Lucindale is home to a health centre, licenced post office and newsagent and a service station. Education from reception to Year 12 is provided by the Lucindale Area School.
The town was named Australia's tidiest town in 1994 and was a finalist in 2006.
The town was proclaimed in 1877 and named for Lady Jeannie Lucinda Musgrave—the wife of the Governor of South Australia, Anthony Musgrave. A school was established the following year.