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Suburb profile ·Nambucca Valley LGA · NSW ·2449

South Arm NSW 2449

South Arm is in Nambucca Valley LGA, NSW, postcode 2449, with population 311.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

$485/wk
Mar 2025 → Apr 2026 · 13 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2449 · Apr 2026 · sparse signal
$550
$400
Mar 2025Apr 2026
What to check

The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$485/wk
Rent context available
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
21,237
21K via Nambucca Valley LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
587
29 added 12mo · 3MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$921
Median rent · wk$178

Affordability

54%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
High stress

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $921/mo, while renters pay about $2,102/mo — renting runs $1,181/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$47K
Median rent · wk
$485
Owner mortgage · mo
$921

Household income

$47K household · yr-43.1% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$23K
Family
$53K
Household
$47K
Crime January 2025 - December 2025
884
4,255 per 100k
D6 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k4,255
Total incidents884· January 2025 - December 2025
  • Assault24958%
  • Sexual Offences8319%
  • Robbery31%
  • Break And Enter9722%

Full data detail

South Arm NSW — Property Data and Demographics

South Arm is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Nambucca Valley local government area (postcode 2449). The area has roughly 311 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $47K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.9% year-on-year at the LGA level. NSW employment has moved +0.3% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 37 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 5 underway, and 75 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, professionals, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Aboriginal Australian.

The current median weekly rent is $485. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $921.

The crime rate in the Nambucca Valley LGA is moderate at 4,255 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.9% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+0.9%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$921
Rent · wk(Census)$178
Market rent · wk(2026-04)$485
Population growth · Nambucca Valley LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)21,237
5-year growth+0.9% CAGR
YoY change+0.9%
20012025
Development · Nambucca Valley LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)109
Houses97
Units12
YoY change+0%
Employment · Nambucca Valley LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)5.7%
YoY change+0.6pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 2449ATO
Negatively geared42 (3.7% of filers)
Avg rental loss$8,091/yr
Landlords (rental income)152
Reported capital gains47
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population311
Median age49
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$900
Personal income · wk$450
Persons / bedroom0.8
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

South Arm is usable, but it still needs cross-checking.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
NSW price medians are parser-guarded official records.

Official sale records parsed from cached Bulk PSI ZIP files with parser guardrails for token sales, non-house zoning, and low-value strata component records

RENT POSTURE
Rent is using a state market dataset when available.

Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
NSW Valuer General · Official sale records parsed from cached Bulk PSI ZIP files with parser guardrails for token sales, non-house zoning, and low-value strata component records
medium stability · automated · every update · weekly
Missing
Market rent
NSW Fair Trading · 2026-04 · State market dataset
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Crime
BOCSAR · January 2025 - December 2025 · Area-level release dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · release-based
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because South Arm is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Use it for direction first, then confirm the story against stronger neighbouring suburbs or the state hub before relying on it.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops.

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full market decision.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If South Arm feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Newee Creek better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop +100 · adds house price coverage · rent -$260/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Missabotti better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop -100 · adds house price coverage · rent -$235/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Congarinni North better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop +100 · adds house price coverage · rent -$235/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

South Arm FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is South Arm in?

    South Arm is in the Nambucca Valley Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2449. Council-level context for Nambucca Valley LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in South Arm?

    The median weekly rent in South Arm is $485/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about South Arm?

    Rent context available: South Arm has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

  4. Is South Arm a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for South Arm show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for South Arm?

    Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

  6. How often is the South Arm data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.