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Best Retirement Suburbs in South Australia

Suburbs suited to retirees, combining safety, health access, recreation, green space and favourable weather from official datasets.

Glencoe currently leads this South Australia list. Suburbs suited to retirees, combining safety, health access, recreation, green space and favourable weather from official datasets. 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	Glencoe	100
#2	Ashton	97
#3	Piccadilly	97
#4	Stirling	95
#5	Gumeracha	94
#6	Penneshaw	94
#7	Willunga	89
#8	Flagstaff Hill	89
#9	Bellevue Heights	88
#10	Mil-Lel	87
#11	Adelaide	87
#12	Hazelwood Park	87
#13	Craigburn Farm	84
#14	Springfield	84
#15	Aldgate	84
#16	Blackwood	84
#17	Tea Tree Gully	84
#18	Longwood	82
#19	Montacute	82
#20	Brukunga	82
#21	North Adelaide	80
#22	Clare	80
#23	Chiton	79
#24	Coromandel Valley	79
#25	Kensington Park	79
#26	Clarendon	79
#27	Penola	79
#28	Tantanoola	79
#29	Mount Burr	78
#30	Hove	78
#31	Fulham	78
#32	Humbug Scrub	78
#33	Stonyfell	78
#34	Lock	78
#35	Greenhill	77
#36	Coffin Bay	77
#37	Streaky Bay	77
#38	Heathfield	77
#39	Black Forest	76
#40	Beaumont	76
#41	Happy Valley	76
#42	Woodcroft	76
#43	Meadows	76
#44	St Clair	75
#45	Kongorong	75
#46	Taylorville	75
#47	Hindmarsh Valley	75
#48	Grange	75
#49	Kensington Gardens	75
#50	Kimba	74

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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