Lifestyle & outdoors

Best Coastal Suburbs in South Australia

Top coastal and beach suburbs ranked by lifestyle amenities, walkability and overall desirability within the coastal cohort.

Penneshaw currently leads this South Australia list. Top coastal and beach suburbs ranked by lifestyle amenities, walkability and overall desirability within the coastal cohort. The index is relative to this list (100 = the top suburb here), not an overall suburb rating. Very small localities can rank highly when nearby services score well — check population and housing on each profile before treating a rank as a place to live.

Rank	Suburb	Index
#1	Penneshaw	100
#2	Victor Harbor	75
#3	Coobowie	72
#4	Glenelg	71
#5	Semaphore	70
#6	Brighton	66
#7	American River	57
#8	Semaphore South	55
#9	Grange	52
#10	Henley Beach	51
#11	Kingston Park	49
#12	West Lakes	49
#13	Seaford	49
#14	Marino	48
#15	Chiton	48
#16	Hove	47
#17	West Beach	46
#18	North Brighton	45
#19	Seacliff	45
#20	Glenelg North	45
#21	McCracken	44
#22	Christies Beach	43
#23	West Lakes Shore	42
#24	Glenelg South	42
#25	Waitpinga	42
#26	Largs Bay	42
#27	Kingscote	40
#28	Dublin	39
#29	Port Noarlunga	39
#30	Hallett Cove	39
#31	North Haven	39
#32	Point Turton	38
#33	Normanville	38
#34	Encounter Bay	37
#35	Semaphore Park	37
#36	Taperoo	37
#37	Brownlow Ki	36
#38	Cape Jervis	36
#39	O'Sullivan Beach	36
#40	Port Elliot	35
#41	Wallaroo	35
#42	Somerton Park	35
#43	Marion Bay	35
#44	Sellicks Hill	34
#45	Hayborough	34
#46	Henley Beach South	33
#47	Tennyson	33
#48	Carrickalinga	33
#49	Sellicks Beach	32
#50	Edithburgh	32

Index shows relative strength within this list. 100 is the top-ranked suburb; lower values are further from the leader, not an overall suburb rating.

Last updated 3 October 2026 at 1:19 am ACST

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