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Old Noarlunga

Ranked #51 of 274 Adelaide suburbs for cafés. 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
Old Noarlunga suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Cafés82#51 of 274
Green space76#52 of 274
Active & healthy68#28 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)62#103 of 274

Old Noarlunga suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
48
#153 of 274
Safety
11
#243 of 274
Wealth
36
#175 of 274
Value
47
#140 of 274
Parks
32
#194 of 274
Cafés
82
#51 of 274
Transit
6
#257 of 274
Green space
76
#52 of 274
Active & healthy
68
#28 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
62
#103 of 274

Old Noarlunga crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population1,531
Area3.57 km²
Postcode5168
Median household income$1,485/wk
Median rent$305/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$899,000 (low volume: 8 sales; down 8.3% YoY)
Crime rate111.0 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks2 (66.88 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.4 km, secondary 3.94 km
Families score46/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park80.1% of the suburb
Cafés2
Gyms & sport venues7
Public transport stops19 (19 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb

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 Old Noarlunga

Population
1,531
Median age
41 years
Median household income
$1,485/wk
Median rent
$305/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$899,000

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

Common questions about Old Noarlunga

What is the postcode for Old Noarlunga?

The postcode for Old Noarlunga, Adelaide is 5168.

Is Old Noarlunga a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Old Noarlunga is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is cafés, ranking #51 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 Old Noarlunga safe?

It is on the less safe side of Adelaide, scoring 11/100 for safety and ranking #243 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 111 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 Old Noarlunga good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 11/100, parks 32/100 and green space 76/100, with a median age of 41. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.4 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 Old Noarlunga expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $899,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), down 8.3% YoY. Median rent is $305 a week, and household income ranks #175 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 47/100 for value.

Does Old Noarlunga have good public transport?

It scores 6/100 for transit, #257 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Old Noarlunga?

80% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 66.9 hectares per 1,000 residents — 76/100 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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