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Marino

Ranked #22 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
Marino suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Safety92#22 of 274
Wealth88#33 of 274
Green space74#64 of 274
Active & healthy74#10 of 274

Marino suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
66
#79 of 274
Safety
92
#22 of 274
Wealth
88
#33 of 274
Value
69
#83 of 274
Parks
61
#105 of 274
Cafés
70
#82 of 274
Transit
5
#260 of 274
Green space
74
#64 of 274
Active & healthy
74
#10 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
10
#271 of 274

Marino crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population2,277
Area3.17 km²
Postcode5049
Median household income$2,091/wk
Median rent$400/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,500,000 (low volume: 6 sales; up 1.4% YoY)
Crime rate15.4 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks6 (15.18 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 1.68 km, secondary 3.74 km
Families score52/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park83.7% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues29
Public transport stops8 (2 train stations, 6 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb — nearest is Seacliff Primary School (1.67 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 Marino

Population
2,277
Median age
47 years
Median household income
$2,091/wk
Median rent
$400/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,500,000

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

Common questions about Marino

What is the postcode for Marino?

The postcode for Marino, Adelaide is 5049.

Is Marino a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Marino is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is safety, ranking #22 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 Marino safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Adelaide, scoring 92/100 for safety and ranking #22 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 15 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 Marino good for families?

It rates well on the family measures we can compute — safety 92/100, parks 61/100 and green space 74/100, with a median age of 47. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 1.7 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 Marino expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,500,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 1.4% YoY. Median rent is $400 a week, and household income ranks #33 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 69/100 for value.

Does Marino have good public transport?

It scores 5/100 for transit, #260 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Marino?

84% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 15.2 hectares per 1,000 residents — 74/100 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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