Calga NSW 2250
85 addresses · 9 streets
Robertson Electorate › Central Coast LGA › Calga · 51 km from Sydney
Living Here
Calga is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 134 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $2,124 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 67% of households own their home and 33% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Calga - Kulnura statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Calga itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 electrician
Getting around. Train station: Tascott, 10 km south-east · Airport: Somersby Airfield, 8.9 km north-east.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 76.3% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 76.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 88.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.6% · Labour-force participation 57.9%
Population by age in Calga
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 24 |
| 15-19 | 7 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 29 |
| 45-54 | 21 |
| 55-64 | 20 |
| 65-74 | 15 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Calga
| House | 40 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Calga
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 11 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 14 |
| $3,000+ | 9 |
Top ancestries in Calga
| English | 65 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 52 |
| Scottish | 21 |
| Ancestry NS | 16 |
| German | 13 |
| Irish | 11 |
Housing tenure in Calga
| Owned | 13 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 18 |
| Rented | 15 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Calga
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 17 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 15 |
Commute to work in Calga
| Car | 26 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 8 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 10 |
Top countries of birth in Calga
| England | 3 |
|---|---|
| South Africa | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
6,277 bird observations recorded near Calga — most often seen:
- Eastern Spinebill (284)
- Laughing Kookaburra (272)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (269)
- Australian Magpie (263)
- Australian Raven (262)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (255)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (235)
- Superb Fairy-wren (232)
- Pied Currawong (231)
- Brown Thornbill (229)
- Little Wattlebird (223)
- Welcome Swallow (212)
- Eastern Whipbird (209)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Calga
- Rainbow Lorikeet (209)
- Magpie-lark (207)
- Red-browed Finch (195)
- Willie Wagtail (185)
- White-browed Scrubwren (184)
- Spotted Pardalote (183)
- Eastern Rosella (180)
- Masked Lapwing (180)
- Red Wattlebird (179)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (178)
- New Holland Honeyeater (177)
- Noisy Miner (177)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (176)
- Grey Butcherbird (175)
- Common Myna (174)
- Australian Pelican (171)
- Crested Pigeon (171)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Calga:
- Glenworth Valley (4.5 km)
- Mooney Mooney Creek (4.6 km)
- Mount White (5.5 km)
- Somersby (6.4 km)
- Lower Mangrove (6.8 km)
- Kariong (7.1 km)
- Wendoree Park (7.5 km)
- Greengrove (7.6 km)
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Streets
- Bandaroo Road (4)
- Cooks Road (5)
- Darkinjung Road (2)
- Jones Road (12)
- Mooney Mooney Creek (3)
- Pacific Highway (12)
- Peats Ridge Road (37)
- Peats Ridge Road S (7)
- Polins Road (3)
