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NORTH:

BROADVIEW

Broadview is one quiet, old style, family type suburb. There is nothing pretentious about Broadview. The streets are wide and leafy, the houses are large and on big blocks, some houses are renovated, some are not, some are old, some are new. More >>>

MAWSON LAKES

OK - you are either into these sorts of residential developments or not. Mawson Lakes is a purpose built 'perfect world' north of Adelaide's city centre. More >>

NORTH ADELAIDE   

PROSPECT

If ever there was a suburb that deserved more, it's Prospect. This is a huge suburb by Adelaide's standards and yet it lacks a vibrant village-style hub, but things are changing slowly. The streets are quiet, leafy, with great examples of Victorian architecture, limestone cottages and rosebush gardens. More >>


SOUTH:

ALDINGA    

Aldinga is a beach suburb on the Fleurieu Peninsula. For decades it was a sleepy hollow but quite recently this area has experienced a building boom and a whole new housing development has gone up attracting those who don't need to live close to the city. More >>

GLENELG

Glenelg is the best known beach suburb in Adelaide. It's got a busy shopping strip, good access to public transport, schools, eclectic architecture, and is a tourist draw card. It's the Bondi of Sydney but with fewer young people. More >>>

MARION

If you like retro suburbs, then Marion in Adelaide's south is your nirvana. This suburb has some outstanding examples of 50's architecture and manicured gardens, in quiet well kept leafy streets. More >>>

UNLEY

Unley is one of the nicest suburbs in Adelaide, just south of the city centre and fab parklands. It has a busy main road  with plenty of traffic), but go just one street back and you enter a world of stunning period homes, leafy streets, rose gardens and tweeting birds. More >>>

EAST:

ATHELSTONE

Athelstone is a suburb made for families. It is in the Adelaide foothills, has plenty of leafy streets, and larger blocks of land with brick family homes. More >>>

BURNSIDE

MAGILL

NORWOOD

Norwood is one of the best suburbs to live in Adelaide. It has gone from being a working class suburb with a large Italian influence to a cosmopolitan one with a huge cafe culture and a good village vibe. More >>

ST PETERS

St Peters is a very attractive suburb with beaut large period homes, wide leafy streets (the avenues), neighbours who behave themselves and drink cups of tea with their little pinky raised. This is a quiet suburb close to the city centre and to Norwood and it's cafe scene. More >>

WALKERVILLE

Walkerville is one of the prettiest suburbs in Adelaide. It's rather old money establishment, with plenty of oldies, and well paid professionals with or without kids. Walkerville has a country town feel. More >>>



WEST:

BROMPTON/BOWDEN

Brompton and Bowden are two interesting suburbs. They were once heavily working class with small cottages, and had large chunks filled with light industry and factories. Now a few students, professionals and arty types have moved in, giving the suburbs an alternative edge and cudos. More >>

 

CROYDON

Croydon is a slice of Melbourne in Adelaide. There are two great things about this suburb: the retro style Queen St/Elizabeth St shops, and the architecture. This is a suburb that has historically been working class, with some public housing. In recent years though arty, alternative, professional types have been moving in. More >>

SEMAPHORE

Semaphore is a charming beach suburb in Adelaide. It has a great village feel, some interesting shops, plenty of limestone cottages and a beach with a long pier, playground attractions, and plenty of appeal for families. More >>


HILLS:

STIRLING