Sheaoak Flat is a locality in South Australia located on the east coast of Yorke Peninsula immediately adjoining Gulf St Vincent about north-west of the Adelaide city centre.
Its boundaries which were created in May 1999 included the âÂÂoriginal shack site.â The âÂÂlong established nameâ was retained but its spelling was changed from âÂÂShea Oak Flatâ to the âÂÂSheaoak Flat.âÂÂ
As of 2014, the locality was bounded by the St Vincent Highway to the west, by Micky Flat Road to the north, by Gulf St Vincent to the east and by a cadastral section boundary located midway between Sheoak Flat Road and Mulburra Park Road to the south.
As of 2014, the majority land use within Sheaoak Flat is âÂÂprimary production.â The remainder of the locality's zones are located in a strip of load adjoining the coastline. The land associated with the area of low density residential and associated buildings (described as a âÂÂvillage environmentâ in local government documents) at the east end of Sheoak Flat Road is zoned as âÂÂsettlementâ while the land between it and the coastline is zoned as âÂÂcoastal open spaceâ which is reserved both for community use and as a buffer against sea level rise. A strip of land extending immediately north from the âÂÂvillageâ area to the locality's northern boundary is zoned as âÂÂrural livingâ where residential development is to be provided on âÂÂlarge allotments.â The remainder of the land adjoining the coastline is zoned from âÂÂcoastal conservationâ where âÂÂnatural featuresâ are to be retained and human activity is to have a minimal impact.
Sheaoak Flat is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Narungga and the local government area of the Yorke Peninsula Council.