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Maylands

Ranked #54 of 274 Adelaide suburbs for value. 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
Maylands suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Value80#54 of 274
Wealth73#76 of 274
Transit70#83 of 274
Parks64#96 of 274

Maylands suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
30
#212 of 274
Safety
50
#139 of 274
Wealth
73
#76 of 274
Value
80
#54 of 274
Parks
64
#96 of 274
Cafés
28
#265 of 274
Transit
70
#83 of 274
Green space
59
#108 of 274
Active & healthy
45
#176 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
34
#183 of 274

Maylands crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population1,508
Area0.47 km²
Postcode5069
Median household income$1,832/wk
Median rent$338/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,810,000 (low volume: 3 sales; up 18.7% YoY)
Crime rate48.4 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks2 (0.44 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.56 km, secondary 1.48 km
Families score51/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park97.8% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues3
Public transport stops10 (10 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb — nearest is Trinity Gardens Primary (0.56 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 Maylands

Population
1,508
Median age
41 years
Median household income
$1,832/wk
Median rent
$338/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,810,000

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

Common questions about Maylands

What is the postcode for Maylands?

The postcode for Maylands, Adelaide is 5069.

Is Maylands a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Maylands is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is value, ranking #54 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 5 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Maylands safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Adelaide, scoring 50/100 for safety and ranking #139 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 48 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 Maylands good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 50/100, parks 64/100 and green space 59/100, with a median age of 41. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.6 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 Maylands expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,810,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 18.7% YoY. Median rent is $338 a week, and household income ranks #76 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 80/100 for value.

Does Maylands have good public transport?

It scores 70/100 for transit, #83 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Maylands?

98% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.4 hectares per 1,000 residents — 59/100 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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