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Woodville South

Ranked #77 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
Woodville South suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Value71#77 of 274
Wealth69#85 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)40#163 of 274
Active32#207 of 274

Woodville South suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
32
#207 of 274
Safety
19
#223 of 274
Wealth
69
#85 of 274
Value
71
#77 of 274
Parks
15
#243 of 274
Cafés
28
#200 of 274
Transit
18
#225 of 274
Green space
4
#271 of 274
Active & healthy
31
#253 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
40
#163 of 274

Woodville South crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population3,464
Area0.82 km²
Postcode5011
Median household income$1,787/wk
Median rent$340/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,200,000 (11 sales this quarter; up 27.3% YoY)
Crime rate93.0 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks1 (0.0 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.35 km, secondary 1.07 km
Families score33/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park1.1% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues7
Public transport stops8 (8 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb — nearest is Nazareth Catholic Colege (0.46 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 South

Population
3,464
Median age
37 years
Median household income
$1,787/wk
Median rent
$340/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,200,000

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

Common questions about Woodville South

What is the postcode for Woodville South?

The postcode for Woodville South, Adelaide is 5011.

Is Woodville South a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Woodville South is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is value, ranking #77 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 2 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Woodville South safe?

It is on the less safe side of Adelaide, scoring 19/100 for safety and ranking #223 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 93 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 South good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety and parks and green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 19/100, parks 15/100 and green space 4/100, with a median age of 37. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.3 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 South expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,200,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 27.3% YoY. Median rent is $340 a week, and household income ranks #85 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 71/100 for value.

Does Woodville South have good public transport?

It scores 18/100 for transit, #225 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Woodville South?

1% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park — 4/100 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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