Calliope QLD 4680

Living Here

Calliope is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 5,263 people, with a median age of 32. The typical household earns around $1,884 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 69% of households own their home and 30% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Gladstone Hinterland statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Calliope itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • Calliope State School
  • Calliope State High School
• 1 supermarket

  • Drakes
• 7 parks

  • Rodeo Grounds and Pony Club
  • Jaycees Park
  • Reserve Park
  • Bunting Park
  • Elliots Run
  • Hazelbrook Park
  • Monterey Park
• 1 Catholic church

  • Saint Patrick's Catholic Church
• 1 library

  • Calliope Library
• 1 post office

  • Calliope Post Office
• 1 service station

  • Caltex Calliope
• 1 gym

  • Calliope Roosters Rugby League Grounds
• 1 golf club

  • Calliope Country Club
• 2 places to stay

  • Calliope Caravan Park
  • Parklands Resort Calliope

Getting around. Airport: Gladstone Airport, 15.2 km north.

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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: 31.1% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 6.7% · Labour-force participation 65.2%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,702 bird observations recorded near Calliope — most often seen:

• Brown Honeyeater (123)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (118)
• Little Friarbird (86)
• Torresian Crow (84)
• Australian Magpie (78)
• Double-barred Finch (76)
• Peaceful Dove (71)
• White-throated Honeyeater (67)
• Willie Wagtail (67)
• Noisy Friarbird (62)
• Galah (61)
• Magpie-lark (59)
• Blue-faced Honeyeater (57)

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 Calliope:

• River Ranch (5.3 km)
• Burua (7 km)
• Wurdong Heights (10.1 km)
• Beecher (10.3 km)
• Taragoola (10.7 km)
• O'connell (11.3 km)
• Benaraby (12.2 km)
• Kirkwood (12.6 km)

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