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Rostrevor

Ranked #35 of 274 Adelaide suburbs for safety. 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
Rostrevor suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Safety88#35 of 274
Wealth70#84 of 274
Green space66#83 of 274
Parks48#143 of 274

Rostrevor suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
46
#164 of 274
Safety
88
#35 of 274
Wealth
70
#84 of 274
Value
41
#158 of 274
Parks
48
#143 of 274
Cafés
28
#270 of 274
Transit
22
#215 of 274
Green space
66
#83 of 274
Active & healthy
43
#195 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
47
#142 of 274

Rostrevor crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population8,452
Area3.86 km²
Postcode5073
Median household income$1,791/wk
Median rent$380/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,239,000 (34 sales this quarter; up 17.9% YoY)
Crime rate17.7 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks10 (2.76 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 1.11 km, secondary 1.92 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 park91.4% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues12
Public transport stops43 (43 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is Stradbroke School (0.56 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 Rostrevor

Population
8,452
Median age
41 years
Median household income
$1,791/wk
Median rent
$380/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,239,000

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

Common questions about Rostrevor

What is the postcode for Rostrevor?

The postcode for Rostrevor, Adelaide is 5073.

Is Rostrevor a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Rostrevor is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is safety, ranking #35 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 3 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Rostrevor safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Adelaide, scoring 88/100 for safety and ranking #35 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 18 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 Rostrevor good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 88/100, parks 48/100 and green space 66/100, with a median age of 41. 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 Rostrevor expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,239,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 17.9% YoY. Median rent is $380 a week, and household income ranks #84 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 41/100 for value.

Does Rostrevor have good public transport?

It scores 22/100 for transit, #215 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Rostrevor?

91% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 2.8 hectares per 1,000 residents — 66/100 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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