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Glenelg North

Ranked #76 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
Glenelg North suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Value72#76 of 274
Parks68#84 of 274
Cafés61#114 of 274
Wealth57#118 of 274

Glenelg North suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
52
#139 of 274
Safety
51
#136 of 274
Wealth
57
#118 of 274
Value
72
#76 of 274
Parks
68
#84 of 274
Cafés
61
#114 of 274
Transit
38
#170 of 274
Green space
50
#149 of 274
Active & healthy
54
#107 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
48
#139 of 274

Glenelg North crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population6,594
Area3.27 km²
Postcode5045
Median household income$1,682/wk
Median rent$320/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,593,000 (14 sales this quarter; up 2.8% YoY)
Crime rate47.8 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks12 (1.28 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.59 km, secondary 4.06 km
Families score47/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park79.9% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues23
Public transport stops47 (47 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is St Leonards Primary School (0.61 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 Glenelg North

Population
6,594
Median age
43 years
Median household income
$1,682/wk
Median rent
$320/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,593,000

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

Common questions about Glenelg North

What is the postcode for Glenelg North?

The postcode for Glenelg North, Adelaide is 5045.

Is Glenelg North a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Glenelg North is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is value, ranking #76 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 Glenelg North safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Adelaide, scoring 51/100 for safety and ranking #136 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 48 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 Glenelg North good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 51/100, parks 68/100 and green space 50/100, with a median age of 43. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.6 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 Glenelg North expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,593,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 2.8% YoY. Median rent is $320 a week, and household income ranks #118 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 72/100 for value.

Does Glenelg North have good public transport?

It scores 38/100 for transit, #170 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Glenelg North?

80% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 1.3 hectares per 1,000 residents — 50/100 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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