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Fulham

Ranked #44 of 274 Adelaide suburbs for value. 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
Fulham suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Value84#44 of 274
Green space82#32 of 274
Parks78#54 of 274
Cafés74#71 of 274

Fulham suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
28
#217 of 274
Safety
33
#185 of 274
Wealth
66
#94 of 274
Value
84
#44 of 274
Parks
78
#54 of 274
Cafés
74
#71 of 274
Transit
24
#210 of 274
Green space
82
#32 of 274
Active & healthy
51
#127 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
14
#258 of 274

Fulham crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population2,920
Area1.23 km²
Postcode5024
Median household income$1,753/wk
Median rent$315/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,520,000 (14 sales this quarter; up 2.0% YoY)
Crime rate66.1 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks6 (4.29 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.98 km, secondary 1.21 km
Families score45/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park99.3% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues2
Public transport stops14 (14 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb — nearest is Fulham North Primary School (1.16 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 Fulham

Population
2,920
Median age
44 years
Median household income
$1,753/wk
Median rent
$315/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,520,000

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

Common questions about Fulham

What is the postcode for Fulham?

The postcode for Fulham, Adelaide is 5024.

Is Fulham a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Fulham is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is value, ranking #44 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 Fulham safe?

It is on the less safe side of Adelaide, scoring 33/100 for safety and ranking #185 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 66 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 Fulham good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 33/100, parks 78/100 and green space 82/100, with a median age of 44. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 1.0 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 Fulham expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,520,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 2.0% YoY. Median rent is $315 a week, and household income ranks #94 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 84/100 for value.

Does Fulham have good public transport?

It scores 24/100 for transit, #210 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Fulham?

99% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 4.3 hectares per 1,000 residents — 82/100 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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