Living in Port Lincoln

In Port Lincoln, the median rent tenants pay is €660 a month (2021) and unemployment is 5.6% (2026).

In August 2021, Port Lincoln had a population of 16,307. The foreign population count was 1,392 in 2021.

Last checked 2026-10-078 sources

Population16,307people10 Aug 2021Official source · 2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia

Median gross salary (region)1,979EUR/month31 Dec 2021Official source · www.abs.gov.au

Median rent660.3EUR/month31 Dec 2021Official source · 2021 Census General Community Profile, SUA, G02

Unemployment rate5.6%country median 4.5% — 24% aboveIndependent source · DEWR — Small Area Labour Markets, smoothed unemployment rate by LGA, March quarter 2026

Which Australia-wide rules apply when you move to Port Lincoln?

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Housing and cost

Median rent was A$240 per week, and median monthly mortgage repayment was A$1,300 in August 2021.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€70

Mobile plan, 10 GB€46

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	69.92 EUR/month	31 Jul 2026	Telstra nbn100⁴Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	45.79 EUR/month	31 Jul 2026	Telstra Upfront Basic⁵Official · national market
Dwellings	7,109 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics¹Official
Main residence dwellings	6,302 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics¹Official
Median weekly rent (AUD)	240 AUD/week	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official
Median monthly rent	660.3 EUR/month	31 Dec 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile, SUA, G02¹Official
Median monthly rent (whole dwelling)	660.3 EUR/month	31 Dec 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile, SUA, G02¹Official

Is Port Lincoln a good place to live?

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Remote worker53%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 43–63%

Skilled employee56%strong on work, weak on safety · range 48–64%

Student30%strong on cost, weak on safety · range 22–38%

Family50%strong on family, weak on safety · range 41–59%

Retirement59%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 46–72%

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How international is the population?

8.5% of residents hold a foreign nationality — 1,392 of 16,307 people. This counts nationality, not place of birth, so long-settled residents who naturalised are not in it.

Work and income

The unemployment rate was 5.6% in March 2026. Median personal income was A$736 per week in August 2021. Median household income was A$1,301 per week in August 2021.

Unemployment across cities in AustraliaUnemployment in Port Lincoln is 5.6%. Of 100 cities with data, 32 have unemployment of 4 to under 5%.

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Port Lincoln 5.6%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
People in full-time employment	3,847 people	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics¹Official
Employment rate	55.4 %	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics¹Official
Median household income (AUD/week)	1,301 AUD/week	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official
Median personal income (AUD/week)	736 AUD/week	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official
Median gross salary (regional)	1,979 EUR/month	31 Dec 2021	www.abs.gov.au⁷Official
Unemployment rate	5.6 %country median 4.5%	31 Mar 2026	DEWR — Small Area Labour Markets, smoothed unemployment rate by LGA, March quarter 2026⁸Independent

What does a salary buy in Port Lincoln?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

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Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	outside the model's range
Rentmedian rent of a whole dwelling · official · 2021 Census General Community Profile, SUA, G02 · 2021-12-31	− €660
Internet€70 · official · Telstra nbn100 · 2026-07-31	− €70
Mobile plan€46 · official · Telstra Upfront Basic · 2026-07-31	− €46
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	—

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Port Lincoln. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

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Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
People who speak a language other than English at home	4.04 %	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Port Lincoln. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

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Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) — State Language Course

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For eligible migrants, humanitarian entrants.

EnglishIn Person, Online, HybridFree

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Humanitarian Settlement Program (HSP) — Newcomer Adaptation

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Climate and air quality

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

26°16°

24°15°

22°12°

19°10°

17°9°

16°8°

17°7°

19°8°

21°10°

23°12°

25°14°

JFMAMJJASOND

Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan 26 · Feb 25.8 · Mar 24.2 · Apr 22.2 · May 19.4 · Jun 16.7 · Jul 16.1 · Aug 16.7 · Sep 18.6 · Oct 21 · Nov 23.2 · Dec 24.8 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station PORT LINCOLN⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 15.8 · Feb 16.2 · Mar 14.7 · Apr 12.3 · May 10.5 · Jun 8.5 · Jul 7.5 · Aug 7.2 · Sep 8 · Oct 9.8 · Nov 12.1 · Dec 14 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station PORT LINCOLN⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 20.9 · Feb 21 · Mar 19.4 · Apr 17.3 · May 14.9 · Jun 12.6 · Jul 11.8 · Aug 12 · Sep 13.3 · Oct 15.4 · Nov 17.6 · Dec 19.4 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station PORT LINCOLN⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 15.2 · Feb 15.5 · Mar 17.4 · Apr 21.3 · May 43.9 · Jun 59.6 · Jul 54.6 · Aug 51.6 · Sep 40.1 · Oct 26.6 · Nov 18.6 · Dec 17.9 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station PORT LINCOLN⁶Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. Elsewhere: Ventura (United States) ±5.0 °C, Downey (United States) ±6.1 °C, Christchurch (New Zealand) ±4.7 °C, Simi Valley (United States) ±7.5 °C, Lower Hutt (New Zealand) ±2.6 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

The city covered 136.3 km² in 2021. Population density was 125.2 people per km² in 2025.

