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Hackham West

Ranked #13 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
Hackham West suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Parks92#13 of 274
Green space86#20 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)73#66 of 274
Active & healthy54#103 of 274

Hackham West suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
32
#206 of 274
Safety
29
#194 of 274
Wealth
2
#268 of 274
Parks
92
#13 of 274
Cafés
28
#137 of 274
Transit
53
#128 of 274
Green space
86
#20 of 274
Active & healthy
54
#103 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
73
#66 of 274

Hackham West crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population3,620
Area1.91 km²
Postcode5163
Median household income$928/wk
Median rent$238/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$785,000 (16 sales this quarter; up 23.4% YoY)
Crime rate71.5 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks12 (6.03 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.47 km, secondary 1.39 km
Families score61/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park99.7% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues9
Public transport stops33 (33 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is Hackham West Primary School (0.26 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 Hackham West

Population
3,620
Median age
41 years
Median household income
$928/wk
Median rent
$238/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$785,000

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

Common questions about Hackham West

What is the postcode for Hackham West?

The postcode for Hackham West, Adelaide is 5163.

Is Hackham West a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Hackham West is measured on 9 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is parks, ranking #13 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 6 of the 9 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Hackham West safe?

It is on the less safe side of Adelaide, scoring 29/100 for safety and ranking #194 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 72 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 Hackham West good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 29/100, parks 92/100 and green space 86/100, 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 Hackham West expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $785,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 23.4% YoY. Median rent is $238 a week, and household income ranks #268 of 274 in Adelaide. Its rental market is too thin for us to score value reliably.

Does Hackham West have good public transport?

It scores 53/100 for transit, #128 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Hackham West?

100% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 6.0 hectares per 1,000 residents — 86/100 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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