SA · Lower Eyre Peninsula Council

Lincoln National Park, 5607

  • Green suburb
  • National parks
  • Heritage area
What Lincoln National Park is known for: Green suburb, National parks, Heritage area

Suburb profile

Lincoln National Park offers a slower smaller community life in Lower Eyre Peninsula Council, with open surrounds and a close-knit community feel. It sits a long way from Adelaide and other major hubs, so daily life runs on a self-contained, local timetable. Retirees and empty-nesters are well represented here.

Everyday basics may be close by, but bigger shopping and services typically require a trip to a nearby centre. Parks and open space are a real strength relative to many comparable suburbs, easy for walks, sport and weekend downtime. A car helps for most daily errands, with fewer amenities clustered within an easy walk.

Housing sits in the middle of the local market: neither cheap nor premium. The streetscape feels settled and established, with older homes giving the area a familiar, lived-in look.

At a glance

Lincoln National Park snapshot

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

Median house price

No data available

Median rent

No data available

Population (ERP)

No data available

Dwelling vacancy

No data available

How it compares

Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles

Safety

0th

percentile in state (higher = safer)

Risks & flags

Quick scan — open a section below for full context

Living here

Population

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
0
Median age
58
Median household income / week
$824
Unoccupied private dwellings
0 of 0
Median monthly mortgage
$0
Employment rate
33.3%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
0 / 0 / 0

Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)

Employment, household income and age diversity (2021 Census)

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community ProfileAustralian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

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

  • Estimated Resident PopulationAustralian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries

Community & culture

No 2021 Census cultural diversity data for this suburb yet.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community ProfileAustralian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

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

Crime & safety

Offence counts & rates
Total offences (2023–24)
3
Against the person
1
Against property
2
Rate per 1,000 residents
2
State safety percentile
0.1th (lower crime is better)
Family & domestic abuse offences
25

Most common offence types

  • Other Property Damage And Environmental1
  • Other Theft1
  • Serious Assault Not Resulting In Injury1

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)

Crime rate and year-on-year trend

Data sources & freshness

  • SAPOL reported crime statisticsSouth Australia Police — OpenData · 2023-24; 2023-24 → 2024-25; 2024-25 · Updated · Financial-year releases

Family & Lifestyle

Amenities

No OpenStreetMap amenities mapped for this suburb yet.

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)

Food, shopping, recreation and sport (OpenStreetMap)

Data sources & freshness

  • Local amenity insightsSuburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
  • OpenStreetMap amenitiesOpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated

Parks & reserves

2 parks and public open space in this suburb

  • Lincoln National Park
  • Memory Cove Wilderness Protection Area

Data sources & freshness

Green cover

Parks & woodland (OSM)
21
Parks (OSM)
0

OpenStreetMap parks and natural woodland features mapped within the suburb boundary.

Contributes to desirability score · Environment (10%)

Parks and green cover (OpenStreetMap)

Data sources & freshness

Health access

Nearest hospital
Port Lincoln Health Service (19.8 km)
Nearest hospital type
Public Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)

Hospitals and GP clinics

Data sources & freshness

  • Hospitals & GP Plus clinics (SA)SA Health · current · Updated

NDIS participation

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
51
Participants per 1,000 residents
34.8

Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.

For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.

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
24° / 14°
Rainfall
41 mm · ~5 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
20° / 12°
Rainfall
99 mm · ~12 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
15° / 8°
Rainfall
190 mm · ~24 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
19° / 10°
Rainfall
93 mm · ~12 rainy days

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)

Temperature and humidity comfort

Data sources & freshness

  • Seasonal climate normalsWorldClim 2.1 · Updated

Future & Planning

Heritage

7 heritage places

  • Cottage - Near Cape ColbertSection 9, Hundred Flinders LINCOLN NATIONAL PARKLocal heritage
  • Flinders Monument, Stamford HillSection 29, Hundred Flinders LINCOLN NATIONAL PARKLocal heritage
  • Flinders Monument, Stamford Hill, Lincoln National ParkStamford Hill, Lincoln National Park LINCOLN NATIONAL PARKState heritage
  • Memory Cove Tablet Site, Memory Cove Wilderness Protection AreaLINCOLN NATIONAL PARKState heritage
  • Stone Tank and Ruin, Surfleet CoveSection 4, Hunded Flinders LINCOLN NATIONAL PARKLocal heritage
  • Thistle Island Sealing Site [Designated as a place of archaeological significance]THISTLE ISLANDState heritage
  • Whalers Bay Whaling Site, Thistle IslandTHISTLE ISLANDState heritage

Data sources & freshness

Hazards

Bushfire planning zone
Overlay applies

Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid against all current SA Planning risk layers (high, medium, general, urban interface, regional, outback). Safer places from CFS designated locations.

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)

Bushfire 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 68.4 km away).

Coalition 54.9%Labor 45.1%

0.2 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: +4.8 pp toward Labor

Nearest polling places

  • Kirton PointLabor 50.9% · Coalition 49.1% TPP (2025)15.0 km away
  • Port LincolnLabor 47.9% · Coalition 52.1% TPP (2025)16.1 km away
  • Port Lincoln CentralLabor 41.4% · Coalition 58.6% TPP (2025)16.7 km away
  • North ShieldsLabor 39.6% · Coalition 60.4% TPP (2025)26.7 km away
  • Coffin BayLabor 41.5% · Coalition 58.5% TPP (2025)46.9 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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