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Sheidow Park

Ranked #25 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
Sheidow Park suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Safety91#25 of 274
Wealth83#47 of 274
Parks81#41 of 274
Active77#38 of 274

Sheidow Park suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
77
#38 of 274
Safety
91
#25 of 274
Wealth
83
#47 of 274
Value
74
#69 of 274
Parks
81
#41 of 274
Cafés
28
#172 of 274
Transit
30
#192 of 274
Green space
75
#61 of 274
Active & healthy
66
#37 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
77
#53 of 274

Sheidow Park crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population6,731
Area3.45 km²
Postcode5158
Median household income$2,024/wk
Median rent$380/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$940,000 (28 sales this quarter; up 7.1% YoY)
Crime rate16.5 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks16 (3.45 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)3 — 3 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.67 km, secondary 5.26 km
Families score72/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park96.6% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues101
Public transport stops43 (43 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)3 schools in the suburb — nearest is St Martin de Porres School (0.31 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 Sheidow Park

Population
6,731
Median age
38 years
Median household income
$2,024/wk
Median rent
$380/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$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 Sheidow Park — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Sheidow Park

What is the postcode for Sheidow Park?

The postcode for Sheidow Park, Adelaide is 5158.

Is Sheidow Park a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Sheidow Park is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is safety, ranking #25 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 Sheidow Park safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Adelaide, scoring 91/100 for safety and ranking #25 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 16 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 Sheidow Park good for families?

It rates well on the family measures we can compute — safety 91/100, parks 81/100 and green space 75/100, with a median age of 38. It has 3 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.7 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 Sheidow Park expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $940,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 7.1% YoY. Median rent is $380 a week, and household income ranks #47 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 74/100 for value.

Does Sheidow Park have good public transport?

It scores 30/100 for transit, #192 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Sheidow Park?

97% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 3.5 hectares per 1,000 residents — 75/100 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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