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Best Family Suburbs in South Australia

Suburbs ranked for families using education access, early-years services, safety, parks and sport facilities from official data.

Montacute currently leads this South Australia list. Suburbs ranked for families using education access, early-years services, safety, parks and sport facilities from official data. 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	Montacute	100
#2	Hazelwood Park	99
#3	Tantanoola	97
#4	Auldana	96
#5	Marino	95
#6	Paringa	94
#7	Colonel Light Gardens	92
#8	Summertown	91
#9	Craigburn Farm	90
#10	Manningham	90
#11	Beaumont	89
#12	Stonyfell	89
#13	Millswood	89
#14	Mount George	88
#15	Monarto	88
#16	Black Forest	88
#17	Spalding	88
#18	American River	88
#19	Uraidla	87
#20	Stirling	87
#21	Chiton	86
#22	St Morris	86
#23	Wattle Park	85
#24	Seacombe Heights	85
#25	Lower Mitcham	85
#26	Wynn Vale	84
#27	Flagstaff Hill	84
#28	Port Macdonnell	84
#29	Seaview Downs	84
#30	Medindie	84
#31	Leabrook	83
#32	St Clair	83
#33	Rose Park	83
#34	Kingston Park	83
#35	Mitcham	82
#36	College Park	82
#37	Dulwich	82
#38	Rosslyn Park	82
#39	Linden Park	81
#40	Coromandel Valley	81
#41	Lynton	81
#42	Glen Osmond	81
#43	Aberfoyle Park	80
#44	West Beach	80
#45	Erindale	80
#46	Northgate	79
#47	Glenalta	79
#48	Burnside	79
#49	Teringie	79
#50	Myrtle Bank	79

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 4 October 2026 at 1:24 am ACST

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