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Henley Beach South

Ranked #12 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
Henley Beach South suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Transit96#12 of 274
Value93#18 of 274
Wealth88#34 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)56#117 of 274

Henley Beach South suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
16
#243 of 274
Safety
39
#169 of 274
Wealth
88
#34 of 274
Value
93
#18 of 274
Parks
24
#221 of 274
Cafés
28
#243 of 274
Transit
96
#12 of 274
Green space
26
#218 of 274
Active & healthy
25
#269 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
56
#117 of 274

Henley Beach South crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population2,799
Area0.51 km²
Postcode5022
Median household income$2,096/wk
Median rent$340/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,855,000 (low volume: 7 sales; down 3.4% YoY)
Crime rate59.3 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks1 (0.0 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.39 km, secondary 0.42 km
Families score44/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park74.6% of the suburb
Cafés0
Public transport stops19 (19 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb — nearest is Henley Beach Primary School (0.15 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 Henley Beach South

Population
2,799
Median age
43 years
Median household income
$2,096/wk
Median rent
$340/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,855,000

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 Henley Beach South — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Henley Beach South

What is the postcode for Henley Beach South?

The postcode for Henley Beach South, Adelaide is 5022.

Is Henley Beach South a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Henley Beach South is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is transit, ranking #12 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 Henley Beach South safe?

It is on the less safe side of Adelaide, scoring 39/100 for safety and ranking #169 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 59 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 Henley Beach South good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is parks and green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 39/100, parks 24/100 and green space 26/100, with a median age of 43. 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 Henley Beach South expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,855,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), down 3.4% YoY. Median rent is $340 a week, and household income ranks #34 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 93/100 for value.

Does Henley Beach South have good public transport?

It scores 96/100 for transit, #12 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Henley Beach South?

75% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park — 26/100 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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