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Seacliff

Ranked #20 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
Seacliff suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Transit93#20 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)89#18 of 274
Active88#16 of 274
Value82#47 of 274

Seacliff suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
88
#16 of 274
Safety
72
#78 of 274
Wealth
80
#56 of 274
Value
82
#47 of 274
Parks
65
#92 of 274
Cafés
28
#242 of 274
Transit
93
#20 of 274
Green space
43
#170 of 274
Active & healthy
55
#98 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
89
#18 of 274

Seacliff crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population2,117
Area0.72 km²
Postcode5049
Median household income$1,931/wk
Median rent$350/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,940,000 (low volume: 5 sales; up 37.6% YoY)
Crime rate29.8 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks3 (1.37 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.19 km, secondary 2.5 km
Families score63/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park68.0% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues19
Public transport stops21 (1 train station, 20 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is Seacliff Primary School (0.24 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 Seacliff

Population
2,117
Median age
46 years
Median household income
$1,931/wk
Median rent
$350/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,940,000

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

Common questions about Seacliff

What is the postcode for Seacliff?

The postcode for Seacliff, Adelaide is 5049.

Is Seacliff a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Seacliff is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is transit, ranking #20 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 8 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Seacliff safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Adelaide, scoring 72/100 for safety and ranking #78 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 30 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 Seacliff good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 72/100, parks 65/100 and green space 43/100, with a median age of 46. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.2 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 Seacliff expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,940,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 37.6% YoY. Median rent is $350 a week, and household income ranks #56 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 82/100 for value.

Does Seacliff have good public transport?

It scores 93/100 for transit, #20 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Seacliff?

68% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 1.4 hectares per 1,000 residents — 43/100 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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