edwardstown have good public transport?

It scores 89/100 for transit, #30 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Edwardstown?

21% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park — 8/100 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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