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St Morris

Ranked #5 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
St Morris suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Cafés98#5 of 274
Active86#19 of 274
Safety80#55 of 274
Active & healthy62#55 of 274

St Morris suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
86
#19 of 274
Safety
80
#55 of 274
Wealth
60
#111 of 274
Value
53
#126 of 274
Parks
59
#110 of 274
Cafés
98
#5 of 274
Transit
54
#127 of 274
Green space
36
#189 of 274
Active & healthy
62
#55 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
20
#233 of 274

St Morris crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population1,598
Area0.51 km²
Postcode5068
Median household income$1,698/wk
Median rent$343/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,334,500 (low volume: 4 sales)
Crime rate23.8 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks2 (0.36 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 1.01 km, secondary 1.69 km
Families score59/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park71.8% of the suburb
Cafés4
Gyms & sport venues10
Public transport stops9 (9 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb — nearest is Pembroke College (0.91 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 St Morris

Population
1,598
Median age
40 years
Median household income
$1,698/wk
Median rent
$343/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,334,500

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

Common questions about St Morris

What is the postcode for St Morris?

The postcode for St Morris, Adelaide is 5068.

Is St Morris a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- St Morris is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is cafés, ranking #5 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 St Morris safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Adelaide, scoring 80/100 for safety and ranking #55 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 24 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 St Morris good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 80/100, parks 59/100 and green space 36/100, with a median age of 40. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 1.0 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 St Morris expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,334,500 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), . Median rent is $343 a week, and household income ranks #111 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 53/100 for value.

Does St Morris have good public transport?

It scores 54/100 for transit, #127 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in St Morris?

72% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.4 hectares per 1,000 residents — 36/100 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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