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Elizabeth East

Ranked #46 of 274 Adelaide suburbs for active. 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
Elizabeth East suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Active74#46 of 274
Active & healthy54#104 of 274
Green space48#158 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)48#137 of 274

Elizabeth East suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
74
#46 of 274
Safety
8
#253 of 274
Wealth
2
#270 of 274
Parks
14
#247 of 274
Cafés
28
#152 of 274
Transit
36
#177 of 274
Green space
48
#158 of 274
Active & healthy
54
#104 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
48
#137 of 274

Elizabeth East crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population4,607
Area2.35 km²
Postcode5112
Median household income$904/wk
Median rent$225/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$682,500 (32 sales this quarter; up 8.8% YoY)
Crime rate120.7 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks2 (0.81 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)2 — 2 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.45 km, secondary 1.48 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 park80.9% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues30
Public transport stops32 (32 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is Elizabeth East Primary School (0.68 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 Elizabeth East

Population
4,607
Median age
38 years
Median household income
$904/wk
Median rent
$225/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$682,500

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

Common questions about Elizabeth East

What is the postcode for Elizabeth East?

The postcode for Elizabeth East, Adelaide is 5112.

Is Elizabeth East a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Elizabeth East is measured on 9 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is active, ranking #46 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 3 of the 9 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Elizabeth East safe?

It is on the less safe side of Adelaide, scoring 8/100 for safety and ranking #253 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 121 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 Elizabeth East good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety and parks. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 8/100, parks 14/100 and green space 48/100, with a median age of 38. It has 2 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 Elizabeth East expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $682,500 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 8.8% YoY. Median rent is $225 a week, and household income ranks #270 of 274 in Adelaide. Its rental market is too thin for us to score value reliably.

Does Elizabeth East have good public transport?

It scores 36/100 for transit, #177 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Elizabeth East?

81% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.8 hectares per 1,000 residents — 48/100 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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