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Calico Creek QLD 4570

80 addresses · 9 streets

Wide Bay Electorate › Gympie LGA › Calico Creek · 136 km from Brisbane

Living Here

Calico Creek is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 185 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $1,437 a week, with median rent near $210 a week. Most homes are houses. About 82% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

185Population
38Median age
$1,437Median household income / wk
$210Median rent / wk
2.8Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Gympie Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Calico Creek itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Railway halt: Dagun, 4 km south-east · Airport: Gympie Airport, 5.5 km east.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 4/10
Economic resources8/10
Education & jobs4/10

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: 21.8% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Calico Creek

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Calico Creek QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202021.8%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202140.2%

Demographics

Unemployment 6.6% · Labour-force participation 63.2%

Population by age in Calico Creek
Population by age, Calico Creek QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-415
5-1423
15-198
20-247
25-3426
35-4421
45-5425
55-6430
65-7415
75-846
85+0
Dwelling types in Calico Creek
Dwelling types, Calico Creek QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House56
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Calico Creek
Households by weekly income, Calico Creek QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$6506
$650-1,49912
$1,500-2,99912
$3,000+6
Top ancestries in Calico Creek
Top ancestries, Calico Creek QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian81
English68
Ancestry NS28
Irish19
Aboriginal18
Scottish16
Housing tenure in Calico Creek
Housing tenure, Calico Creek QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned26
Mortgage14
Rented9
Other0
Cars per household in Calico Creek
Cars per household, Calico Creek QLD (ABS Census 2021)
00
116
217
38
4+13
Commute to work in Calico Creek
Commute to work, Calico Creek QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car49
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked0
Bicycle0
Home18
Top countries of birth in Calico Creek
Top countries of birth, Calico Creek QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Germany5
New Zealand5

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

992 bird observations recorded near Calico Creek — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Calico Creek

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.