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Parkside

Ranked #42 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
Parkside suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Wealth85#42 of 274
Transit71#80 of 274
Value65#94 of 274
Safety58#116 of 274

Parkside suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
16
#245 of 274
Safety
58
#116 of 274
Wealth
85
#42 of 274
Value
65
#94 of 274
Parks
40
#174 of 274
Cafés
28
#264 of 274
Transit
71
#80 of 274
Green space
52
#138 of 274
Active & healthy
35
#232 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
41
#161 of 274

Parkside crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population5,126
Area0.51 km²
Postcode5063
Median household income$2,040/wk
Median rent$395/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,755,000 (12 sales this quarter; up 18.1% YoY)
Crime rate41.9 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks2 (0.04 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.4 km, secondary 1.72 km
Families score51/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park98.5% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues3
Public transport stops11 (11 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb — nearest is Parkside Primary School (0.45 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 Parkside

Population
5,126
Median age
39 years
Median household income
$2,040/wk
Median rent
$395/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,755,000

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

Common questions about Parkside

What is the postcode for Parkside?

The postcode for Parkside, Adelaide is 5063.

Is Parkside a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Parkside is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is wealth, ranking #42 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 Parkside safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Adelaide, scoring 58/100 for safety and ranking #116 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 42 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 Parkside good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 58/100, parks 40/100 and green space 52/100, with a median age of 39. It has 0 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 Parkside expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,755,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 18.1% YoY. Median rent is $395 a week, and household income ranks #42 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 65/100 for value.

Does Parkside have good public transport?

It scores 71/100 for transit, #80 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Parkside?

98% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.0 hectares per 1,000 residents — 52/100 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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