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Elizabeth Park

Ranked #26 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 Park suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Schools nearby (OSM)84#26 of 274
Green space81#35 of 274
Parks65#89 of 274
Active62#97 of 274

Elizabeth Park suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
62
#97 of 274
Safety
5
#261 of 274
Wealth
3
#267 of 274
Value
5
#253 of 274
Parks
65
#89 of 274
Cafés
28
#158 of 274
Transit
43
#156 of 274
Green space
81
#35 of 274
Active & healthy
46
#163 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
84
#26 of 274

Elizabeth Park crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population4,428
Area2.46 km²
Postcode5113
Median household income$1,003/wk
Median rent$255/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$680,000 (19 sales this quarter; up 21.4% YoY)
Crime rate140.5 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks8 (10.99 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)2 — 2 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.1 km, secondary 1.54 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 park94.2% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues6
Public transport stops38 (38 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)2 schools in the suburb — nearest is Elizabeth Park Primary School (0.12 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 Park

Population
4,428
Median age
33 years
Median household income
$1,003/wk
Median rent
$255/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$680,000

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

Common questions about Elizabeth Park

What is the postcode for Elizabeth Park?

The postcode for Elizabeth Park, Adelaide is 5113.

Is Elizabeth Park a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Elizabeth Park is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is schools nearby (osm), ranking #26 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 Elizabeth Park safe?

It is on the less safe side of Adelaide, scoring 5/100 for safety and ranking #261 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 140 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 Park good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 5/100, parks 65/100 and green space 81/100, with a median age of 33. It has 2 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.1 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 Park expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $680,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 21.4% YoY. Median rent is $255 a week, and household income ranks #267 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 5/100 for value.

Does Elizabeth Park have good public transport?

It scores 43/100 for transit, #156 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Elizabeth Park?

94% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 11.0 hectares per 1,000 residents — 81/100 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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