Kalkite NSW 2627
264 addresses · 16 streets
Eden-Monaro Electorate › Snowy Monaro Regional LGA › Kalkite · 361 km from Sydney
Living Here
Kalkite is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 294 people, with a median age of 37. The typical household earns around $1,589 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 68% of households own their home and 32% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, 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 Jindabyne - Berridale statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Kalkite itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 park
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Jindabyne Airport, 10.8 km south.
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: 30.2% 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 | 30.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 44.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.1% · Labour-force participation 66.5%
Population by age in Kalkite
| 0-4 | 17 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 41 |
| 15-19 | 17 |
| 20-24 | 14 |
| 25-34 | 51 |
| 35-44 | 46 |
| 45-54 | 40 |
| 55-64 | 19 |
| 65-74 | 31 |
| 75-84 | 23 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Kalkite
| House | 97 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 3 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Kalkite
| <$650 | 13 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 31 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 20 |
| $3,000+ | 24 |
Top ancestries in Kalkite
| Australian | 118 |
|---|---|
| English | 117 |
| Scottish | 38 |
| Other | 33 |
| Irish | 25 |
| Ancestry NS | 23 |
Housing tenure in Kalkite
| Owned | 28 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 39 |
| Rented | 31 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Kalkite
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 32 |
| 2 | 34 |
| 3 | 25 |
| 4+ | 12 |
Commute to work in Kalkite
| Car | 106 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 22 |
Top countries of birth in Kalkite
| England | 13 |
|---|---|
| China | 6 |
| Germany | 6 |
| New Zealand | 5 |
| South Africa | 5 |
| United States | 4 |
Languages used at home in Kalkite
| German | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,503 bird observations recorded near Kalkite — most often seen:
- Pied Currawong (441)
- Australian Magpie (61)
- Pacific Black Duck (58)
- Crimson Rosella (54)
- Willie Wagtail (52)
- Australian Wood Duck (47)
- Silver Gull (44)
- Striated Pardalote (44)
- Masked Lapwing (43)
- Welcome Swallow (42)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (41)
- Australian Raven (39)
- Fuscous Honeyeater (39)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Kalkite
- Superb Fairy-wren (36)
- Dusky Woodswallow (35)
- Little Pied Cormorant (35)
- Red Wattlebird (35)
- Laughing Kookaburra (34)
- Scarlet Robin (32)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (30)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (30)
- Magpie-lark (28)
- Grey Fantail (27)
- Little Raven (27)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (26)
- White-throated Treecreeper (26)
- Buff-rumped Thornbill (25)
- Eastern Dusky Woodswallow (24)
- Eastern Rosella (24)
- Sacred Kingfisher (24)
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 Kalkite:
- Creel Bay (3.5 km)
- Hill Top (5 km)
- East Jindabyne (7.2 km)
- Wilsons Valley (9.1 km)
- Avonside (9.3 km)
- Jindabyne (9.7 km)
- Rocky Plain (10.9 km)
- Berridale (17.4 km)
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Streets
- Banksia Avenue (49)
- Burru Lane (7)
- Canis Close (6)
- Constellation Drive (23)
- Crux Circuit (10)
- Gardenia Court (9)
- Hilldowns Road (1)
- Kalkite Road (36)
- Lantana Drive (7)
- Lotus Avenue (52)
- Magnolia Avenue (37)
- Nemesia Court (6)
- Oleander Court (6)
- Orion Close (3)
- Rosemary Court (9)
- Spring Hill Road (3)
