Suburb profile

Clayton Bay SA 5256

Clayton Bay is located in the South East South Australia region of South Australia, postcode 5256. It has 640 properties across 33 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Clayton Bay, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Clayton Bay

Clayton Bay, SA 5256, sits in the South East South Australia region and neighbours Hindmarsh Island, Milang, Point Sturt and Currency Creek. Its 33 streets hold 640 properties, 625 of them houses and 15 units.

Census figures are for Strathalbyn Surrounds, a statistical area that covers the whole suburb. At the 2021 Census it had 7,969 residents, a median age of 47 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income was $1,479 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,517 a month and the median rent $268 a week. Of 2,899 dwellings, 2,844 were separate houses, 8 semi-detached, 5 flats and 30 other; 1,172 were owned outright, 1,319 owned with a mortgage and 305 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Clayton Bay

  • 7,969Peoplelive in the area
  • 47Median ageyears
  • $1,479Median household incomea week
  • $268Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses2,844
  • Townhouses and semis8
  • Flats and apartments5
  • Other30

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,517a month
  • Household size2.5people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,172Owned with a mortgage 1,319Rented 305Other 103

For sale and rent in Clayton Bay

Sally NessSally Ness

$635,000 - $665,000

8 Hindmarsh Street, Clayton Bay SA 5256

3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 4 car spaces 1,145 m² land House

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Sally NessSally Ness

$1,150,000 - $1,250,000

99 Pearce Road, Clayton Bay SA 5256

3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 2 car spaces 271,100 m² land House

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Sally NessSally Ness

$735,000 - $775,000

102 Island View Drive, Clayton Bay SA 5256

3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 2 car spaces 1,015 m² land House

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Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.

Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.