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Elizabeth Vale

Ranked #108 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 Vale suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Schools nearby (OSM)60#108 of 274
Green space56#117 of 274
Transit51#134 of 274
Active & healthy51#117 of 274

Elizabeth Vale suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
50
#142 of 274
Safety
7
#255 of 274
Wealth
1
#272 of 274
Parks
10
#253 of 274
Cafés
28
#153 of 274
Transit
51
#134 of 274
Green space
56
#117 of 274
Active & healthy
51
#117 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
60
#108 of 274

Elizabeth Vale crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population4,331
Area2.48 km²
Postcode5112
Median household income$851/wk
Median rent$233/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$750,000 (18 sales this quarter; up 20.6% YoY)
Crime rate126.8 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks1 (7.86 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.74 km, secondary 2.43 km
Families score41/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park57.4% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues17
Public transport stops42 (42 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is Elizabeth Vale Primary School (0.44 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 Vale

Population
4,331
Median age
36 years
Median household income
$851/wk
Median rent
$233/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$750,000

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

Common questions about Elizabeth Vale

What is the postcode for Elizabeth Vale?

The postcode for Elizabeth Vale, Adelaide is 5112.

Is Elizabeth Vale a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Elizabeth Vale is measured on 9 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is schools nearby (osm), ranking #108 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 4 of the 9 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Elizabeth Vale safe?

It is on the less safe side of Adelaide, scoring 7/100 for safety and ranking #255 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 127 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 Vale good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety and parks. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 7/100, parks 10/100 and green space 56/100, with a median age of 36. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.7 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 Vale expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $750,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 20.6% YoY. Median rent is $233 a week, and household income ranks #272 of 274 in Adelaide. Its rental market is too thin for us to score value reliably.

Does Elizabeth Vale have good public transport?

It scores 51/100 for transit, #134 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Elizabeth Vale?

57% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 7.9 hectares per 1,000 residents — 56/100 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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