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Lake Frome, 5440

  • Remote
What Lake Frome is known for: Remote

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Suburb profile

Lake Frome is a remote locality in South Australia, in Unincorporated SA. It is set against the Northern Flinders Ranges and close to lake.

Recorded road-crash rates are lower than in comparable places, with recorded road crashes 100% below the peer median. Employment is a relative weakness, with employment 100% below the peer median.

Employment is the most material weakness.

Generated from the official metrics on this page. It can omit nuance or contain errors — check the tables and source notes before relying on it.

Strengths and weaknesses

Remote locality · compared with remote localities in South Australia (321)

Strengths

  • Recorded road-crash rates are lower than in comparable places

Weaknesses

  • Employment is a relative weakness

What stands out

  • Lake
  • Northern Flinders Ranges

Housing, growth and risk

How Lake Frome compares

A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk

Median house price

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No data available

Median rent

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No data available

Population (ERP)

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No data available

Dwelling vacancy

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No data available

Risks & flags

Quick scan — open a section below for full context

Living here

Population

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
0
Median age
0
Median household income / week
$0
Unoccupied private dwellings
0 of 0
Median monthly mortgage
$0
Employment rate
0%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
0 / 0 / 0

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%) · Accessibility (12%) · Future Growth (6%)

Employment, household income and owned-outright tenure (2021 Census) Work-from-home and public-transport commute shares (2021 Census) Five-year population change as a healthy-growth band, not a boom bonus

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

  • Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries

Tax & income

Median taxable income (2023–24)
$46,838

18th percentile in SA · -20% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$42,996

6th percentile in SA · -34% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
21.0%

99th percentile in SA · +52% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$76,622

49th percentile in SA · +21% vs Australia

Residents with business income
17.0%

95th percentile in SA · +64% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 5440 — not a suburb-level official statistic. Rental investment is the share of local taxpayers reporting rental income or loss, not the share of local properties owned by investors.

Counts, net rent & state comparison
Taxpayers in this postcode
108
Taxpayers reporting net rent
23
Median net rent
$1,075
Taxpayers reporting business income
18
Taxable income vs state median
-14%
Salary / wages vs state median
-25%
Rental investment vs state median
+75%
Super vs state median
-2%
Business income vs state median
+55%

Percentiles rank this postcode among unique postcodes in SA, so suburbs that share a postcode are not counted twice. Dollar figures are compared with Australia-wide ATO medians from the same release. Median net rent is among taxpayers who reported the rent label and can be negative.

Data sources & freshness

  • Taxation Statistics 2023–24 — individuals by postcode (Table 25) — Australian Taxation Office · Updated · Annual release; taxpayer residential postcode, not suburb boundary

Community & culture

No 2021 Census cultural diversity data for this suburb yet.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Crime & safety

Offence counts & rates
Recorded road crashes (in suburb)
0
Crash rate per 1,000 residents (state rank)
0

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Crime rate, offences against the person, year-on-year trend and recorded road crash rates

Data sources & freshness

Family & Lifestyle

Amenities

1 mapped amenities

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • Limited walkable amenities nearby
Walkability proxy
0/100
Sport & outdoors(1)
  • Lake Frome Regional ReserveNature reserve

Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually. Campgrounds, beaches, wineries and local trails are included when they sit inside the suburb boundary.

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Food, shopping, recreation and sport per 1,000 residents (OpenStreetMap)

Data sources & freshness

  • Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
  • OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
0%
Woodland / forest cover
0%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
0
Parks (OSM)
0
Typical summer maximum
35°C

Green cover is the share of this suburb's boundary overlapping OpenStreetMap parks, woodland and forest polygons — not a satellite tree-canopy product. Summer maximum is the WorldClim / Open-Meteo seasonal normal already collected for Weather.

Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)

Tree canopy first, then green-cover area and parks per 1,000

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap green cover and tree canopy — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Park/woodland polygons intersected with suburb boundaries

Health access

Nearest hospital
Hawker Memorial Hospital (184.3 km)
Nearest hospital type
Public Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department
GP clinics in suburb
0

GP clinic counts from OpenStreetMap. Bulk-billing figures only include clinics tagged in OSM (sparse and unofficial — not a Medicare list).

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Hospitals, GPs and aged care

Data sources & freshness

Weather

Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.

Summer (Dec–Feb)

Usual max / min
35° / 20°
Rainfall
49 mm · ~6 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
27° / 12°
Rainfall
33 mm · ~4 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
19° / 5°
Rainfall
31 mm · ~4 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
28° / 12°
Rainfall
30 mm · ~4 rainy days

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Temperature and humidity comfort

Data sources & freshness

  • Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated

Future & Planning

Hazards

Bushfire planning zone
Overlay applies
Flood / inundation overlay
100% of suburb boundary

Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid against all current SA Planning risk layers (high, medium, general, urban interface, regional, outback). Flood cover is the share of the suburb boundary overlapping current SA Planning flood overlays (flooding and evidence required). Safer places from CFS designated locations.

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Bushfire and flood hazard overlays

Data sources & freshness

Politics & representation

Federal electorate
Grey
Member of Parliament
Tom VENNING (Liberal)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
128,707
Turnout (2025)
89.4%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
+5.4 pp toward Labor

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 54.6%Labor 45.4%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 273.7 km away).

Coalition 52.2%Labor 47.8%

2.4 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: +0.8 pp toward Labor

Nearest polling places

  • Leigh CreekLabor 65.1% · Coalition 34.9% TPP (2025)134.5 km away
  • HawkerLabor 40.0% · Coalition 60.0% TPP (2025)185.4 km away
  • QuornLabor 41.9% · Coalition 58.1% TPP (2025)247.0 km away
  • OrrorooLabor 20.2% · Coalition 79.8% TPP (2025)251.9 km away
  • AndamookaLabor 51.9% · Coalition 48.1% TPP (2025)253.5 km away

Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.

Data sources & freshness

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