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Leabrook

Ranked #20 of 274 Adelaide suburbs for cafés. 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
Leabrook suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Cafés92#20 of 274
Transit92#23 of 274
Active90#13 of 274
Safety86#40 of 274

Leabrook suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
90
#13 of 274
Safety
86
#40 of 274
Wealth
59
#114 of 274
Value
82
#49 of 274
Parks
77
#58 of 274
Cafés
92
#20 of 274
Transit
92
#23 of 274
Green space
49
#156 of 274
Active & healthy
72
#18 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
23
#224 of 274

Leabrook crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population1,605
Area0.59 km²
Postcode5068
Median household income$1,693/wk
Median rent$308/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,997,500 (low volume: 2 sales; down 10.0% YoY)
Crime rate18.7 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks3 (0.34 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.74 km, secondary 0.86 km
Families score64/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park89.4% of the suburb
Cafés2
Gyms & sport venues34
Public transport stops19 (19 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb — nearest is Marryatville Primary School (0.81 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 Leabrook

Population
1,605
Median age
55 years
Median household income
$1,693/wk
Median rent
$308/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,997,500

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

Common questions about Leabrook

What is the postcode for Leabrook?

The postcode for Leabrook, Adelaide is 5068.

Is Leabrook a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Leabrook is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is cafés, ranking #20 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 8 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Leabrook safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Adelaide, scoring 86/100 for safety and ranking #40 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 19 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 Leabrook good for families?

It rates well on the family measures we can compute — safety 86/100, parks 77/100 and green space 49/100, with a median age of 55. 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.

Is Leabrook expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,997,500 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), down 10.0% YoY. Median rent is $308 a week, and household income ranks #114 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 82/100 for value.

Does Leabrook have good public transport?

It scores 92/100 for transit, #23 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Leabrook?

89% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.3 hectares per 1,000 residents — 49/100 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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