Arno Bay SA 5603
327 addresses · 26 streets
Grey Electorate › Cleve LGA › Arno Bay · 218 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Arno Bay is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 314 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $982 a week, with median rent near $183 a week. Most homes are houses. About 83% of households own their home and 17% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Kimba - Cleve - Franklin Harbour statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Arno Bay itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 supermarket
1 post office
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Cleve Airport, 22.9 km north.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 0.9% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 0.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 5.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.8% · Labour-force participation 56.2%
Population by age in Arno Bay
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 42 |
| 15-19 | 11 |
| 20-24 | 11 |
| 25-34 | 34 |
| 35-44 | 23 |
| 45-54 | 31 |
| 55-64 | 59 |
| 65-74 | 66 |
| 75-84 | 15 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Arno Bay
| House | 118 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 3 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 8 |
Households by weekly income in Arno Bay
| <$650 | 34 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 58 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 18 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Arno Bay
| Australian | 160 |
|---|---|
| English | 113 |
| German | 29 |
| Ancestry NS | 25 |
| Irish | 18 |
| Scottish | 18 |
Housing tenure in Arno Bay
| Owned | 65 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 30 |
| Rented | 19 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Arno Bay
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 31 |
| 2 | 57 |
| 3 | 18 |
| 4+ | 13 |
Commute to work in Arno Bay
| Car | 86 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 10 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 16 |
Top countries of birth in Arno Bay
| South Africa | 4 |
|---|---|
| England | 3 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
Languages used at home in Arno Bay
| Afrikaans | 4 |
|---|---|
| Italian | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
4,059 bird observations recorded near Arno Bay — most often seen:
- White-faced Heron (264)
- Little Pied Cormorant (227)
- Crested Tern (203)
- Little Black Cormorant (190)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (181)
- Singing Honeyeater (174)
- Australian Pelican (169)
- South-eastern Singing Honeyeater (167)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (163)
- Pied Cormorant (161)
- Giinbaywarraymal (149)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (149)
- Silver Gull (146)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Arno Bay
- Hoary-headed Grebe (138)
- Common Starling (134)
- Willie Wagtail (132)
- Welcome Swallow (128)
- Red-capped Plover (122)
- Red-necked Stint (110)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (109)
- Common Greenshank (101)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (99)
- Grey Teal (91)
- Caspian Tern (90)
- House Sparrow (84)
- Eurasian Blackbird (80)
- Pacific Gull (76)
- Nankeen Kestrel (75)
- Black-faced Cormorant (74)
- Red Wattlebird (73)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Arno Bay:
- Verran (21.6 km)
- Port Gibbon (23.5 km)
- Cleve (23.7 km)
- Wharminda (30.6 km)
- Port Neill (31.2 km)
- Rudall (39.3 km)
- Cowell (39.9 km)
- Butler (42.3 km)
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Streets
- Alexandria Terrace (8)
- Arno Bay Road (6)
- Blombery Road (16)
- Boakes Drive (6)
- Cairo Terrace (6)
- Centenary Lane (25)
- Clean Seas Road (1)
- Cowley Road (3)
- Creek Road (2)
- First Street (45)
- Five Cross Road (6)
- Glare Road (1)
- Hauschild Road (1)
- High Street (34)
- Ismailia Terrace (16)
- Lincoln Highway (12)
- Old Main Road (2)
- Park Lane (5)
- Preiss Road (2)
- Pumping Station Road (3)
- Rehn Road (1)
- Schmitt Road (4)
- Second Street (38)
- Sunrise Drive (62)
- Tel El Kebir Terrace (21)
- Third Street (1)
