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Tranmere

Ranked #73 of 274 Adelaide suburbs for wealth. 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
Tranmere suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Wealth74#73 of 274
Safety73#75 of 274
Active68#76 of 274
Transit66#95 of 274

Tranmere suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
68
#76 of 274
Safety
73
#75 of 274
Wealth
74
#73 of 274
Value
46
#144 of 274
Parks
34
#192 of 274
Cafés
28
#268 of 274
Transit
66
#95 of 274
Green space
53
#134 of 274
Active & healthy
44
#182 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
20
#235 of 274

Tranmere crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population4,136
Area1.39 km²
Postcode5073
Median household income$1,866/wk
Median rent$385/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,570,000 (17 sales this quarter; up 16.3% YoY)
Crime rate29.5 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks3 (1.81 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 1.12 km, secondary 1.45 km
Families score53/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park78.3% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues9
Public transport stops28 (28 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb — nearest is Saint Joseph's School Tranmere (0.88 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 Tranmere

Population
4,136
Median age
40 years
Median household income
$1,866/wk
Median rent
$385/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,570,000

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

Common questions about Tranmere

What is the postcode for Tranmere?

The postcode for Tranmere, Adelaide is 5073.

Is Tranmere a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Tranmere is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is wealth, ranking #73 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 5 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Tranmere safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Adelaide, scoring 73/100 for safety and ranking #75 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 30 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 Tranmere good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 73/100, parks 34/100 and green space 53/100, with a median age of 40. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 1.1 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 Tranmere expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,570,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 16.3% YoY. Median rent is $385 a week, and household income ranks #73 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 46/100 for value.

Does Tranmere have good public transport?

It scores 66/100 for transit, #95 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Tranmere?

78% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 1.8 hectares per 1,000 residents — 53/100 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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