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Woodville Gardens

Ranked #15 of 274 Adelaide suburbs for schools nearby (osm). 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
Woodville Gardens suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Schools nearby (OSM)90#15 of 274
Transit86#38 of 274
Active65#86 of 274
Green space54#130 of 274

Woodville Gardens suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
65
#86 of 274
Safety
22
#214 of 274
Wealth
7
#256 of 274
Value
29
#188 of 274
Parks
42
#165 of 274
Cafés
28
#215 of 274
Transit
86
#38 of 274
Green space
54
#130 of 274
Active & healthy
51
#119 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
90
#15 of 274

Woodville Gardens crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population2,412
Area0.25 km²
Postcode5012
Median household income$1,129/wk
Median rent$250/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$920,000 (low volume: 3 sales; up 66.7% YoY)
Crime rate82.1 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks1 (0.12 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.42 km, secondary 1.53 km
Families score58/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park99.4% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues10
Public transport stops7 (7 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is Woodville Gardens School (0.29 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 Woodville Gardens

Population
2,412
Median age
34 years
Median household income
$1,129/wk
Median rent
$250/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$920,000

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

Common questions about Woodville Gardens

What is the postcode for Woodville Gardens?

The postcode for Woodville Gardens, Adelaide is 5012.

Is Woodville Gardens a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Woodville Gardens is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is schools nearby (osm), ranking #15 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 Woodville Gardens safe?

It is on the less safe side of Adelaide, scoring 22/100 for safety and ranking #214 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 82 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 Woodville Gardens good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 22/100, parks 42/100 and green space 54/100, with a median age of 34. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.4 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 Woodville Gardens expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $920,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 66.7% YoY. Median rent is $250 a week, and household income ranks #256 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 29/100 for value.

Does Woodville Gardens have good public transport?

It scores 86/100 for transit, #38 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Woodville Gardens?

99% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.1 hectares per 1,000 residents — 54/100 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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