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Moana

Ranked #33 of 274 Adelaide suburbs for green space. 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
Moana suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Green space81#33 of 274
Safety75#69 of 274
Cafés68#86 of 274
Parks65#87 of 274

Moana suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
24
#222 of 274
Safety
75
#69 of 274
Wealth
52
#131 of 274
Value
52
#127 of 274
Parks
65
#87 of 274
Cafés
68
#86 of 274
Transit
25
#205 of 274
Green space
81
#33 of 274
Active & healthy
47
#153 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
10
#266 of 274

Moana crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population3,316
Area2.54 km²
Postcode5169
Median household income$1,631/wk
Median rent$330/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,100,000 (23 sales this quarter; up 1.6% YoY)
Crime rate27.7 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks7 (13.4 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 1.91 km, secondary 7.54 km
Families score50/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park92.3% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues1
Public transport stops29 (29 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb — nearest is Seaford Secondary College (2.45 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 Moana

Population
3,316
Median age
40 years
Median household income
$1,631/wk
Median rent
$330/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,100,000

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

Common questions about Moana

What is the postcode for Moana?

The postcode for Moana, Adelaide is 5169.

Is Moana a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Moana is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is green space, ranking #33 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 6 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Moana safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Adelaide, scoring 75/100 for safety and ranking #69 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 28 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 Moana good for families?

It rates well on the family measures we can compute — safety 75/100, parks 65/100 and green space 81/100, with a median age of 40. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 1.9 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 Moana expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,100,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 1.6% YoY. Median rent is $330 a week, and household income ranks #131 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 52/100 for value.

Does Moana have good public transport?

It scores 25/100 for transit, #205 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Moana?

92% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 13.4 hectares per 1,000 residents — 81/100 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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