AdelaideThe surveyor's grid
Measured from 100+ plays across 18 walked routes: in Adelaide, you pass a place with a story every 300 metres.
Adelaide is measured but not scored this year. A score needs 30 places with a story behind it, and Adelaide has 13. Everything below is what we measured; the ranking is on the Australia page.
Unranked this edition
2026 edition · scores vs all indexed cities · measured 2026-08-21 · how we measure
Depth
13 places with a story
3 historical figures
Density
a story every 300 m
median along a route
Character
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19th century
Pulse
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Character
Which centuries you walk through
- 19th century75%
- Early modern12%
- Early 20th century12%
When Adelaide's stories happen (62% of them mention a year).
Depth
13 stories wait on its streets. Here are three
South Australia was officially colonised in 1836. The first South Australian Freemason's Lodge was consecrated in London, prior to colonisation, in 1834.…
Depth
Figures you meet on Adelaide's streets
William Light
at 4 places
Light Square · Topham Mall · Hindmarsh Square
Captain Francis Light
at 1 place
Topham Mall
Roy Rene
at 1 place
Hindley Street, Adelaide
Depth
Every Adelaide place with a story, on one map
Each pin is a place whose story a Questo route tells. Tap one for the quest that tells it. See an empty street that deserves a pin? The form at the bottom of this page adds your story to the editors' queue.
Walk Adelaide's stories yourself
Three of 18 routes here. See everything in Adelaide
Where next after Adelaide?
How does Adelaide compare?
Put Adelaide head-to-head with any city in the index, measure by measure, from real walking data.
Quick answers
- What is Adelaide like to explore on foot?
- Adelaide has 13 places with a story across 18 self-guided Questo routes, with a story every 300 metres of walking on average.
- Which historical period defines Adelaide?
- 75% of Adelaide's dated stories come from the 19th century period; its oldest dated story reaches back to 1740.
- How is this measured?
- From Questo's own walked routes and player activity in Adelaide: 100+ plays and 100+ reviews. Full method on the City Stories Index methodology page, 2026 edition.
Quote any line, attributed
For press and citation
- Walking a Questo route in Adelaide, you pass a place with a story every 300 metres on average.
- 75% of Adelaide's dated stories come from the 19th century period.
- Roughly 18 of every 100 plays in Adelaide is a group outing of three or more people, measured from invited multi-device sessions over the last 12 months.
Copy any line as it stands: for an article, a post, or an argument at dinner. Attribution: Questo City Stories Index (2026 edition), with a link to this page. Method and sample sizes on the methodology page.
Adelaide's story is just beginning
Only 13 of Adelaide's places have their story told so far. Locals who know the rest can put them on the map, as a Questo creator.