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SA 5301 · Coorong
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
ABS 2021
Sherlock, South Australia
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Sherlock (SA) SA
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Sherlock is 18,400 offences per 100,000 residents — 502% above the Rest of SA benchmark.
That is the clearest suburb-wide answer. Open the detailed profile to see how the pattern changes across offence types and different parts of Sherlock.
Overall crime rate
18,400
offences per 100,000 residents
502% aboveRest of SA
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Sherlock SA 5301 is in South Australia, within Rest of SA.
70 people call Sherlock home, with an average of 2.3 people per household and a median household income of $1,208 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
Share of residents in each age band.
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Vehicles available to occupied households.
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
27.9% of workers in Sherlock worked from home on Census day — about twice the rate across Rest of SA.
44.3% of people in Sherlock described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Sherlock SA 5301.
18.6% of Sherlock's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of SA average.
18 family households lived in Sherlock; 33.3% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.
22.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of SA average.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
Sherlock had 70 residents at the 2021 Census.
17.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
47.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of SA average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 83.8% of occupied private dwellings in Sherlock.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
65.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of SA average.
17.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.
17.2% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of SA average.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
The average household in Sherlock had 2.3 people.
One-person households made up 35.5% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.
Two-person households represented 38.7%, while 9.7% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
27.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of SA rate.
39.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of SA average.
0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.
One-car households formed 9.7% of the total.
87.1% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
92.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 7.7% reported a different address.
0.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
97.1% of residents used only English at home.
0.0% used a language other than English at home.
0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
0.0% of Sherlock's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 100.0% was born in Australia.
0.0% of residents were born in China.
0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 94.3%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 44.3% of ancestry responses in Sherlock.
Australian ancestry made up 60.0% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
0.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.
Managers accounted for 46.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.3%.
Health care and social assistance employed 18.6% of workers, and education and training employed 7.0%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 66.1%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.
31.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.9% worked part time.
Unemployment was 0.0%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
67.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.
8.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
7.1% reported asthma, 4.3% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
16.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of SA.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 61.3%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $1,208 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $433.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $100 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 27.9% in Sherlock, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.
Outright ownership was 65.5% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is well above the Rest of SA average.
Renting accounted for 17.2% in Sherlock, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
There is not yet enough consistent market data for a dependable house median. The nearby suburb links make it easier to compare the wider market while local observations build.
The Census counted 18 local families, and 18.6% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
The free data does not have a dependable bedroom breakdown for this suburb. Compare the current house and unit medians above, then use live listings to see what a $1.5m budget buys today.
Medians describe recorded market activity across the suburb; they are historical context, not a valuation or forecast for an individual home.
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