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Mile End

Ranked #76 of 274 Adelaide suburbs for schools nearby (osm). 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
Mile End suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Schools nearby (OSM)70#76 of 274
Cafés68#90 of 274
Wealth63#102 of 274
Value55#120 of 274

Mile End suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
23
#226 of 274
Safety
10
#246 of 274
Wealth
63
#102 of 274
Value
55
#120 of 274
Parks
42
#163 of 274
Cafés
68
#90 of 274
Transit
41
#161 of 274
Green space
22
#225 of 274
Active & healthy
31
#251 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
70
#76 of 274

Mile End crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population4,536
Area1.53 km²
Postcode5031
Median household income$1,726/wk
Median rent$345/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,135,000 (low volume: 8 sales; up 0.9% YoY)
Crime rate112.0 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks4 (0.21 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)4 — 4 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.32 km, secondary 1.2 km
Families score47/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park49.6% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues1
Public transport stops19 (1 train station, 18 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)2 schools in the suburb — nearest is St George College (0.53 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 Mile End

Population
4,536
Median age
36 years
Median household income
$1,726/wk
Median rent
$345/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,135,000

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

Common questions about Mile End

What is the postcode for Mile End?

The postcode for Mile End, Adelaide is 5031.

Is Mile End a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Mile End is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is schools nearby (osm), ranking #76 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 Mile End safe?

It is on the less safe side of Adelaide, scoring 10/100 for safety and ranking #246 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 112 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 Mile End good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety and green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 10/100, parks 42/100 and green space 22/100, with a median age of 36. It has 4 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.3 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 Mile End expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,135,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 0.9% YoY. Median rent is $345 a week, and household income ranks #102 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 55/100 for value.

Does Mile End have good public transport?

It scores 41/100 for transit, #161 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Mile End?

50% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.2 hectares per 1,000 residents — 22/100 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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