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Queenstown

Ranked #9 of 274 Adelaide suburbs for transit. 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
Queenstown suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Transit97#9 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)84#31 of 274
Parks44#158 of 274
Safety41#163 of 274

Queenstown suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
38
#187 of 274
Safety
41
#163 of 274
Wealth
6
#259 of 274
Value
11
#237 of 274
Parks
44
#158 of 274
Cafés
28
#236 of 274
Transit
97
#9 of 274
Green space
24
#222 of 274
Active & healthy
33
#242 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
84
#31 of 274

Queenstown crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population1,943
Area0.79 km²
Postcode5014
Median household income$1,115/wk
Median rent$270/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,059,000 (low volume: 2 sales; up 17.7% YoY)
Crime rate54.6 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks2 (0.26 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.41 km, secondary 1.31 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 park51.8% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues3
Public transport stops32 (32 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is Alberton Primary School (0.3 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 Queenstown

Population
1,943
Median age
43 years
Median household income
$1,115/wk
Median rent
$270/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,059,000

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

Common questions about Queenstown

What is the postcode for Queenstown?

The postcode for Queenstown, Adelaide is 5014.

Is Queenstown a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Queenstown is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is transit, ranking #9 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 2 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Queenstown safe?

It is on the less safe side of Adelaide, scoring 41/100 for safety and ranking #163 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 55 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 Queenstown good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 41/100, parks 44/100 and green space 24/100, with a median age of 43. 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 Queenstown expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,059,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 17.7% YoY. Median rent is $270 a week, and household income ranks #259 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 11/100 for value.

Does Queenstown have good public transport?

It scores 97/100 for transit, #9 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Queenstown?

52% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.3 hectares per 1,000 residents — 24/100 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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