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Modbury North

Ranked #25 of 274 Adelaide suburbs for parks. 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
Modbury North suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Parks88#25 of 274
Green space84#25 of 274
Transit63#101 of 274
Active60#109 of 274

Modbury North suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
60
#109 of 274
Safety
55
#124 of 274
Wealth
47
#146 of 274
Value
23
#204 of 274
Parks
88
#25 of 274
Cafés
28
#192 of 274
Transit
63
#101 of 274
Green space
84
#25 of 274
Active & healthy
46
#164 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
34
#182 of 274

Modbury North crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population5,704
Area2.77 km²
Postcode5092
Median household income$1,596/wk
Median rent$360/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$905,000 (22 sales this quarter; up 16.2% YoY)
Crime rate44.5 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks15 (3.99 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 1.0 km, secondary 2.15 km
Families score66/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park100.0% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues7
Public transport stops55 (55 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is Modbury Primary School (1.06 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 Modbury North

Population
5,704
Median age
40 years
Median household income
$1,596/wk
Median rent
$360/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$905,000

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

Common questions about Modbury North

What is the postcode for Modbury North?

The postcode for Modbury North, Adelaide is 5092.

Is Modbury North a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Modbury North is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is parks, ranking #25 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 Modbury North safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Adelaide, scoring 55/100 for safety and ranking #124 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 44 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 Modbury North good for families?

It rates well on the family measures we can compute — safety 55/100, parks 88/100 and green space 84/100, with a median age of 40. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 1.0 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 Modbury North expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $905,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 16.2% YoY. Median rent is $360 a week, and household income ranks #146 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 23/100 for value.

Does Modbury North have good public transport?

It scores 63/100 for transit, #101 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Modbury North?

100% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 4.0 hectares per 1,000 residents — 84/100 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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