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Trott Park

Ranked #16 of 274 Adelaide suburbs for safety. 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
Trott Park suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Safety94#16 of 274
Green space92#9 of 274
Parks86#30 of 274
Active & healthy76#6 of 274

Trott Park suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
60
#107 of 274
Safety
94
#16 of 274
Wealth
66
#93 of 274
Value
56
#116 of 274
Parks
86
#30 of 274
Cafés
68
#89 of 274
Transit
21
#217 of 274
Green space
92
#9 of 274
Active & healthy
76
#6 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
28
#204 of 274

Trott Park crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population3,124
Area3.01 km²
Postcode5158
Median household income$1,752/wk
Median rent$350/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$885,000 (12 sales this quarter; up 14.3% YoY)
Crime rate13.1 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks13 (27.3 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.52 km, secondary 4.96 km
Families score73/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park99.1% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues35
Public transport stops32 (32 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb, plus 2 kindergartens — nearest is Sheidow Park School (0.71 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 Trott Park

Population
3,124
Median age
39 years
Median household income
$1,752/wk
Median rent
$350/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$885,000

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

Common questions about Trott Park

What is the postcode for Trott Park?

The postcode for Trott Park, Adelaide is 5158.

Is Trott Park a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Trott Park is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is safety, ranking #16 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 Trott Park safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Adelaide, scoring 94/100 for safety and ranking #16 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 13 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 Trott Park good for families?

It rates well on the family measures we can compute — safety 94/100, parks 86/100 and green space 92/100, with a median age of 39. It has 0 schools 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 Trott Park expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $885,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 14.3% YoY. Median rent is $350 a week, and household income ranks #93 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 56/100 for value.

Does Trott Park have good public transport?

It scores 21/100 for transit, #217 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Trott Park?

99% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 27.3 hectares per 1,000 residents — 92/100 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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