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Salisbury Park

Ranked #40 of 274 Adelaide suburbs for schools nearby (osm). 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
Salisbury Park suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Schools nearby (OSM)81#40 of 274
Green space78#48 of 274
Parks47#144 of 274
Transit42#159 of 274

Salisbury Park suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
32
#208 of 274
Safety
29
#195 of 274
Wealth
13
#239 of 274
Value
26
#197 of 274
Parks
47
#144 of 274
Cafés
28
#202 of 274
Transit
42
#159 of 274
Green space
78
#48 of 274
Active & healthy
38
#221 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
81
#40 of 274

Salisbury Park crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population2,276
Area1.36 km²
Postcode5109
Median household income$1,231/wk
Median rent$275/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$841,000 (11 sales this quarter; up 20.1% YoY)
Crime rate69.9 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks3 (19.2 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.51 km, secondary 2.3 km
Families score57/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park88.4% of the suburb
Cafés0
Public transport stops21 (21 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is Salisbury Park Primary School (0.18 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 Salisbury Park

Population
2,276
Median age
41 years
Median household income
$1,231/wk
Median rent
$275/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$841,000

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

Common questions about Salisbury Park

What is the postcode for Salisbury Park?

The postcode for Salisbury Park, Adelaide is 5109.

Is Salisbury Park a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Salisbury Park is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is schools nearby (osm), ranking #40 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 Salisbury Park safe?

It is on the less safe side of Adelaide, scoring 29/100 for safety and ranking #195 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 70 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 Salisbury Park good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 29/100, parks 47/100 and green space 78/100, with a median age of 41. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.5 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 Salisbury Park expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $841,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 20.1% YoY. Median rent is $275 a week, and household income ranks #239 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 26/100 for value.

Does Salisbury Park have good public transport?

It scores 42/100 for transit, #159 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Salisbury Park?

88% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 19.2 hectares per 1,000 residents — 78/100 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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