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Ferryden Park

Ranked #46 of 274 Adelaide suburbs for transit. 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
Ferryden Park suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Transit83#46 of 274
Parks53#130 of 274
Safety47#145 of 274
Green space37#185 of 274

Ferryden Park suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
16
#240 of 274
Safety
47
#145 of 274
Wealth
14
#237 of 274
Parks
53
#130 of 274
Cafés
28
#143 of 274
Transit
83
#46 of 274
Green space
37
#185 of 274
Active & healthy
33
#236 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
16
#245 of 274

Ferryden Park crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population4,495
Area0.96 km²
Postcode5010
Median household income$1,253/wk
Median rent$242/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$900,000 (10 sales this quarter; down 0.9% YoY)
Crime rate50.5 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks4 (0.12 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.81 km, secondary 1.77 km
Families score57/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park82.0% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues4
Public transport stops25 (25 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb — nearest is Challa Gardens Primary School (1.11 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 Ferryden Park

Population
4,495
Median age
37 years
Median household income
$1,253/wk
Median rent
$242/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$900,000

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

Common questions about Ferryden Park

What is the postcode for Ferryden Park?

The postcode for Ferryden Park, Adelaide is 5010.

Is Ferryden Park a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Ferryden Park is measured on 9 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is transit, ranking #46 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 Ferryden Park safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Adelaide, scoring 47/100 for safety and ranking #145 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 50 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 Ferryden Park good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 47/100, parks 53/100 and green space 37/100, with a median age of 37. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.8 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 Ferryden Park expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $900,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), down 0.9% YoY. Median rent is $242 a week, and household income ranks #237 of 274 in Adelaide. Its rental market is too thin for us to score value reliably.

Does Ferryden Park have good public transport?

It scores 83/100 for transit, #46 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Ferryden Park?

82% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.1 hectares per 1,000 residents — 37/100 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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