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Sheldon QLD 4157

Sheldon is located in the Brisbane East region of Queensland, postcode 4157. It has 653 properties across 16 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Sheldon, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Sheldon

Sheldon, QLD 4157, sits in Brisbane East and neighbours Capalaba, Mount Cotton, Priestdale and Burbank. Its 16 streets hold 653 properties, 643 of them houses and 10 units.

Census figures are for Sheldon - Mount Cotton, which had 8,357 residents, a median age of 37 and an average household of 3.1 people. Median household income was $2,637 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month and the median rent $475 a week. Of 2,607 dwellings, 2,593 were separate houses, 4 semi-detached and 11 flats; 685 were owned outright, 1,606 owned with a mortgage and 278 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Sheldon

  • 8,357Peoplelive in the area
  • 37Median ageyears
  • $2,637Median household incomea week
  • $475Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses2,593
  • Townhouses and semis4
  • Flats and apartments11

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,167a month
  • Household size3.1people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 685Owned with a mortgage 1,606Rented 278Other 38

Properties in Sheldon

Schools in Sheldon

  • Sheldon College

    IndependentPrimary and secondary

Local agents in Sheldon

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Streets in Sheldon

  1. Avalon Road121 properties
  2. Campbell Road68 properties
  3. Duncan Road42 properties
  4. Emu Street11 properties
  5. Henderson Road48 properties
  6. Hillcrest Road15 properties
  7. Jonathon Road6 properties
  8. Kiwi Street18 properties
  9. Mount Cotton Road105 properties
  10. Pioneer Road74 properties
  11. Schoeck Road15 properties
  12. Summit Street40 properties
  13. Taylor Road8 properties
  14. West Mount Cotton Road23 properties
  15. Winston Road49 properties
  16. Woodlands Drive10 properties

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.

School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.

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