Ranked #63 of 299 Adelaide suburbs for value. Every number below comes from open data — official crime statistics, ABS census and GPS activity traces — not opinion.
| Population | 4,488 |
| Area | 3.51 km² |
| Median household income | $1,795/wk |
| Median rent | $330/wk |
| Crime rate | 26.5 incidents per 1,000 people |
| Parks | 5 (7.51 ha per 1,000 people) |
| Within 400m of a park | 77.3% of the suburb |
| Cafés | 1 |
| Gyms & sport venues | 12 |
Source: ABS Census 2021. We do not hold a suburb-level renter/owner split, families-with-children rate, born-overseas rate or dwelling-type breakdown for Salisbury Heights — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.
Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Adelaide, scoring 76/100 for safety and ranking #71 of 299 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 26 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.
It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 76/100, parks 37/100 and green space 68/100, with a median age of 38. We do not hold school catchment data, so this does not account for schools — see our Adelaide families ranking for the full method.
Median rent is $330 a week, and household income ranks #96 of 299 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 78/100 for value.
It scores 41/100 for transit, #107 of 299 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.
77% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 7.5 hectares per 1,000 residents — 68/100 for green space.
Scores are percentiles against every other suburb in Adelaide: 100 is the
best in the city, 50 is mid-table. Updated September 2026. Sources: open GPS activity traces,
official crime statistics, ABS census, OpenStreetMap.
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