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Linden Park

Ranked #34 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
Linden Park suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Active80#34 of 274
Cafés80#58 of 274
Transit78#62 of 274
Wealth76#67 of 274

Linden Park suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
80
#34 of 274
Safety
68
#89 of 274
Wealth
76
#67 of 274
Value
34
#176 of 274
Parks
74
#66 of 274
Cafés
80
#58 of 274
Transit
78
#62 of 274
Green space
66
#84 of 274
Active & healthy
71
#21 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
71
#75 of 274

Linden Park crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population2,367
Area0.83 km²
Postcode5065
Median household income$1,893/wk
Median rent$413/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,950,000 (low volume: 8 sales; up 9.5% YoY)
Crime rate32.5 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks4 (0.92 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.51 km, secondary 1.21 km
Families score65/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park98.0% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues26
Public transport stops20 (20 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is Linden Park Primary School (0.49 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 Linden Park

Population
2,367
Median age
41 years
Median household income
$1,893/wk
Median rent
$413/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,950,000

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

Common questions about Linden Park

What is the postcode for Linden Park?

The postcode for Linden Park, Adelaide is 5065.

Is Linden Park a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Linden Park is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is active, ranking #34 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 9 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Linden Park safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Adelaide, scoring 68/100 for safety and ranking #89 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 32 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 Linden Park good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 68/100, parks 74/100 and green space 66/100, with a median age of 41. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.5 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 Linden Park expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,950,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 9.5% YoY. Median rent is $413 a week, and household income ranks #67 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 34/100 for value.

Does Linden Park have good public transport?

It scores 78/100 for transit, #62 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Linden Park?

98% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.9 hectares per 1,000 residents — 66/100 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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