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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.

70Population
58Median age
$1,208Median household income / wk
$100Median rent / wk
2.3Avg household

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.

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Socio-economic Standing

😐Around average · 5/10
Economic resources5/10
Education & jobs5/10

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 6.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Sherlock

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Sherlock SA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20206.1%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20216.0%

Demographics

Population by age in Sherlock
Population by age, Sherlock SA (ABS Census 2021)
0-43
5-1410
15-195
20-245
25-340
35-4412
45-543
55-6415
65-749
75-849
85+0
Dwelling types in Sherlock
Dwelling types, Sherlock SA (ABS Census 2021)
House31
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Sherlock
Households by weekly income, Sherlock SA (ABS Census 2021)
<$6509
$650-1,49911
$1,500-2,9993
$3,000+8
Top ancestries in Sherlock
Top ancestries, Sherlock SA (ABS Census 2021)
Australian42
English31
Scottish10
German7
Ancestry NS5
Other4
Housing tenure in Sherlock
Housing tenure, Sherlock SA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned19
Mortgage5
Rented5
Other3
Cars per household in Sherlock
Cars per household, Sherlock SA (ABS Census 2021)
00
13
29
35
4+13
Commute to work in Sherlock
Commute to work, Sherlock SA (ABS Census 2021)
Car17
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked0
Bicycle0
Home12

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

349 bird observations recorded near Sherlock — most often seen:

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Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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Streets

Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.