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North Haven

Ranked #25 of 274 Adelaide suburbs for active. 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
North Haven suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Active84#25 of 274
Safety72#77 of 274
Cafés62#111 of 274
Active & healthy56#92 of 274

North Haven suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
84
#25 of 274
Safety
72
#77 of 274
Wealth
44
#155 of 274
Value
19
#215 of 274
Parks
30
#202 of 274
Cafés
62
#111 of 274
Transit
17
#229 of 274
Green space
8
#256 of 274
Active & healthy
56
#92 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
36
#176 of 274

North Haven crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population5,585
Area3.45 km²
Postcode5018
Median household income$1,568/wk
Median rent$365/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,081,000 (23 sales this quarter; up 15.2% YoY)
Crime rate30.1 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks5 (0.0 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 1.05 km, secondary 6.89 km
Families score48/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park23.4% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues103
Public transport stops20 (3 train stations, 17 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is North Haven Primary (0.84 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 North Haven

Population
5,585
Median age
51 years
Median household income
$1,568/wk
Median rent
$365/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,081,000

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

Common questions about North Haven

What is the postcode for North Haven?

The postcode for North Haven, Adelaide is 5018.

Is North Haven a good suburb?

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

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Adelaide, scoring 72/100 for safety and ranking #77 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 30 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 North Haven good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 72/100, parks 30/100 and green space 8/100, with a median age of 51. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 1.1 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 North Haven expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,081,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 15.2% YoY. Median rent is $365 a week, and household income ranks #155 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 19/100 for value.

Does North Haven have good public transport?

It scores 17/100 for transit, #229 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in North Haven?

23% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park — 8/100 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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