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Suburb profile ·Grant LGA · SA ·5291

Nene Valley SA 5291

Nene Valley is in Grant LGA, SA, postcode 5291, with population 99.

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.

$300/wk
Jun 2025 → Sep 2025 · 2 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Sep 2025
$350
$350
Jun 2025Sep 2025
What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. 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
$300/wk
Market rent signal
D6 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
9,223
9K via Grant LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
2,180
142 added 12mo · 19MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,200
Median rent · wk$300

Affordability

17%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,200/mo, while renters pay about $1,300/mo — renting runs $100/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$94K
Median rent · wk
$300
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,200

Household income

$94K household · yr+25.1% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$42K
Family
$107K
Household
$94K

Population outlook

6,329 people · 20226,180 by 2032 (-2.4%)

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

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Nene Valley SA — Property Data and Demographics

Located in South Australia within the Grant local government area, Nene Valley is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 5291). The area has roughly 99 residents and a more retirement-aged population, with a median age of 56. Households earn a median income of $94K 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 +0.6% 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 managers, technicians & trades, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $300 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,200.

From an investment perspective, 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$1,200
Rent · wk(Census)$300
Population growth · Grant LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)9,223
5-year growth+1% CAGR
YoY change+0.6%
20012025
Development · Grant LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)30
Houses30
YoY change+0%
Employment · Grant LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.8%
YoY change+1.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5291ATO
Negatively geared5.2%
299 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,276/yr
Landlords (rental income)705
Reported capital gains433
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population99
Median age56
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$1,812
Personal income · wk$816
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)1/10
Economic (IER)5/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)3/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,437 → $1,812
Change+26.1%
vs SA median+7.3 pp
gentrifyingvs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Aged care · Grant LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places42
The Oaks Aged Care Facility42 places
Childcare · Grant LGAACECQA
Services3
Approved places90
Exceeding NQS0
Moorak Preschool40 places
Kirinari Kindergarten30 places
Allendale East Area School OSHC20 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Nene Valley depends on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

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 falling back to Census, not a market feed.

This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.

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
ABS Census 2021 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
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 Nene 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.

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage. 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.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete 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

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

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pop same · rent -$37/wk

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pop same · rent -$120/wk

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Burrungule most similar
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pop same · rent -$90/wk

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Nene Valley FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Nene Valley in?

    Nene Valley is in the Grant Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5291. Council-level context for Grant LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

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

    The median weekly rent in Nene Valley is $300/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Nene Valley a good investment?

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

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Nene 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.

  5. How often is the Nene 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.