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Salisbury

Ranked #34 of 274 Adelaide suburbs for cafés. 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 suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Cafés86#34 of 274
Active & healthy58#77 of 274
Transit56#121 of 274
Active53#130 of 274

Salisbury suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
53
#130 of 274
Safety
3
#265 of 274
Wealth
4
#264 of 274
Value
6
#249 of 274
Parks
45
#150 of 274
Cafés
86
#34 of 274
Transit
56
#121 of 274
Green space
45
#164 of 274
Active & healthy
58
#77 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
34
#178 of 274

Salisbury crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population8,841
Area4.26 km²
Postcode5108
Median household income$1,029/wk
Median rent$260/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$817,500 (26 sales this quarter; up 13.5% YoY)
Crime rate166.9 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks10 (2.12 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)2 — 2 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.82 km, secondary 0.92 km
Families score48/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park58.6% of the suburb
Cafés6
Gyms & sport venues36
Public transport stops73 (1 train station, 72 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is Salisbury High School (0.82 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

Population
8,841
Median age
37 years
Median household income
$1,029/wk
Median rent
$260/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$817,500

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

Common questions about Salisbury

What is the postcode for Salisbury?

The postcode for Salisbury, Adelaide is 5108.

Is Salisbury a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Salisbury is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is cafés, ranking #34 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 4 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Salisbury safe?

It is on the less safe side of Adelaide, scoring 3/100 for safety and ranking #265 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 167 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 good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 3/100, parks 45/100 and green space 45/100, with a median age of 37. It has 2 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.8 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 expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $817,500 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 13.5% YoY. Median rent is $260 a week, and household income ranks #264 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 6/100 for value.

Does Salisbury have good public transport?

It scores 56/100 for transit, #121 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Salisbury?

59% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 2.1 hectares per 1,000 residents — 45/100 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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