Average rent in Port Lincoln, SA — 2026

Port Lincoln sits below the South Australia median, with the typical renter paying $240/week — 15% less than the state-wide $283/week baseline (ABS Census 2021). The suburb skews owner-occupied: 64% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 32% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (83%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 16,307, the median age is 41, and the most common occupation is Professionals. 9% of residents were born overseas. Port Lincoln is 259km from Adelaide, often putting it outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date. Your reported figure above gives the live read; the Census number anchors the historical baseline.