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Paradise

Ranked #68 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
Paradise suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Active69#68 of 274
Safety61#108 of 274
Green space56#118 of 274
Active & healthy50#136 of 274

Paradise suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
69
#68 of 274
Safety
61
#108 of 274
Wealth
25
#206 of 274
Value
15
#226 of 274
Parks
31
#200 of 274
Cafés
28
#223 of 274
Transit
46
#149 of 274
Green space
56
#118 of 274
Active & healthy
50
#136 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
35
#177 of 274

Paradise crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population7,217
Area3.54 km²
Postcode5075
Median household income$1,386/wk
Median rent$330/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,183,500 (13 sales this quarter; up 17.2% YoY)
Crime rate39.5 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks6 (4.3 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)4 — 4 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.36 km, secondary 1.32 km
Families score62/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park70.8% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues25
Public transport stops57 (57 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is Paradise Primary School (0.87 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 Paradise

Population
7,217
Median age
43 years
Median household income
$1,386/wk
Median rent
$330/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,183,500

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

Common questions about Paradise

What is the postcode for Paradise?

The postcode for Paradise, Adelaide is 5075.

Is Paradise a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Paradise is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is active, ranking #68 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 Paradise safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Adelaide, scoring 61/100 for safety and ranking #108 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 40 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 Paradise good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 61/100, parks 31/100 and green space 56/100, with a median age of 43. It has 4 schools 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 Paradise expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,183,500 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 17.2% YoY. Median rent is $330 a week, and household income ranks #206 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 15/100 for value.

Does Paradise have good public transport?

It scores 46/100 for transit, #149 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Paradise?

71% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 4.3 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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