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Seacombe Heights

Ranked #20 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
Seacombe Heights suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Safety93#20 of 274
Parks83#35 of 274
Wealth79#57 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)72#72 of 274

Seacombe Heights suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
61
#104 of 274
Safety
93
#20 of 274
Wealth
79
#57 of 274
Value
58
#111 of 274
Parks
83
#35 of 274
Cafés
28
#170 of 274
Transit
61
#106 of 274
Green space
58
#109 of 274
Active & healthy
59
#71 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
72
#72 of 274

Seacombe Heights crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population1,549
Area0.83 km²
Postcode5047
Median household income$1,917/wk
Median rent$380/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,050,000 (low volume: 9 sales; down 19.5% YoY)
Crime rate13.6 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks4 (1.51 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 0 primary, 1 secondary; nearest primary 0.95 km, secondary 0.64 km
Families score81/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park87.6% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues15
Public transport stops16 (16 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is Seaview High School (0.48 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 Seacombe Heights

Population
1,549
Median age
40 years
Median household income
$1,917/wk
Median rent
$380/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,050,000

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

Common questions about Seacombe Heights

What is the postcode for Seacombe Heights?

The postcode for Seacombe Heights, Adelaide is 5047.

Is Seacombe Heights a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Seacombe Heights is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is safety, ranking #20 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 9 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Seacombe Heights safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Adelaide, scoring 93/100 for safety and ranking #20 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 14 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 Seacombe Heights good for families?

It rates well on the family measures we can compute — safety 93/100, parks 83/100 and green space 58/100, with a median age of 40. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.9 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 Seacombe Heights expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,050,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), down 19.5% YoY. Median rent is $380 a week, and household income ranks #57 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 58/100 for value.

Does Seacombe Heights have good public transport?

It scores 61/100 for transit, #106 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Seacombe Heights?

88% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 1.5 hectares per 1,000 residents — 58/100 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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