BestSuburbs › Adelaide › rankings › Enfield

See all Adelaide suburb rankings · all lists · safest · for families · best value · young professionals · greenest · for runners · best coffee · public transport · wealthiest · most active

Enfield

Ranked #85 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
Enfield suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Schools nearby (OSM)68#85 of 274
Parks45#151 of 274
Active & healthy41#206 of 274
Green space40#178 of 274

Enfield suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
33
#205 of 274
Safety
36
#175 of 274
Wealth
35
#178 of 274
Value
35
#173 of 274
Parks
45
#151 of 274
Cafés
28
#216 of 274
Transit
11
#245 of 274
Green space
40
#178 of 274
Active & healthy
41
#206 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
68
#85 of 274

Enfield crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population6,204
Area1.68 km²
Postcode5085
Median household income$1,472/wk
Median rent$320/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$915,000 (23 sales this quarter; up 6.1% YoY)
Crime rate61.4 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks5 (0.49 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)2 — 2 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.49 km, secondary 1.33 km
Families score51/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park74.7% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues13
Public transport stops12 (12 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)2 schools in the suburb

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 Enfield

Population
6,204
Median age
34 years
Median household income
$1,472/wk
Median rent
$320/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$915,000

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

Common questions about Enfield

What is the postcode for Enfield?

The postcode for Enfield, Adelaide is 5085.

Is Enfield a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Enfield is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is schools nearby (osm), ranking #85 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 1 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Enfield safe?

It is on the less safe side of Adelaide, scoring 36/100 for safety and ranking #175 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 61 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 Enfield good for families?

It rates below average on the family measures we can compute — safety 36/100, parks 45/100 and green space 40/100, with a median age of 34. 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 Enfield expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $915,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 6.1% YoY. Median rent is $320 a week, and household income ranks #178 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 35/100 for value.

Does Enfield have good public transport?

It scores 11/100 for transit, #245 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Enfield?

75% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.5 hectares per 1,000 residents — 40/100 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.
← all 274 Adelaide suburbs, with sliders