Suburb profile

North Shields SA 5607

North Shields is located in the Outback South Australia region of South Australia, postcode 5607. It has 215 properties across 22 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in North Shields, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About North Shields

North Shields, SA 5607, sits in Outback South Australia and neighbours Charlton Gully, Point Boston, Poonindie and Tiatukia. Its 22 streets hold 215 properties, 211 of them houses and 4 units.

Census figures are for Eyre Peninsula, an area that covers 0.926 of the suburb. Eyre Peninsula had 6,824 residents, a median age of 49 and an average household of 2.3 people. Median household income was $1,308 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,192 a month and the median rent $220 a week. Of 2,713 dwellings, 2,519 were separate houses, 80 semi-detached, 47 flats and 42 other; 1,294 were owned outright, 744 owned with a mortgage and 484 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in North Shields

  • 6,824Peoplelive in the area
  • 49Median ageyears
  • $1,308Median household incomea week
  • $220Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses2,519
  • Townhouses and semis80
  • Flats and apartments47
  • Other42

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,192a month
  • Household size2.3people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,294Owned with a mortgage 744Rented 484Other 191

Properties in North Shields

Streets in North Shields

Neighbouring suburbs

Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.

Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.