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Woodville West

Ranked #37 of 274 Adelaide suburbs for cafés. 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 West suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Cafés85#37 of 274
Transit69#85 of 274
Value60#106 of 274
Wealth56#121 of 274

Woodville West suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
20
#235 of 274
Safety
48
#142 of 274
Wealth
56
#121 of 274
Value
60
#106 of 274
Parks
12
#251 of 274
Cafés
85
#37 of 274
Transit
69
#85 of 274
Green space
4
#270 of 274
Active & healthy
36
#228 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
24
#221 of 274

Woodville West crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population3,854
Area1.09 km²
Postcode5011
Median household income$1,669/wk
Median rent$330/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,085,000 (20 sales this quarter; up 9.6% YoY)
Crime rate49.0 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks1 (0.0 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.88 km, secondary 1.29 km
Families score48/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park1.6% of the suburb
Cafés2
Gyms & sport venues5
Public transport stops19 (1 train station, 18 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb — nearest is Woodville Primary School (0.79 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 West

Population
3,854
Median age
35 years
Median household income
$1,669/wk
Median rent
$330/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,085,000

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

Common questions about Woodville West

What is the postcode for Woodville West?

The postcode for Woodville West, Adelaide is 5011.

Is Woodville West a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Woodville West is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is cafés, ranking #37 of 274 Adelaide suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Adelaide for 4 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Woodville West safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Adelaide, scoring 48/100 for safety and ranking #142 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 49 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 West good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is parks and green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 48/100, parks 12/100 and green space 4/100, with a median age of 35. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.9 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 West expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,085,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), up 9.6% YoY. Median rent is $330 a week, and household income ranks #121 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 60/100 for value.

Does Woodville West have good public transport?

It scores 69/100 for transit, #85 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Woodville West?

2% 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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