Suburb profile
Sherlock SA 5301
Sherlock is located in the South East South Australia region of South Australia, postcode 5301. It has 67 properties across 14 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Sherlock, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Sherlock
Sherlock, SA 5301, sits in the South East South Australia region and neighbours Coomandook, Karoonda, Wynarka and Yumali. Its 14 streets hold 67 properties, all 67 of them houses.
Census figures are for The Coorong, which covers the whole of Sherlock. The area had 5,473 residents, a median age of 48 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $1,085 a week, the median mortgage repayment $879 a month and the median rent $190 a week. Of 2,194 dwellings, 2,110 were separate houses, 53 semi-detached, 5 flats and 13 other; 949 were owned outright, 548 owned with a mortgage and 493 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Sherlock
- 5,473Peoplelive in the area
- 48Median ageyears
- $1,085Median household incomea week
- $190Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses2,110
- Townhouses and semis53
- Flats and apartments5
- Other13
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$879a month
- Household size2.2people on average
How homes are held
Streets in Sherlock
- Buccleuch North Road1 property
- Buccleuch South Road5 properties
- Hambridge Road1 property
- Heym Road5 properties
- Hutchinson Road3 properties
- Jolly Road1 property
- Kelly Street4 properties
- Kulkawurra Road8 properties
- Mallee Highway14 properties
- Maywald Road3 properties
- Peter Road8 properties
- Porter Street1 property
- Tynan Road12 properties
- West Terrace1 property
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.