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Kilburn

Ranked #84 of 274 Adelaide suburbs for active. 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
Kilburn suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Active65#84 of 274
Cafés64#104 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)60#107 of 274
Transit46#148 of 274

Kilburn suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
65
#84 of 274
Safety
5
#260 of 274
Wealth
10
#247 of 274
Value
21
#209 of 274
Parks
35
#186 of 274
Cafés
64
#104 of 274
Transit
46
#148 of 274
Green space
32
#196 of 274
Active & healthy
41
#203 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
60
#107 of 274

Kilburn crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population5,633
Area2.61 km²
Postcode5084
Median household income$1,179/wk
Median rent$270/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,085,000 (low volume: 6 sales; up 2.8% YoY)
Crime rate135.3 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks5 (0.91 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.42 km, secondary 2.38 km
Families score39/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park47.2% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues9
Public transport stops34 (2 train stations, 32 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb

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 Kilburn

Population
5,633
Median age
34 years
Median household income
$1,179/wk
Median rent
$270/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,085,000

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

Common questions about Kilburn

What is the postcode for Kilburn?

The postcode for Kilburn, Adelaide is 5084.

Is Kilburn a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Kilburn is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is active, ranking #84 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 3 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Kilburn safe?

It is on the less safe side of Adelaide, scoring 5/100 for safety and ranking #260 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 135 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 Kilburn good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 5/100, parks 35/100 and green space 32/100, with a median age of 34. It has 1 school 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 Kilburn expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,085,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 2.8% YoY. Median rent is $270 a week, and household income ranks #247 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 21/100 for value.

Does Kilburn have good public transport?

It scores 46/100 for transit, #148 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Kilburn?

47% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.9 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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