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Firle

Ranked #13 of 274 Adelaide suburbs for cafés. 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
Firle suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Cafés94#13 of 274
Parks92#20 of 274
Transit80#58 of 274
Active62#102 of 274

Firle suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
62
#102 of 274
Safety
16
#232 of 274
Wealth
37
#174 of 274
Value
17
#221 of 274
Parks
92
#20 of 274
Cafés
94
#13 of 274
Transit
80
#58 of 274
Green space
56
#123 of 274
Active & healthy
51
#128 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
16
#252 of 274

Firle crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population1,508
Area0.52 km²
Postcode5070
Median household income$1,488/wk
Median rent$350/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,675,000 (low volume: 2 sales; up 29.3% YoY)
Crime rate102.1 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks4 (0.92 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 1.16 km, secondary 2.16 km
Families score42/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park88.7% of the suburb
Cafés2
Gyms & sport venues2
Public transport stops13 (13 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb — nearest is Trinity Gardens Primary (1.1 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 Firle

Population
1,508
Median age
39 years
Median household income
$1,488/wk
Median rent
$350/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,675,000

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

Common questions about Firle

What is the postcode for Firle?

The postcode for Firle, Adelaide is 5070.

Is Firle a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Firle is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is cafés, ranking #13 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 6 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Firle safe?

It is on the less safe side of Adelaide, scoring 16/100 for safety and ranking #232 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 102 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 Firle good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 16/100, parks 92/100 and green space 56/100, with a median age of 39. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 1.2 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 Firle expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,675,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 29.3% YoY. Median rent is $350 a week, and household income ranks #174 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 17/100 for value.

Does Firle have good public transport?

It scores 80/100 for transit, #58 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Firle?

89% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.9 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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