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Henley Beach

Ranked #30 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
Henley Beach suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Schools nearby (OSM)84#30 of 274
Value81#51 of 274
Active76#41 of 274
Cafés76#65 of 274

Henley Beach suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
76
#41 of 274
Safety
54
#127 of 274
Wealth
75
#69 of 274
Value
81
#51 of 274
Parks
72
#73 of 274
Cafés
76
#65 of 274
Transit
67
#91 of 274
Green space
52
#136 of 274
Active & healthy
61
#61 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
84
#30 of 274

Henley Beach crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population6,259
Area1.71 km²
Postcode5022
Median household income$1,879/wk
Median rent$345/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,750,000 (18 sales this quarter; up 6.8% YoY)
Crime rate44.9 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks9 (1.46 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)3 — 3 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.46 km, secondary 1.06 km
Families score58/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park79.3% of the suburb
Cafés2
Gyms & sport venues39
Public transport stops35 (35 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)3 schools in the suburb — nearest is Star of the Sea (0.36 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

Population
6,259
Median age
45 years
Median household income
$1,879/wk
Median rent
$345/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,750,000

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

Common questions about Henley Beach

What is the postcode for Henley Beach?

The postcode for Henley Beach, Adelaide is 5022.

Is Henley Beach a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Henley Beach is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is schools nearby (osm), ranking #30 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 10 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Henley Beach safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Adelaide, scoring 54/100 for safety and ranking #127 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 45 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 good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 54/100, parks 72/100 and green space 52/100, with a median age of 45. It has 3 schools 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 Henley Beach expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,750,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 6.8% YoY. Median rent is $345 a week, and household income ranks #69 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 81/100 for value.

Does Henley Beach have good public transport?

It scores 67/100 for transit, #91 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Henley Beach?

79% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 1.5 hectares per 1,000 residents — 52/100 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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