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Glenside

Ranked #2 of 274 Adelaide suburbs for parks. 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
Glenside suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Parks98#2 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)86#25 of 274
Cafés74#73 of 274
Active66#83 of 274

Glenside suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
66
#83 of 274
Safety
22
#215 of 274
Wealth
22
#215 of 274
Value
14
#229 of 274
Parks
98
#2 of 274
Cafés
74
#73 of 274
Transit
55
#125 of 274
Green space
49
#157 of 274
Active & healthy
65
#46 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
86
#25 of 274

Glenside crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population2,852
Area1.12 km²
Postcode5065
Median household income$1,363/wk
Median rent$326/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$2,807,500 (low volume: 2 sales; up 23.4% YoY)
Crime rate82.0 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks11 (0.7 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.71 km, secondary 0.83 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 park83.7% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues28
Public transport stops20 (20 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is Conyngham Street Child Care Centre (0.13 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 Glenside

Population
2,852
Median age
43 years
Median household income
$1,363/wk
Median rent
$326/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$2,807,500

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

Common questions about Glenside

What is the postcode for Glenside?

The postcode for Glenside, Adelaide is 5065.

Is Glenside a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Glenside is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is parks, ranking #2 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 Glenside safe?

It is on the less safe side of Adelaide, scoring 22/100 for safety and ranking #215 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 82 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 Glenside good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 22/100, parks 98/100 and green space 49/100, with a median age of 43. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.7 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 Glenside expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $2,807,500 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 23.4% YoY. Median rent is $326 a week, and household income ranks #215 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 14/100 for value.

Does Glenside have good public transport?

It scores 55/100 for transit, #125 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Glenside?

84% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.7 hectares per 1,000 residents — 49/100 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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