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Suburb profile ·Cleve LGA · SA ·5603

Arno Bay SA 5603

Arno Bay is in Cleve LGA, SA, postcode 5603, with population 314.

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.

$330/wk
Jun 2025 → Mar 2026 · 4 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Mar 2026
$350
$320
Jun 2025Mar 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
$330/wk
Rent context available
D7 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
1,771
2K via Cleve LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
168
4 added 12mo · 1MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$867
Median rent · wk$183
Investor profile

Who invests in Arno Bay

Owner-occupied 83%Rented 17%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared7.7%
21 of 34 landlords
Avg rental loss$3,314/yr
Landlords (rental income)34
Reported capital gains21
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

79% of homes here are owner-occupied and 16% rented, with 8% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

79% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

34%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $867/mo, while renters pay about $1,430/mo — renting runs $563/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$51K
Median rent · wk
$330
Owner mortgage · mo
$867

Household income

$51K household · yr-32.2% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$30K
Family
$63K
Household
$51K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
4
$300-649
30
$650-999
28
$1,000-1,499
30
$1,500-1,999
9
$2,000-2,999
9
$3,000-3,999
4
$4,000+
0

At the median asking rent, about 59% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,100/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (121 households)
Owned outright
54%
Owned with mortgage
25%
Rented
16%
Dwelling structure47.5% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
98%
Townhouse / semi
3%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 69% drive, 0% public transport, 8% walk or cycle, 13% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime 2024-25
12
3,822 per 100k
D6 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k3,822
Total incidents12· 2024-25
  • Assault480%
  • Break And Enter120%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Population outlook

4,296 people · 20224,332 by 2032 (+0.8%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Kimba - Cleve - Franklin Harbour SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Arno Bay SA — Property Data and Demographics

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.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+0.6%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$867
Rent · wk(Census)$183
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$330
Population growth · Cleve LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)1,771
5-year growth-0.1% CAGR
YoY change+0.6%
20012025
Development · Cleve LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)4
Houses4
YoY change+0%
Employment · Cleve LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.3%
YoY change+1.8pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5603ATO
Negatively geared7.7%
21 of filers
Avg rental loss$3,314/yr
Landlords (rental income)34
Reported capital gains21
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population314
Median age52
Household size2.2
HH income · wk$982
Personal income · wk$582
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)2/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)2/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$991 → $982
Change-0.9%
vs SA median-19.7 pp
Median rent-8.5%
softeningvs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets1
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations0
Cafes & dining1
Hospitals · Cleve LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Cleve District Hospital and Aged Carepublic
Aged care · Cleve LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places35
Cleve Multi-Purpose Service35 places
Childcare · Cleve LGAACECQA
Services1
Approved places45
Exceeding NQS0
Cleve District Children's Centre45 places
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Arno Bay 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
Prices come from release-based suburb series.

Official quarterly house sales workbooks; units remain on ABS fallback coverage

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
SA metropolitan median house sales · Official quarterly house sales workbooks; units remain on ABS fallback coverage
stable source · automated · every update · quarterly
Missing
Market rent
SA Housing Authority / CBS · Q1 2026 · State market dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · quarterly
Available
Crime
State crime dataset · 2024-25 · Area-level release dataset
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 Arno Bay 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.

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

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

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

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Arno Bay FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Arno Bay in?

    Arno Bay is in the Cleve Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5603. Council-level context for Cleve LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Arno Bay?

    The median weekly rent in Arno Bay is $330/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Arno Bay?

    Rent context available: Arno Bay 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 Arno Bay a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Arno Bay 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 Arno Bay?

    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 Arno Bay 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.