| Type: | suburb |
| Sandilands | |
| State: | SA |
| Coordinates: | -34.5141°N 137.7803°W |
| Coord Ref: | [1] |
| Use Lga Map: | yes |
| Established: | 1999 |
| Postcode: | 5571[2] |
| Timezone: | ACST |
| Utc: | +9:30 |
| Timezone-Dst: | ACST |
| Utc-Dst: | +10:30 |
| Dist1: | 88 |
| Dir1: | NW |
| Location1: | Adelaide |
| Dist2: | 18 |
| Dir2: | SE |
| Location2: | Maitland |
| County: | Fergusson |
| Region: | Yorke and Mid North |
| Lga: | Yorke Peninsula Council |
| Stategov: | Narungga[3] |
| Fedgov: | Grey[4] |
| Maxtemp: | 22.6 |
| Maxtemp Footnotes: | [5] |
| Mintemp: | 10.7 |
| Rainfall: | 332.0 |
| Near-Ne: | James Well Rogues Point |
| Near-E: | Gulf St Vincent Pine Point |
| Near-S: | Curramulka |
| Near-Sw: | Wauraltee |
| Near-W: | Urania Wauraltee |
| Near-Nw: | Yorke Valley |
| Footnotes: | Adjoining localities |
Sandilands is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the east coast of Yorke Peninsula immediately adjoining Gulf St Vincent about north-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about south-east of the municipal seat in Maitland.[2] [1]
Its boundaries which were created in May 1999 for the “long established name.”[1] The locality's name is derived from Robert Hamilton Sandilands (1841-1923) who lived there during the 1880s.[6] [7]
As of 2014, the majority land use within the locality is “primary production.”[8]
Sandilands is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Narungga and the local government area of the Yorke Peninsula Council.[4] [3] [1]