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Best places to live in Greater Adelaide

64 places with 1,717,430 residents within about 35 km of Adelaide, ranked for 29 household profiles. Regional data: official figures on affordability and jobs and economy, population and geography, with the other criteria modelled from population and location.

A greater area here means every municipality whose nearest big-city core is Adelaide, within a radius that grows with the size of the city (20 to 60 km). It is a practical commuting belt, not an official region.

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For young families

  1. 1Salisbury
    South Australia, 8,136 residents    53
  2. 2Adelaide Hills
    South Australia, 72,260 residents    49
  3. 3Klemzig
    South Australia, 6,018 residents    48
  4. 4Happy Valley (South Australia)
    South Australia, 11,420 residents    47
  5. 5Reynella
    South Australia, 4,667 residents    46
  6. 6Athelstone
    South Australia, 8,992 residents    46
  7. 7Blair Athol (South Australia)
    South Australia, 4,574 residents    43
  8. 8Tea Tree Gully
    South Australia, 3,188 residents    43
  9. 9Grange
    South Australia, 5,759 residents    40
  10. 10Bedford Park
    South Australia, 2,689 residents    40

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For retired couples

  1. 1Adelaide Hills
    South Australia, 72,260 residents    81
  2. 2Happy Valley (South Australia)
    South Australia, 11,420 residents    80
  3. 3Athelstone
    South Australia, 8,992 residents    80
  4. 4Reynella
    South Australia, 4,667 residents    78
  5. 5Salisbury
    South Australia, 8,136 residents    77
  6. 6Craigburn Farm
    South Australia, 2,336 residents    76
  7. 7Tea Tree Gully
    South Australia, 3,188 residents    73
  8. 8Bedford Park
    South Australia, 2,689 residents    71
  9. 9Klemzig
    South Australia, 6,018 residents    71
  10. 10Nairne
    South Australia, 4,926 residents    71

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For remote workers

  1. 1Klemzig
    South Australia, 6,018 residents    78
  2. 2Adelaide Hills
    South Australia, 72,260 residents    74
  3. 3Campbelltown (South Australia)
    South Australia, 8,130 residents    71
  4. 4Athelstone
    South Australia, 8,992 residents    71
  5. 5Salisbury
    South Australia, 8,136 residents    71
  6. 6Happy Valley (South Australia)
    South Australia, 11,420 residents    71
  7. 7Prospect
    South Australia, 14,584 residents    69
  8. 8Grange
    South Australia, 5,759 residents    62
  9. 9Mount Barker (South Australia)
    South Australia, 21,554 residents    61
  10. 10Adelaide
    South Australia, 1,469,163 residents    61

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For commuters

  1. 1Adelaide Hills
    South Australia, 72,260 residents    78
  2. 2Prospect
    South Australia, 14,584 residents    77
  3. 3Parkside
    South Australia, 4,698 residents    75
  4. 4Adelaide
    South Australia, 1,469,163 residents    75
  5. 5Beaumont
    South Australia, 2,508 residents    71
  6. 6Klemzig
    South Australia, 6,018 residents    70
  7. 7Campbelltown (South Australia)
    South Australia, 8,130 residents    69
  8. 8Blair Athol (South Australia)
    South Australia, 4,574 residents    68
  9. 9Marion
    South Australia, 3,783 residents    68
  10. 10Athelstone
    South Australia, 8,992 residents    66

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For single professionals

  1. 1Adelaide
    South Australia, 1,469,163 residents    73
  2. 2Prospect
    South Australia, 14,584 residents    69
  3. 3Adelaide Hills
    South Australia, 72,260 residents    64
  4. 4Campbelltown (South Australia)
    South Australia, 8,130 residents    61
  5. 5Klemzig
    South Australia, 6,018 residents    60
  6. 6Athelstone
    South Australia, 8,992 residents    47
  7. 7Mount Barker (South Australia)
    South Australia, 21,554 residents    41
  8. 8Happy Valley (South Australia)
    South Australia, 11,420 residents    36
  9. 9Grange
    South Australia, 5,759 residents    36
  10. 10Salisbury
    South Australia, 8,136 residents    27

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For movers on a budget

  1. 1Klemzig
    South Australia, 6,018 residents    58
  2. 2Blair Athol (South Australia)
    South Australia, 4,574 residents    57
  3. 3Salisbury
    South Australia, 8,136 residents    50
  4. 4Prospect
    South Australia, 14,584 residents    49
  5. 5Cheltenham (South Australia)
    South Australia, 2,176 residents    43
  6. 6Reynella
    South Australia, 4,667 residents    43
  7. 7Marion
    South Australia, 3,783 residents    43
  8. 8Adelaide Hills
    South Australia, 72,260 residents    42
  9. 9Happy Valley (South Australia)
    South Australia, 11,420 residents    41
  10. 10Grange
    South Australia, 5,759 residents    41

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Towns in Greater Adelaide