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Myrtle Bank

Ranked #34 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
Myrtle Bank suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Safety88#34 of 274
Transit60#110 of 274
Wealth58#115 of 274
Green space56#122 of 274

Myrtle Bank suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
50
#145 of 274
Safety
88
#34 of 274
Wealth
58
#115 of 274
Value
45
#147 of 274
Parks
46
#148 of 274
Cafés
28
#259 of 274
Transit
60
#110 of 274
Green space
56
#122 of 274
Active & healthy
50
#137 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
17
#244 of 274

Myrtle Bank crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population3,158
Area0.52 km²
Postcode5064
Median household income$1,683/wk
Median rent$350/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,672,500 (low volume: 8 sales; down 7.3% YoY)
Crime rate17.7 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks2 (1.06 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.32 km, secondary 1.04 km
Families score64/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park88.1% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues11
Public transport stops10 (10 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb — nearest is School of Agriculture Food & Wine building (1.04 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 Myrtle Bank

Population
3,158
Median age
54 years
Median household income
$1,683/wk
Median rent
$350/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,672,500

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

Common questions about Myrtle Bank

What is the postcode for Myrtle Bank?

The postcode for Myrtle Bank, Adelaide is 5064.

Is Myrtle Bank a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Myrtle Bank is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is safety, ranking #34 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 Myrtle Bank safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Adelaide, scoring 88/100 for safety and ranking #34 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 18 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 Myrtle Bank good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 88/100, parks 46/100 and green space 56/100, with a median age of 54. It has 1 school 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 Myrtle Bank expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,672,500 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), down 7.3% YoY. Median rent is $350 a week, and household income ranks #115 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 45/100 for value.

Does Myrtle Bank have good public transport?

It scores 60/100 for transit, #110 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Myrtle Bank?

88% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 1.1 hectares per 1,000 residents — 56/100 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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