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Lockleys

Ranked #60 of 274 Adelaide suburbs for safety. 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
Lockleys suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Safety78#60 of 274
Value76#65 of 274
Wealth75#70 of 274
Cafés62#113 of 274

Lockleys suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
30
#211 of 274
Safety
78
#60 of 274
Wealth
75
#70 of 274
Value
76
#65 of 274
Parks
24
#222 of 274
Cafés
62
#113 of 274
Transit
20
#221 of 274
Green space
41
#174 of 274
Active & healthy
42
#199 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
40
#164 of 274

Lockleys crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population5,987
Area3.08 km²
Postcode5032
Median household income$1,869/wk
Median rent$350/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,585,000 (27 sales this quarter; up 28.1% YoY)
Crime rate25.6 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks4 (2.59 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)2 — 2 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.53 km, secondary 1.14 km
Families score55/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park44.7% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues8
Public transport stops32 (32 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is Lockleys North 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 Lockleys

Population
5,987
Median age
44 years
Median household income
$1,869/wk
Median rent
$350/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,585,000

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

Common questions about Lockleys

What is the postcode for Lockleys?

The postcode for Lockleys, Adelaide is 5032.

Is Lockleys a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Lockleys is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is safety, ranking #60 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 4 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Lockleys safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Adelaide, scoring 78/100 for safety and ranking #60 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 Lockleys good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is parks. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 78/100, parks 24/100 and green space 41/100, with a median age of 44. It has 2 schools 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 Lockleys expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,585,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 28.1% YoY. Median rent is $350 a week, and household income ranks #70 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 76/100 for value.

Does Lockleys have good public transport?

It scores 20/100 for transit, #221 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Lockleys?

45% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 2.6 hectares per 1,000 residents — 41/100 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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