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.
Cummins at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 981
- Median age
- 42
- Median weekly household income
- $1,526
- SEIFA score
- 971
- Coordinates
- -34.2742, 135.6383
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%, 23% of homes are rented, 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.
- Median weekly rent
- $180
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,083
- 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.
Common questions about Cummins
Where is Cummins?
Cummins is a suburb of South Australia, Australia.
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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