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Suburb profile ·Mount Barker LGA · SA ·5252

Hay Valley SA 5252

Hay Valley is in Mount Barker LGA, SA, postcode 5252, with population 25.

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.

Why it fits

Population movement supports a growth-led read. Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

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
$610/wk
Rent context available
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
45,111
45K via Mount Barker LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
1,898
139 added 12mo · 12MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$4,333
Median rent · wk$268

Affordability

38%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $4,333/mo, while renters pay about $2,643/mo — owning runs $1,690/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$84K
Median rent · wk
$610
Owner mortgage · mo
$4,333

Household income

$84K household · yr+12.2% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$51K
Family
$123K
Household
$84K

Full data detail

Hay Valley SA — Property Data and Demographics

Hay Valley (postcode 5252) is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Mount Barker local government area. With a population of 25, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 42. Households earn a median income of $84K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +3.2% year-on-year at the LGA level. SA employment has moved +2.1% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. SA also had 23 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 2 underway, and 11 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, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Greek.

The current median weekly rent is $610. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $4,333.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +3.2% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+3.2% Strong Growth
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$4,333
Rent · wk(Census)$268
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$610
Population growth · Mount Barker LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)45,111
5-year growth+3.4% CAGR
YoY change+3.2%
20012025
Development · Mount Barker LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)503
Houses454
Units49
YoY change+0%
Employment · Mount Barker LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.8%
YoY change+0.3pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5252ATO
Negatively geared208 (4.9% of filers)
Avg rental loss$4,799/yr
Landlords (rental income)413
Reported capital gains293
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population25
Median age42
Household size2.4
HH income · wk$1,624
Personal income · wk$979
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)7/10
Education (IEO)4/10
Economic (IER)6/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
Top industriesCensus
Top ancestryCensus
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Hay Valley 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 · No linked local crime series
Missing
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 Hay Valley 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
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

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

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

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

Macclesfield better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +1400 · adds house price coverage · rent -$302/wk

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

Echunga better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +1200 · adds house price coverage · rent -$290/wk

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

Meadows better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +1700 · adds house price coverage · rent -$267/wk

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

Hay Valley FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Hay Valley in?

    Hay Valley is in the Mount Barker Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5252. Council-level context for Mount Barker LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Hay Valley?

    The median weekly rent in Hay Valley is $610/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Hay Valley?

    Rent context available: Hay Valley 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 Hay Valley a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Hay Valley show: Strong Growth, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Hay Valley?

    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 Hay Valley 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.