Question 1

What is the postcode for Kensington Gardens?

Accepted Answer

The postcode for Kensington Gardens, Adelaide is 5068.

Question 2

Is Kensington Gardens a good suburb?

Accepted Answer

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Kensington Gardens is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is active, ranking #7 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 6 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Question 3

Is Kensington Gardens safe?

Accepted Answer

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Adelaide, scoring 81/100 for safety and ranking #53 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 24 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.

Question 4

Is Kensington Gardens good for families?

Accepted Answer

Mixed, and the weak spot is parks. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 81/100, parks 14/100 and green space 54/100, with a median age of 45. It has 0 schools 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.

Question 5

Is Kensington Gardens expensive to live in?

Accepted Answer

The median house sale price was $2,265,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 31.7% YoY. Median rent is $346 a week, and household income ranks #152 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 30/100 for value.

Question 6

Does Kensington Gardens have good public transport?

Accepted Answer

It scores 78/100 for transit, #61 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Question 7

Are there parks in Kensington Gardens?

Accepted Answer

69% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 4.4 hectares per 1,000 residents — 54/100 for green space.

Population	2,498
Area	1.08 km²
Postcode	5068
Median household income	$1,571/wk
Median rent	$346/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)	$2,265,000 (low volume: 6 sales; up 31.7% YoY)
Crime rate	23.6 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks	1 (4.39 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)	0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.73 km, secondary 0.66 km
Families score	54/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park	68.8% of the suburb
Cafés	1
Gyms & sport venues	47
Public transport stops	26 (26 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)	0 schools in the suburb — nearest is Pembroke Junior School (0.73 km)

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