Port Lincoln

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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%.

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.

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%.

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.

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.

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%.

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.

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.