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Hampstead Gardens

Ranked #8 of 274 Adelaide suburbs for transit. 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
Hampstead Gardens suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Transit97#8 of 274
Cafés87#32 of 274
Value67#89 of 274
Green space61#97 of 274

Hampstead Gardens suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
44
#171 of 274
Safety
28
#197 of 274
Wealth
43
#156 of 274
Value
67
#89 of 274
Parks
28
#208 of 274
Cafés
87
#32 of 274
Transit
97
#8 of 274
Green space
61
#97 of 274
Active & healthy
47
#157 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
31
#191 of 274

Hampstead Gardens crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population1,535
Area0.57 km²
Postcode5086
Median household income$1,559/wk
Median rent$300/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,342,500 (low volume: 8 sales; up 7.0% YoY)
Crime rate74.3 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks1 (0.69 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.37 km, secondary 2.03 km
Families score50/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park97.1% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues1
Public transport stops22 (22 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb — nearest is Klemzig Primary (0.65 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 Hampstead Gardens

Population
1,535
Median age
35 years
Median household income
$1,559/wk
Median rent
$300/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,342,500

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

Common questions about Hampstead Gardens

What is the postcode for Hampstead Gardens?

The postcode for Hampstead Gardens, Adelaide is 5086.

Is Hampstead Gardens a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Hampstead Gardens is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is transit, ranking #8 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 4 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Hampstead Gardens safe?

It is on the less safe side of Adelaide, scoring 28/100 for safety and ranking #197 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 74 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 Hampstead Gardens good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety and parks. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 28/100, parks 28/100 and green space 61/100, with a median age of 35. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.4 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 Hampstead Gardens expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,342,500 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 7.0% YoY. Median rent is $300 a week, and household income ranks #156 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 67/100 for value.

Does Hampstead Gardens have good public transport?

It scores 97/100 for transit, #8 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Hampstead Gardens?

97% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.7 hectares per 1,000 residents — 61/100 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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