Kalunga QLD 4887
58 addresses · 15 streets
Kennedy Electorate › Tablelands LGA › Kalunga · 1363 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Kalunga is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 103 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,100 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 73% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Herberton statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Kalunga itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
1 service station
2 gyms & sports centres
Getting around. Railway halt: Herberton Historic Village, 7.6 km north · Airport: Mareeba Airport, 41.3 km north.
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: 51.6% 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 | 51.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 92.1% |
Demographics
Population by age in Kalunga
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 14 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 8 |
| 25-34 | 9 |
| 35-44 | 7 |
| 45-54 | 13 |
| 55-64 | 15 |
| 65-74 | 17 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Kalunga
| House | 33 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Kalunga
| <$650 | 6 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 15 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 6 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Kalunga
| English | 41 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 39 |
| Ancestry NS | 13 |
| Irish | 12 |
| Scottish | 12 |
| Other | 8 |
Housing tenure in Kalunga
| Owned | 17 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 10 |
| Rented | 7 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Kalunga
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 13 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Kalunga
| Car | 26 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Top countries of birth in Kalunga
| England | 5 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 5 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
15,460 bird observations recorded near Kalunga — most often seen:
- Fuscous Honeyeater (920)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (796)
- Willie Wagtail (732)
- Rufous Whistler (666)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (665)
- White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (664)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (656)
- Noisy Friarbird (642)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (601)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (597)
- Noisy Miner (575)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (566)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (560)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Kalunga
- Dusky Woodswallow (549)
- Magpie-lark (544)
- Red-browed Finch (528)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (528)
- Peaceful Dove (526)
- Laughing Kookaburra (492)
- Pacific Black Duck (463)
- Grey Fantail (401)
- Crested Shrike-tit (352)
- Grey Butcherbird (325)
- White-cheeked Honeyeater (323)
- Bridled Honeyeater (315)
- White-naped Honeyeater (307)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (298)
- White-throated Treecreeper (295)
- Comb-crested Jacana (290)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (284)
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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Streets
- Adams Road (2)
- Borghero Road (1)
- Cassell Road (4)
- Days Road (2)
- Flaggy Creek Road (5)
- Foster Road (7)
- Longlands Gap Herberton Road (6)
- Longlands Gap Road (4)
- Mills Road (3)
- Old Kaban Road (3)
- Rocca Road (5)
- Sims Road (2)
- Sixth Division Road (9)
- Springvale Road (2)
- Stewart Road (3)
