Cummins, SA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Cummins is a town on the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia, about 67km north of Port Lincoln and 638km west of Adelaide. The traditional custodians of the district are the Nawu people. The town is named after William Patrick Cummins, a member of the South Australian House of Assembly in the early 1900s. It grew after the railway from Port Lincoln reached the area in 1907, with the town laid out around 1910; that line carried Eyre Peninsula grain for more than a century before closing in 2019. Sheep farming and cereal cropping drive the local economy. Cummins is also the birthplace of John Fitzgerald, a Grand Slam doubles champion in tennis.
Around the national middle
Cummins is more socio-economically advantaged than about 40% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 971, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Is Cummins a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Around the national middle
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Cummins from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
40/100Around the national middle
Around the national middle — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (40/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
82/100More affordable than most suburbs
Median weekly rent was $180 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 82% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Cummins at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 981
- Median age
- 42
- Median weekly household income
- $1,526
- SEIFA score
- 971
- Local government area
- Lower Eyre Peninsula
- Coordinates
- -34.2742, 135.6383
Map of Cummins
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Housing & property in Cummins
What it costs to live in Cummins and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $180
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,083
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 71%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 23%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Cummins demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Cummins demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Cummins using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is mid-life (45–64) at 24% and 5% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 213 | 22% |
| Youth (15–24) | 105 | 11% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 210 | 21% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 232 | 24% |
| Seniors (65+) | 219 | 22% |
Share of the 979 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 164 | 44% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 102 | 27% |
| Rented | 84 | 23% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 354 | 96% |
| Townhouses & semis | 12 | 3% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 370 occupied private dwellings in Cummins.
- Average household size
- 2.5 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,916
- Median weekly personal income
- $851
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 48 (5%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 11 (1%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 13 (1%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 347 (47%)
- Labour-force participation
- 65.2%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.6%
- Employed full-time
- 282
- Employed part-time
- 176
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
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Common questions about Cummins
Is Cummins a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage and housing affordability, Cummins rates 54/100 overall (Around the national middle). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Cummins?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Cummins was $180, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Cummins?
Cummins is a suburb of South Australia, Australia, in the Lower Eyre Peninsula local government area.
What is the population of Cummins?
At the 2021 Census, Cummins had a population of about 981.
Is Cummins an advantaged area?
Cummins has an ABS SEIFA score of 971, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 40 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 40% of Australian suburbs.
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