Arno Bay (postcode 5603) is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Cleve local government area. The area has roughly 314 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 52. Households earn a median income of $51K per year, with an average household size of 2.2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.6% year-on-year at the LGA level. SA employment has moved +2.1% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. SA also had 21 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 7 underway, and 7 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are technicians & trades, managers, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, German.
The current median weekly rent is $330. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $867.
The crime rate in the Cleve LGA is below average at 3,822 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.6% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.