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Port Noarlunga

Ranked #21 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
Port Noarlunga suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Active84#21 of 274
Cafés84#38 of 274
Active & healthy77#4 of 274
Green space70#71 of 274

Port Noarlunga suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
84
#21 of 274
Safety
50
#137 of 274
Wealth
23
#211 of 274
Value
18
#217 of 274
Parks
65
#88 of 274
Cafés
84
#38 of 274
Transit
11
#243 of 274
Green space
70
#71 of 274
Active & healthy
77
#4 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
32
#185 of 274

Port Noarlunga crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population3,245
Area2.59 km²
Postcode5167
Median household income$1,369/wk
Median rent$320/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$957,500 (13 sales this quarter; up 1.1% YoY)
Crime rate48.4 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks7 (3.06 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 1.13 km, secondary 2.32 km
Families score63/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park93.0% of the suburb
Cafés3
Gyms & sport venues62
Public transport stops19 (19 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is Port Noarlunga Primary School (1.14 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 Port Noarlunga

Population
3,245
Median age
46 years
Median household income
$1,369/wk
Median rent
$320/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$957,500

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

Common questions about Port Noarlunga

What is the postcode for Port Noarlunga?

The postcode for Port Noarlunga, Adelaide is 5167.

Is Port Noarlunga a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Port Noarlunga is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is active, ranking #21 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 6 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Port Noarlunga safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Adelaide, scoring 50/100 for safety and ranking #137 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 48 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 Port Noarlunga good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 50/100, parks 65/100 and green space 70/100, with a median age of 46. 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 Port Noarlunga expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $957,500 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 1.1% YoY. Median rent is $320 a week, and household income ranks #211 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 18/100 for value.

Does Port Noarlunga have good public transport?

It scores 11/100 for transit, #243 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Port Noarlunga?

93% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 3.1 hectares per 1,000 residents — 70/100 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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