Kingston Se, SA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Kingston SE is a fishing town on the Limestone Coast of South Australia, set on Lacepede Bay about 240 kilometres south-east of Adelaide and 138 kilometres north-west of Mount Gambier. The Tanganekald and Meintangk peoples knew the place as Tangalun. The town was established and named Kingston in 1851 by the Cooke family of settlers; the letters SE, for South East, were added in 1940 to tell it apart from Kingston on Murray. A railway ran inland to Naracoorte from 1876 until 1987. Fishing, especially for rock lobster, anchors the economy, along with farming, wine and tourism. The town is best known for the Big Lobster, a towering sculpture nicknamed Larry that greets visitors at its entrance, and for the historic Cape Jaffa lighthouse, now a museum.
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Kingston Se is more socio-economically advantaged than about 18% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 921, 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 Kingston Se 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.
Below the national middle on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Kingston Se 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
18/100Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (18/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
78/100More affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $200 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 78% 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.
Kingston Se at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 1,342
- Median age
- 56
- Median weekly household income
- $1,143
- SEIFA score
- 921
- Local government area
- Kingston (SA)
- Coordinates
- -36.8416, 139.9091
Map of Kingston Se
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Housing & property in Kingston Se
What it costs to live in Kingston Se and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $200
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,083
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 72%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 25%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Kingston Se demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Kingston Se demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Kingston Se 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 seniors (65+) at 37% and 8% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 175 | 13% |
| Youth (15–24) | 105 | 8% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 226 | 17% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 336 | 25% |
| Seniors (65+) | 502 | 37% |
Share of the 1,344 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 262 | 45% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 155 | 27% |
| Rented | 143 | 25% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 534 | 92% |
| Townhouses & semis | 35 | 6% |
| Flats & apartments | 7 | 1% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 579 occupied private dwellings in Kingston Se.
- Average household size
- 2 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,448
- Median weekly personal income
- $634
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 94 (8%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 21 (2%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 43 (3%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 355 (31%)
- Labour-force participation
- 50.2%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.1%
- Employed full-time
- 284
- Employed part-time
- 243
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 Kingston Se
Is Kingston Se 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, Kingston Se rates 38/100 overall (Below the national middle on the data we score). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Kingston Se?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Kingston Se was $200, 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 Kingston Se?
Kingston Se is a suburb of South Australia, Australia, in the Kingston (SA) local government area.
What is the population of Kingston Se?
At the 2021 Census, Kingston Se had a population of about 1,342.
Is Kingston Se an advantaged area?
Kingston Se has an ABS SEIFA score of 921, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 18 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 18% of Australian suburbs.
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