Watervale SA 5452
Watervale is in Clare and Gilbert Valleys LGA, SA, postcode 5452, with population 338.
Strong evidence
Watervale has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Market rent, Crime, Schools, and Population growth. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
Watervale has usable rent context. No strong rent pressure, affordability stress, or investor-rent signal is visible from the provided context.
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Rent context available
Watervale has usable rent context. Snapshot rent $500/wk.
No strong rent pressure, affordability stress, or investor-rent signal is visible from the provided context.
Watervale has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Market rent, Crime, Schools, and Population growth. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
Use compare to test the suburb against another candidate, then validate financial assumptions in the calculator where available.
Market rent, Crime, Schools, Population growth
No fallback or lower-precision signals flagged.
Property prices, Hospitals, Transport
Watervale currently reads as a livability-led candidate.
Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
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Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.
Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
Property prices, Transport
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Price history
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Full data detail
Watervale SA
Watervale is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Clare and Gilbert Valleys local government area (postcode 5452). With a population of 338, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 43. Households earn a median income of $75K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.2% 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, professionals, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward accommodation & food and agriculture. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
The current median weekly rent is $500. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,231.
Watervale is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 1033, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Clare and Gilbert Valleys LGA is low at 592 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.2% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Watervale is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Clare and Gilbert Valleys local government area (postcode 5452). With a population of 338, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 43. Households earn a median income of $75K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.2% 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, professionals, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward accommodation & food and agriculture. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
The current median weekly rent is $500. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,231.
Watervale is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 1033, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Clare and Gilbert Valleys LGA is low at 592 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.2% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Watervale FAQ
Common questions-
What LGA is Watervale in?
Watervale is in the Clare and Gilbert Valleys Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5452. Council-level context for Clare and Gilbert Valleys LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
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What is the typical weekly rent in Watervale?
The median weekly rent in Watervale is $500/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
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What does the rent signal say about Watervale?
Rent context available: Watervale 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.
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Is Watervale a good investment?
QuickProperty's investment signals for Watervale show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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Where does QuickProperty get its data for Watervale?
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.
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How often is the Watervale 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.