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Netherby

Ranked #6 of 274 Adelaide suburbs for wealth. 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
Netherby suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Wealth98#6 of 274
Value97#8 of 274
Safety90#29 of 274
Active81#32 of 274

Netherby suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
81
#32 of 274
Safety
90
#29 of 274
Wealth
98
#6 of 274
Value
97
#8 of 274
Parks
4
#268 of 274
Cafés
28
#256 of 274
Transit
33
#184 of 274
Green space
4
#273 of 274
Active & healthy
52
#114 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
74
#65 of 274

Netherby crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population1,510
Area1.31 km²
Postcode5062
Median household income$2,537/wk
Median rent$380/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,840,000 (low volume: 4 sales; down 27.3% YoY)
Crime rate16.6 incidents per 1,000 people
Schools (government data)2 — 0 primary, 2 secondary; nearest primary 0.61 km, secondary 0.3 km
Families score60/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park1.8% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues45
Public transport stops17 (17 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)2 schools in the suburb — nearest is Urrbrae Agricultural High School & TAFE SA Campus (0.5 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 Netherby

Population
1,510
Median age
43 years
Median household income
$2,537/wk
Median rent
$380/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,840,000

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

Common questions about Netherby

What is the postcode for Netherby?

The postcode for Netherby, Adelaide is 5062.

Is Netherby a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Netherby is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is wealth, ranking #6 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 Netherby safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Adelaide, scoring 90/100 for safety and ranking #29 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 17 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 Netherby good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is parks and green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 90/100, parks 4/100 and green space 4/100, with a median age of 43. It has 2 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 Netherby expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,840,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), down 27.3% YoY. Median rent is $380 a week, and household income ranks #6 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 97/100 for value.

Does Netherby have good public transport?

It scores 33/100 for transit, #184 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Netherby?

2% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park — 4/100 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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