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Sturt

Ranked #24 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
Sturt suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Transit91#24 of 274
Green space50#145 of 274
Safety43#157 of 274
Active & healthy32#243 of 274

Sturt suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
13
#249 of 274
Safety
43
#157 of 274
Wealth
13
#238 of 274
Value
11
#236 of 274
Parks
24
#219 of 274
Cafés
28
#168 of 274
Transit
91
#24 of 274
Green space
50
#145 of 274
Active & healthy
32
#243 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
25
#218 of 274

Sturt crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population2,787
Area0.5 km²
Postcode5047
Median household income$1,222/wk
Median rent$295/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,003,250 (low volume: 6 sales; up 20.1% YoY)
Crime rate52.7 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks1 (0.05 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.71 km, secondary 1.2 km
Families score62/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park97.4% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues1
Public transport stops16 (16 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is Sunrise Christian School, Marion Campus (0.78 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 Sturt

Population
2,787
Median age
38 years
Median household income
$1,222/wk
Median rent
$295/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,003,250

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

Common questions about Sturt

What is the postcode for Sturt?

The postcode for Sturt, Adelaide is 5047.

Is Sturt a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Sturt is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is transit, ranking #24 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 1 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Sturt safe?

It is on the less safe side of Adelaide, scoring 43/100 for safety and ranking #157 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 53 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 Sturt good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is parks. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 43/100, parks 24/100 and green space 50/100, with a median age of 38. It has 0 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 Sturt expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,003,250 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 20.1% YoY. Median rent is $295 a week, and household income ranks #238 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 11/100 for value.

Does Sturt have good public transport?

It scores 91/100 for transit, #24 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Sturt?

97% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.1 hectares per 1,000 residents — 50/100 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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