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Hectorville

Ranked #37 of 274 Adelaide suburbs for schools nearby (osm). 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
Hectorville suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Schools nearby (OSM)82#37 of 274
Transit68#89 of 274
Safety63#103 of 274
Parks63#99 of 274

Hectorville suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
2
#274 of 274
Safety
63
#103 of 274
Wealth
26
#204 of 274
Value
38
#166 of 274
Parks
63
#99 of 274
Cafés
28
#269 of 274
Transit
68
#89 of 274
Green space
7
#261 of 274
Active & healthy
20
#273 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
82
#37 of 274

Hectorville crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population4,241
Area0.72 km²
Postcode5073
Median household income$1,394/wk
Median rent$300/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,323,750 (11 sales this quarter; up 15.1% YoY)
Crime rate37.5 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks4 (0.0 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.59 km, secondary 1.21 km
Families score56/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park16.8% of the suburb
Cafés0
Public transport stops15 (15 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is East Torrens Primary School (0.37 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 Hectorville

Population
4,241
Median age
38 years
Median household income
$1,394/wk
Median rent
$300/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,323,750

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

Common questions about Hectorville

What is the postcode for Hectorville?

The postcode for Hectorville, Adelaide is 5073.

Is Hectorville a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Hectorville is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is schools nearby (osm), ranking #37 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 Hectorville safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Adelaide, scoring 63/100 for safety and ranking #103 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 38 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 Hectorville good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 63/100, parks 63/100 and green space 7/100, with a median age of 38. 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 Hectorville expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,323,750 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 15.1% YoY. Median rent is $300 a week, and household income ranks #204 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 38/100 for value.

Does Hectorville have good public transport?

It scores 68/100 for transit, #89 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Hectorville?

17% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park — 7/100 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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