Kalang NSW 2454
151 addresses · 2 streets
Cowper Electorate › Bellingen LGA › Kalang · 404 km from Sydney
Living Here
Kalang is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 280 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $989 a week, with median rent near $241 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Bellingen statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Kalang itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Nambucca Heads Airport, 28 km south-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: 94.7% 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 | 94.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 99.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 10.1% · Labour-force participation 49.6%
Population by age in Kalang
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 32 |
| 15-19 | 16 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 15 |
| 35-44 | 24 |
| 45-54 | 62 |
| 55-64 | 55 |
| 65-74 | 48 |
| 75-84 | 11 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Kalang
| House | 109 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Households by weekly income in Kalang
| <$650 | 41 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 25 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 25 |
| $3,000+ | 15 |
Top ancestries in Kalang
| English | 108 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 107 |
| Irish | 48 |
| Scottish | 34 |
| German | 30 |
| Ancestry NS | 24 |
Housing tenure in Kalang
| Owned | 66 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 27 |
| Rented | 13 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Kalang
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 34 |
| 2 | 59 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4+ | 12 |
Commute to work in Kalang
| Car | 63 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 4 |
| Home | 19 |
Top countries of birth in Kalang
| England | 20 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 6 |
| New Zealand | 6 |
| South Africa | 4 |
| Philippines | 3 |
| Singapore | 3 |
Languages used at home in Kalang
| Mandarin | 6 |
|---|---|
| Tagalog | 5 |
| German | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,248 bird observations recorded near Kalang — most often seen:
- Lewin's Honeyeater (131)
- Eastern Whipbird (112)
- White-throated Treecreeper (112)
- Grey Fantail (99)
- Eastern Spinebill (94)
- South-eastern Glossy Black-cockatoo (94)
- Spotted Pardalote (93)
- Brown Thornbill (91)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (91)
- Brown Gerygone (90)
- Golden Whistler (90)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (86)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (80)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Kalang
- Mistletoebird (78)
- White-browed Scrubwren (76)
- Superb Lyrebird (66)
- Brown Cuckoo-dove (65)
- Striated Thornbill (64)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (61)
- Large-billed Scrubwren (59)
- Pied Currawong (59)
- Wompoo Fruit-dove (57)
- Green Catbird (56)
- Silvereye (56)
- Laughing Kookaburra (55)
- Satin Bowerbird (54)
- Yellow-throated Scrubwren (54)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (45)
- Olive-backed Oriole (41)
- Australian Logrunner (39)
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 Kalang:
- Kennaicle Creek (5.7 km)
- Thora (7.2 km)
- Spicketts Creek (9.9 km)
- Missabotti (10.6 km)
- Brierfield (11.3 km)
- Bellingen (11.6 km)
- Darkwood (12.2 km)
- Gleniffer (13.5 km)
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Streets
- Kalang Road (150)
- Scotchman Range Road (1)
