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SA 5606 · Lower Eyre Peninsula
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
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ABS 2021
Port Lincoln, South Australia
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Port Lincoln SA
Based on 238 sales in the preceding 12 months
$608,000
Up 21.6% over 12 months
Based on 239 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$550 per week
Up 15.8% over 12 months
Market data updated September 2026.
The median house price in Port Lincoln, SA is currently $608,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Port Lincoln has a 12-month growth rate of 21.6% for houses and -3.4% for units.
Two-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $488,000, Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $570,000, Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $655,000, Larger houses have a median sale price of $854,000 in Port Lincoln.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Port Lincoln is $550 per week. The median house rent has increased 15.8% over the last 12 months.
The median price of apartments and units for sale in Port Lincoln is $398,000, which has decreased 3.4% since the same time last year. Two-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $380,000, Three-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $650,000, Four-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $1,040,000 in Port Lincoln. The median rent for units and apartments in Port Lincoln is $425 per week and has increased 30.8% over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Port Lincoln is 2,233 offences per 100,000 residents — 27% below the Rest of SA benchmark.
That is the clearest suburb-wide answer. Open the detailed profile to see how the pattern changes across offence types and different parts of Port Lincoln.
Overall crime rate
2,233
offences per 100,000 residents
27% belowRest of SA
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Port Lincoln SA 5606 is in South Australia, within Rest of SA.
14,458 people call Port Lincoln home, with an average of 2.3 people per household and a median household income of $1,243 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
Share of residents in each age band.
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Vehicles available to occupied households.
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
4.1% of workers in Port Lincoln worked from home on Census day — about half the rate across Rest of SA.
2.4% of Port Lincoln residents were born in England.
50.9% of people in Port Lincoln described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Port Lincoln SA 5606.
18.0% of Port Lincoln's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of SA average.
3,766 family households lived in Port Lincoln; 34.8% were couple families and 19.3% were one-parent families.
36.6% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
Port Lincoln had 14,458 residents at the 2021 Census.
23.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
34.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 81.7% of occupied private dwellings in Port Lincoln.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 11.3% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 6.1% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
32.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of SA average.
31.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.
35.3% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of SA average.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
The average household in Port Lincoln had 2.3 people.
One-person households made up 32.3% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of SA average.
Two-person households represented 36.3%, while 17.8% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
4.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.
71.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.
0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.5% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
7.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of SA average.
One-car households formed 37.4% of the total.
55.0% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
60.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.1% reported a different address.
8.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
88.9% of residents used only English at home.
4.4% used a language other than English at home.
0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
8.8% of Port Lincoln's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.2% was born in Australia.
0.1% of residents were born in China.
0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.6%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 41.9% of ancestry responses in Port Lincoln.
Australian ancestry made up 41.9% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
16.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.
Managers accounted for 10.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.6%.
Health care and social assistance employed 15.7% of workers, and education and training employed 8.8%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 57.8%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.
28.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.8% worked part time.
Unemployment was 4.6%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
57.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.
8.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
9.0% reported asthma, 8.9% arthritis and 5.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
16.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of SA average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.0% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.0%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $1,243 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $240 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 4.1% in Port Lincoln, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.
Outright ownership was 32.9% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is well below the Rest of SA average.
Renting accounted for 35.3% in Port Lincoln, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
The median house price is $608,000, while units and apartments sit at $398,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
The Census counted 3,766 local families, and 18.0% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
Larger houses have a median around $854,000, the closest bedroom benchmark we hold to a $1.5m budget. Individual homes can differ substantially with block size, renovation and location.
Medians describe recorded market activity across the suburb; they are historical context, not a valuation or forecast for an individual home.
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