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Woodville

Ranked #2 of 274 Adelaide suburbs for transit. 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 suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Adelaide
Transit99#2 of 274
Active66#81 of 274
Value58#112 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)54#123 of 274

Woodville suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
66
#81 of 274
Safety
17
#228 of 274
Wealth
39
#169 of 274
Value
58
#112 of 274
Parks
46
#146 of 274
Cafés
28
#227 of 274
Transit
99
#2 of 274
Green space
7
#260 of 274
Active & healthy
33
#241 of 274
Schools nearby (OSM)
54
#123 of 274

Woodville crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population2,180
Area0.22 km²
Postcode5011
Median household income$1,514/wk
Median rent$300/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)$1,010,000 (low volume: 6 sales; down 24.6% YoY)
Crime rate98.6 incidents per 1,000 people
Parks1 (0.0 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.57 km, secondary 0.34 km
Families score44/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues5
Public transport stops7 (2 train stations, 5 bus stops)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb — nearest is Woodville High School (0.23 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

Population
2,180
Median age
42 years
Median household income
$1,514/wk
Median rent
$300/wk
Median house price (Apr–Jun 2026)
$1,010,000

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

Common questions about Woodville

What is the postcode for Woodville?

The postcode for Woodville, Adelaide is 5011.

Is Woodville a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Woodville is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is transit, ranking #2 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 safe?

It is on the less safe side of Adelaide, scoring 17/100 for safety and ranking #228 of 274 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 99 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 good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is safety and green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 17/100, parks 46/100 and green space 7/100, with a median age of 42. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.6 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 expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,010,000 in Apr–Jun 2026 (SA Government Metropolitan Median House Sales), down 24.6% YoY. Median rent is $300 a week, and household income ranks #169 of 274 in Adelaide. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 58/100 for value.

Does Woodville have good public transport?

It scores 99/100 for transit, #2 of 274 in Adelaide. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

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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