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Gulfview Heights

Ranked #3 of 274 Adelaide suburbs for green space. 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
Gulfview Heights suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Green space96#3 of 274
Value84#43 of 274
Wealth81#53 of 274
Safety72#76 of 274

Gulfview Heights suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
67
#77 of 274
Safety
72
#76 of 274
Wealth
81
#53 of 274
Value
84
#43 of 274
Parks
48
#142 of 274
Cafés
28
#194 of 274
Transit
10
#247 of 274
Green space
96
#3 of 274
Active & healthy
59
#72 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
54
#121 of 274

Gulfview Heights crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population3,674
Area3.65 km²
Postcode5096
Median household income$1,953/wk
Median rent$350/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$940,000 (low volume: 7 sales; down 1.7% YoY)
Crime rate29.9 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks6 (32.19 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.47 km, secondary 1.94 km
Families score67/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park100.0% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues11
Public transport stops24 (24 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is Gulfview Heights Primary School (0.45 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 Gulfview Heights

Population
3,674
Median age
41 years
Median household income
$1,953/wk
Median rent
$350/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$940,000

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

Common questions about Gulfview Heights

What is the postcode for Gulfview Heights?

The postcode for Gulfview Heights, Adelaide is 5096.

Is Gulfview Heights a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Gulfview Heights is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is green space, ranking #3 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 7 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Gulfview Heights safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Adelaide, scoring 72/100 for safety and ranking #76 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 30 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 Gulfview Heights good for families?

It rates well on the family measures we can compute — safety 72/100, parks 48/100 and green space 96/100, with a median age of 41. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.5 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 Gulfview Heights expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $940,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), down 1.7% YoY. Median rent is $350 a week, and household income ranks #53 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 84/100 for value.

Does Gulfview Heights have good public transport?

It scores 10/100 for transit, #247 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Gulfview Heights?

100% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 32.2 hectares per 1,000 residents — 96/100 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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