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Torrens Park

Ranked #10 of 274 Adelaide suburbs for value. 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
Torrens Park suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Value96#10 of 274
Active91#9 of 274
Wealth90#27 of 274
Cafés90#25 of 274

Torrens Park suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
91
#9 of 274
Safety
63
#102 of 274
Wealth
90
#27 of 274
Value
96
#10 of 274
Parks
4
#264 of 274
Cafés
90
#25 of 274
Transit
83
#48 of 274
Green space
32
#199 of 274
Active & healthy
68
#31 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
18
#242 of 274

Torrens Park crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population2,687
Area1.67 km²
Postcode5062
Median household income$2,165/wk
Median rent$330/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$2,460,000 (low volume: 4 sales; up 126.2% YoY)
Crime rate37.6 incidents per 1,000 people
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.5 km, secondary 1.84 km
Families score54/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park42.8% of the suburb
Cafés3
Gyms & sport venues54
Public transport stops36 (2 train stations, 34 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb — nearest is Scotch Junior School (0.97 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 Torrens Park

Population
2,687
Median age
43 years
Median household income
$2,165/wk
Median rent
$330/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$2,460,000

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

Common questions about Torrens Park

What is the postcode for Torrens Park?

The postcode for Torrens Park, Adelaide is 5062.

Is Torrens Park a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Torrens Park is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is value, ranking #10 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 7 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Torrens Park safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Adelaide, scoring 63/100 for safety and ranking #102 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 38 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 Torrens Park good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is parks. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 63/100, parks 4/100 and green space 32/100, with a median age of 43. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.5 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 Torrens Park expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $2,460,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 126.2% YoY. Median rent is $330 a week, and household income ranks #27 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 96/100 for value.

Does Torrens Park have good public transport?

It scores 83/100 for transit, #48 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Torrens Park?

43% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 1.1 hectares per 1,000 residents — 32/100 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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