Sherlock SA 5301
67 addresses · 14 streets
Barker Electorate › Coorong LGA › Sherlock · 118 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Sherlock is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 70 people, with a median age of 58. The typical household earns around $1,208 a week, with median rent near $100 a week. Most homes are houses. About 75% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the The Coorong statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Sherlock itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
Socio-economic Standing
Greenery
🌳 Tree canopy: 6% satellite estimate · 2021
Demographics
Population by age in Sherlock
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 10 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 12 |
| 45-54 | 3 |
| 55-64 | 15 |
| 65-74 | 9 |
| 75-84 | 9 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Sherlock
| House | 31 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Sherlock
| <$650 | 9 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 11 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 8 |
Top ancestries in Sherlock
| Australian | 42 |
|---|---|
| English | 31 |
| Scottish | 10 |
| German | 7 |
| Ancestry NS | 5 |
| Other | 4 |
Housing tenure in Sherlock
| Owned | 19 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 5 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Sherlock
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 13 |
Commute to work in Sherlock
| Car | 17 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 12 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
349 bird observations recorded near Sherlock — most often seen:
- Yellow-rumped Pardalote (27)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (26)
- Southern Weebill (26)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (23)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (21)
- Western White-eared Honeyeater (14)
- South Australian Golden Whistler (13)
- Southern White-browed Babbler (13)
- Inland Grey Butcherbird (12)
- Little Raven (12)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (11)
- Birds (10)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (10)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Sherlock
- South-eastern Yellow-rumped Thornbill (10)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (10)
- Western Yellow Thornbill (10)
- Black-winged Currawong (9)
- Common Bronzewing (9)
- Northern Brown-headed Honeyeater (9)
- Southern Scrub-robin (9)
- Eastern Galah (8)
- Mainland Purple-gaped Honeyeater (8)
- South-eastern Singing Honeyeater (7)
- Australian Magpie (6)
- Chestnut-rumped Thornbill (6)
- Common Starling (6)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (6)
- Eastern White-winged Chough (6)
- Galah (6)
- Mulga Parrot (6)
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Sherlock:
- Peake (13.7 km)
- Moorlands (14.4 km)
- Coomandook (17.9 km)
- Yumali (22.4 km)
- Wynarka (22.5 km)
- Cooke Plains (23.1 km)
- Elwomple (24.5 km)
- Netherton (24.7 km)
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Streets
- Buccleuch North Road (1)
- Buccleuch South Road (5)
- Hambridge Road (1)
- Heym Road (5)
- Hutchinson Road (3)
- Jolly Road (1)
- Kelly Street (4)
- Kulkawurra Road (8)
- Mallee Highway (14)
- Maywald Road (3)
- Peter Road (8)
- Porter Street (1)
- Tynan Road (12)
- West Terrace (1)