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North Plympton

Ranked #66 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
North Plympton suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Safety76#66 of 274
Cafés72#77 of 274
Transit71#79 of 274
Parks56#120 of 274

North Plympton suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
6
#265 of 274
Safety
76
#66 of 274
Wealth
54
#127 of 274
Value
33
#179 of 274
Parks
56
#120 of 274
Cafés
72
#77 of 274
Transit
71
#79 of 274
Green space
22
#226 of 274
Active & healthy
32
#248 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
19
#237 of 274

North Plympton crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population3,610
Area1.02 km²
Postcode5037
Median household income$1,650/wk
Median rent$360/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,200,000 (15 sales this quarter; up 20.6% YoY)
Crime rate27.4 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks4 (0.34 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.79 km, secondary 4.03 km
Families score55/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park34.2% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues1
Public transport stops22 (22 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb — nearest is Plympton Primary School (0.94 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 Plympton

Population
3,610
Median age
40 years
Median household income
$1,650/wk
Median rent
$360/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,200,000

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

Common questions about North Plympton

What is the postcode for North Plympton?

The postcode for North Plympton, Adelaide is 5037.

Is North Plympton a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- North Plympton is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is safety, ranking #66 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 North Plympton safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Adelaide, scoring 76/100 for safety and ranking #66 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 27 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 Plympton good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 76/100, parks 56/100 and green space 22/100, with a median age of 40. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.8 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 Plympton expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,200,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 20.6% YoY. Median rent is $360 a week, and household income ranks #127 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 33/100 for value.

Does North Plympton have good public transport?

It scores 71/100 for transit, #79 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in North Plympton?

34% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.3 hectares per 1,000 residents — 22/100 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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