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport91.5%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	136.3 km²	31 Dec 2021	Official ASGS2016 SUA area from ABS ArcGIS attributes, area albers sqkm. Exact queue geography; not GCCSA or LGA.²Official
Foreign-resident share	8.54 %	31 Dec 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile DataPacks — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official
Foreign residents	1,392 people	31 Dec 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile DataPacks — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official
Population density	125.2 people/km²	31 Dec 2025	Reproducible exact-ASGS2016-SUA density: ABS ERP at 30 June 2021 divided by ABS ASGS2016 SUA area. Existing local population baseline is only a recovered cross-check; no GCCSA/LGA observation.³Official
Female residents	8,166 people	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics¹Official
Male residents	8,136 people	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics¹Official
Population	16,307 people	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official

Population over time25 published observations, 2001–2025

14,233

15,247

16,260

17,274

17,064200120052011201520212025

Population rose 18.1% between 2001 and 2025, from 14,443 to 17,064.

International community in Port Lincoln

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Persons usually resident in the ABS Significant Urban Area; 2021 Census G01 total persons denominator · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total persons	16,307	100.0%
Australia	13,744	84.3%
Elsewhere (excludes country of birth not stated)	1,388	8.5%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹

Country of birth

Persons usually resident in the ABS Significant Urban Area; 2021 Census G09 PERSONS total across age groups and sex · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total	16,307	100.0%
Australia	13,744	84.3%
Country of birth not stated	1,171	7.2%
England	393	2.4%
New Zealand	128	0.8%
Philippines	123	0.8%
Born elsewhere(d)	121	0.7%
India	68	0.4%
Germany	65	0.4%
Croatia	62	0.4%
Netherlands	52	0.3%

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Published group	People	Share
Scotland	51	0.3%
South Africa	47	0.3%
Italy	27	0.2%
Thailand	25	0.2%
Malaysia	22	0.1%
United States of America	20	0.1%
Vietnam	20	0.1%
Greece	13	0.1%
Canada	11	0.1%
Indonesia	10	0.1%
Ireland	10	0.1%
Brazil	9	0.1%
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)(c)	9	0.1%
Fiji	9	0.1%
France	9	0.1%
Japan	9	0.1%
Korea, Republic of (South)	8	0.0%
Wales	8	0.0%
Nepal	7	0.0%
Poland	7	0.0%
Taiwan	7	0.0%
Zimbabwe	7	0.0%
Hong Kong (SAR of China)(c)	6	0.0%
Pakistan	6	0.0%
Singapore	5	0.0%
Afghanistan	4	0.0%
Malta	4	0.0%
Papua New Guinea	4	0.0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0.0%
Myanmar	3	0.0%
North Macedonia	3	0.0%
Sri Lanka	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹

Citizenship

Persons usually resident in the ABS Significant Urban Area; 2021 Census G01 total persons denominator · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total persons	16,307	100.0%
Australian citizen	14,606	89.6%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents born abroad	8.51 %	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official
Households	6,302 households	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics¹Official
Labour force participation rate	57.9 %	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics¹Official
Median age	41 years	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official
Median monthly mortgage repayment (AUD)	1,300 AUD/month	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official

Alternatives for people set on Port Lincoln

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Darwin as a Port Lincoln alternative in the same country

Better on 3 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Residents: 127,215 Darwin vs 16,307 Port Lincoln+680%
Foreign residents: 37.4% Darwin vs 8.5% Port Lincoln+338%
Median gross pay, region: €3,017 Darwin vs €1,979 Port Lincoln+52%
Unemployment: 3.3% Darwin vs 5.6% Port Lincoln−41%

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Alternative cities in Australia

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Bairnsdale15,684 residents Horsham16,985 residents Kempsey15,654 residents Karratha17,013 residents Warwick15,525 residents Singleton17,139 residents

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

What is the typical salary around Port Lincoln?

The median gross salary is 1,979 EUR/month. Source: www.abs.gov.au.

What is the unemployment rate in Port Lincoln?

The unemployment rate is 5.6 %. Source: DEWR — Small Area Labour Markets, smoothed unemployment rate by LGA, March quarter 2026.

How many people live in Port Lincoln?

The published population is 16,307 people. Source: 2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia.

How many foreign residents live in Port Lincoln?

1,392 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: 2021 Census General Community Profile DataPacks — Significant Urban Areas, Australia.

Is Port Lincoln a good place to live?

Port Lincoln may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

How many people born in Australia live in Port Lincoln?

The official country of birth distribution records 13,744 people (84.3%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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  title = {Port Lincoln, Australia: population, rent, salary, jobs},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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2021 Census General Community Profile DataPacks — Significant Urban Areas, Australia 2021 Census General Community Profile DataPacks · abs.gov.au · checked 2026-09-25
Official ASGS2016 SUA area from ABS ArcGIS attributes, area albers sqkm. Exact queue geography; not GCCSA or LGA. geo.abs.gov.au · checked 2016-07-01
Reproducible exact-ASGS2016-SUA density: ABS ERP at 30 June 2021 divided by ABS ASGS2016 SUA area. Existing local population baseline is only a recovered cross-check; no GCCSA/LGA observation. abs.gov.au · checked 2021-06-30
Telstra nbn100 telstra.com.au · checked 2026-09-15
Telstra Upfront Basic telstra.com.au · checked 2026-09-15
WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station PORT LINCOLN WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 · ncei.noaa.gov · checked 2026-07-31
www.abs.gov.au abs.gov.au · checked 2026-08-27
DEWR — Small Area Labour Markets, smoothed unemployment rate by LGA, March quarter 2026 DEWR · dewr.gov.au · checked 2026-07-26

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