Calvert QLD 4340
238 addresses · 36 streets
Blair Electorate › Ipswich LGA › Calvert · 55 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Calvert is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 374 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,765 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 10% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Rosewood statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Calvert itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 hospital
Getting around. Train station: Rosewood, 8.4 km 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: 38.3% 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 | 38.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 51.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.7% · Labour-force participation 54%
Population by age in Calvert
| 0-4 | 11 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 52 |
| 15-19 | 29 |
| 20-24 | 29 |
| 25-34 | 42 |
| 35-44 | 38 |
| 45-54 | 64 |
| 55-64 | 51 |
| 65-74 | 55 |
| 75-84 | 14 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Calvert
| House | 107 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Calvert
| <$650 | 13 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 34 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 29 |
| $3,000+ | 15 |
Top ancestries in Calvert
| English | 140 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 133 |
| Ancestry NS | 73 |
| Scottish | 45 |
| German | 31 |
| Irish | 24 |
Housing tenure in Calvert
| Owned | 39 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 56 |
| Rented | 11 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Calvert
| 0 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 40 |
| 3 | 28 |
| 4+ | 20 |
Commute to work in Calvert
| Car | 112 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 24 |
Top countries of birth in Calvert
| England | 11 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 11 |
| Vietnam | 5 |
| Germany | 3 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 |
Languages used at home in Calvert
| Vietnamese | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,919 bird observations recorded near Calvert — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (149)
- Torresian Crow (146)
- Laughing Kookaburra (133)
- Pied Butcherbird (126)
- Striated Pardalote (120)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (117)
- Willie Wagtail (114)
- Noisy Miner (109)
- Pale-headed Rosella (106)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (105)
- Rufous Whistler (102)
- Brown Honeyeater (100)
- White-throated Honeyeater (100)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Calvert
- Bar-shouldered Dove (99)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (96)
- Grey Fantail (95)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (92)
- Double-barred Finch (91)
- Grey Butcherbird (86)
- Peaceful Dove (86)
- Silvereye (85)
- Noisy Friarbird (84)
- White-throated Gerygone (83)
- Australian King-parrot (78)
- Magpie-lark (72)
- Galah (71)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (71)
- Masked Lapwing (70)
- Australian Wood Duck (67)
- Superb Fairy-wren (66)
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 Calvert:
- Lanefield (4.6 km)
- Grandchester (4.9 km)
- Lower Mount Walker (5.7 km)
- The Bluff (6.5 km)
- Ashwell (6.7 km)
- Woolshed (7.9 km)
- Rosewood (8.9 km)
- Summerholm (9.6 km)
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Streets
- Archery Road (11)
- Barney Street (4)
- Bexleigh Lane (5)
- Bourkes Road (5)
- Bourkes Road W (8)
- Bramwell Road (4)
- Brennan Road (4)
- Brown Street (2)
- Bunney Road (1)
- Calvert School Road (1)
- Calvert Station Road (1)
- Collingwood Lane (1)
- Cummings Road (11)
- Ferling Road (1)
- Gilliver Lane (2)
- Gipps Street (29)
- Grants Road (4)
- Harrison Road (4)
- Henderson Road (4)
- Hiddenvale Road (41)
- Hornbuckles Road (9)
- Howell Road (2)
- Jones Road (1)
- Kuss Road (7)
- Lennon Road (1)
- Martin Road (5)
- Neumann Road (6)
- Newcastle Street (7)
- Paten Road (1)
- Penny Lane (7)
- Rosewood - Laidley Road (33)
- Schreiweis Road (3)
- Sharkey Lane (1)
- Sippels Road (3)
- Waters Road (5)
- Wilson Street (4)
