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Elizabeth Grove

Ranked #22 of 274 Adelaide suburbs for schools nearby (osm). 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 Grove suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Schools nearby (OSM)86#22 of 274
Transit62#104 of 274
Active & healthy41#205 of 274
Active34#199 of 274

Elizabeth Grove suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
34
#199 of 274
Safety
10
#247 of 274
Wealth
1
#273 of 274
Parks
30
#201 of 274
Cafés
28
#203 of 274
Transit
62
#104 of 274
Green space
30
#204 of 274
Active & healthy
41
#205 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
86
#22 of 274

Elizabeth Grove crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population2,531
Area1.26 km²
Postcode5112
Median household income$825/wk
Median rent$225/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$700,000 (10 sales this quarter; up 15.2% YoY)
Crime rate112.6 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks2 (0.39 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)2 — 2 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.24 km, secondary 1.25 km
Families score52/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park54.5% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues7
Public transport stops25 (25 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)2 schools in the suburb — nearest is St Mary Magdalene School (0.31 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 Grove

Population
2,531
Median age
36 years
Median household income
$825/wk
Median rent
$225/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$700,000

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

Common questions about Elizabeth Grove

What is the postcode for Elizabeth Grove?

The postcode for Elizabeth Grove, Adelaide is 5112.

Is Elizabeth Grove a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Elizabeth Grove is measured on 9 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is schools nearby (osm), ranking #22 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 2 of the 9 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Elizabeth Grove safe?

It is on the less safe side of Adelaide, scoring 10/100 for safety and ranking #247 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 113 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 Grove good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 10/100, parks 30/100 and green space 30/100, with a median age of 36. It has 2 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.2 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 Grove expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $700,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 15.2% YoY. Median rent is $225 a week, and household income ranks #273 of 274 in Adelaide. Its rental market is too thin for us to score value reliably.

Does Elizabeth Grove have good public transport?

It scores 62/100 for transit, #104 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Elizabeth Grove?

54% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.4 hectares per 1,000 residents — 30/100 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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