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Holden Hill

Ranked #39 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
Holden Hill suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Transit86#39 of 274
Cafés68#92 of 274
Parks56#119 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)56#115 of 274

Holden Hill suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
44
#170 of 274
Safety
18
#226 of 274
Wealth
22
#214 of 274
Value
31
#184 of 274
Parks
56
#119 of 274
Cafés
68
#92 of 274
Transit
86
#39 of 274
Green space
32
#198 of 274
Active & healthy
49
#144 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
56
#115 of 274

Holden Hill crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population3,716
Area1.74 km²
Postcode5088
Median household income$1,363/wk
Median rent$300/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$870,500 (12 sales this quarter; up 7.4% YoY)
Crime rate95.5 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks5 (0.53 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 0 primary, 1 secondary; nearest primary 0.65 km, secondary 0.6 km
Families score53/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park57.0% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues11
Public transport stops50 (50 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is Kildare College (0.61 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 Holden Hill

Population
3,716
Median age
37 years
Median household income
$1,363/wk
Median rent
$300/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$870,500

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

Common questions about Holden Hill

What is the postcode for Holden Hill?

The postcode for Holden Hill, Adelaide is 5088.

Is Holden Hill a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Holden Hill is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is transit, ranking #39 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 Holden Hill safe?

It is on the less safe side of Adelaide, scoring 18/100 for safety and ranking #226 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 96 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 Holden Hill good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 18/100, parks 56/100 and green space 32/100, with a median age of 37. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.7 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 Holden Hill expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $870,500 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 7.4% YoY. Median rent is $300 a week, and household income ranks #214 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 31/100 for value.

Does Holden Hill have good public transport?

It scores 86/100 for transit, #39 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Holden Hill?

57% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.5 hectares per 1,000 residents — 32/100 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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