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Somerton Park

Ranked #44 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
Somerton Park suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Cafés84#44 of 274
Safety83#48 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)78#52 of 274
Active63#92 of 274

Somerton Park suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
63
#92 of 274
Safety
83
#48 of 274
Wealth
52
#133 of 274
Value
47
#142 of 274
Parks
22
#226 of 274
Cafés
84
#44 of 274
Transit
39
#169 of 274
Green space
8
#258 of 274
Active & healthy
51
#125 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
78
#52 of 274

Somerton Park crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population5,811
Area1.98 km²
Postcode5044
Median household income$1,633/wk
Median rent$335/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$2,420,000 (18 sales this quarter; up 5.2% YoY)
Crime rate21.9 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks3 (0.0 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.2 km, secondary 1.01 km
Families score56/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park20.8% of the suburb
Cafés3
Gyms & sport venues33
Public transport stops29 (29 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is Sacred Heart College (0.12 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 Somerton Park

Population
5,811
Median age
48 years
Median household income
$1,633/wk
Median rent
$335/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$2,420,000

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

Common questions about Somerton Park

What is the postcode for Somerton Park?

The postcode for Somerton Park, Adelaide is 5044.

Is Somerton Park a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Somerton Park is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is cafés, ranking #44 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 6 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Somerton Park safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Adelaide, scoring 83/100 for safety and ranking #48 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 22 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 Somerton Park good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is parks and green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 83/100, parks 22/100 and green space 8/100, with a median age of 48. 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 Somerton Park expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $2,420,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 5.2% YoY. Median rent is $335 a week, and household income ranks #133 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 47/100 for value.

Does Somerton Park have good public transport?

It scores 39/100 for transit, #169 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Somerton Park?

21% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park — 8/100 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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