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Elizabeth North

Ranked #48 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 North suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Schools nearby (OSM)78#48 of 274
Active77#37 of 274
Parks57#115 of 274
Active & healthy43#183 of 274

Elizabeth North suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
77
#37 of 274
Safety
7
#254 of 274
Wealth
1
#271 of 274
Parks
57
#115 of 274
Cafés
28
#149 of 274
Transit
36
#176 of 274
Green space
30
#202 of 274
Active & healthy
43
#183 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
78
#48 of 274

Elizabeth North crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population3,588
Area1.75 km²
Postcode5113
Median household income$864/wk
Median rent$240/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$671,000 (20 sales this quarter; up 13.0% YoY)
Crime rate126.0 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks5 (0.26 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.22 km, secondary 1.43 km
Families score45/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park66.2% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues12
Public transport stops16 (2 train stations, 14 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)2 schools in the suburb — nearest is Elizabeth North Primary School (0.4 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 North

Population
3,588
Median age
36 years
Median household income
$864/wk
Median rent
$240/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$671,000

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

Common questions about Elizabeth North

What is the postcode for Elizabeth North?

The postcode for Elizabeth North, Adelaide is 5113.

Is Elizabeth North a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Elizabeth North is measured on 9 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is schools nearby (osm), ranking #48 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 North safe?

It is on the less safe side of Adelaide, scoring 7/100 for safety and ranking #254 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 126 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 North good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 7/100, parks 57/100 and green space 30/100, with a median age of 36. It has 1 school 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 North expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $671,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 13.0% YoY. Median rent is $240 a week, and household income ranks #271 of 274 in Adelaide. Its rental market is too thin for us to score value reliably.

Does Elizabeth North have good public transport?

It scores 36/100 for transit, #176 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Elizabeth North?

66% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.3 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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