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Kensington Park

Ranked #7 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
Kensington Park suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Schools nearby (OSM)94#7 of 274
Value90#28 of 274
Wealth86#40 of 274
Transit79#59 of 274

Kensington Park suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
78
#36 of 274
Safety
78
#62 of 274
Wealth
86
#40 of 274
Value
90
#28 of 274
Parks
33
#193 of 274
Cafés
28
#271 of 274
Transit
79
#59 of 274
Green space
50
#154 of 274
Active & healthy
59
#75 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
94
#7 of 274

Kensington Park crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population2,627
Area1.02 km²
Postcode5068
Median household income$2,058/wk
Median rent$350/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,850,000 (low volume: 9 sales; up 2.2% YoY)
Crime rate25.5 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks2 (1.8 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.21 km, secondary 0.95 km
Families score62/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park74.4% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues30
Public transport stops25 (25 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)5 schools in the suburb — nearest is Pembroke Junior School (0.23 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 Kensington Park

Population
2,627
Median age
42 years
Median household income
$2,058/wk
Median rent
$350/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,850,000

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

Common questions about Kensington Park

What is the postcode for Kensington Park?

The postcode for Kensington Park, Adelaide is 5068.

Is Kensington Park a good suburb?

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

Is Kensington Park safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Adelaide, scoring 78/100 for safety and ranking #62 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 26 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 Kensington Park good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 78/100, parks 33/100 and green space 50/100, with a median age of 42. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.2 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 Kensington Park expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,850,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 2.2% YoY. Median rent is $350 a week, and household income ranks #40 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 90/100 for value.

Does Kensington Park have good public transport?

It scores 79/100 for transit, #59 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Kensington Park?

74% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 1.8 hectares per 1,000 residents — 50/100 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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