Old Calperum SA 5341
37 addresses · 8 streets
Barker Electorate › Renmark Paringa LGA › Old Calperum · 208 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Old Calperum is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 12 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $2,750 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Aboriginal.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Renmark Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Old Calperum itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 park
1 Catholic church
2 hospitals
1 gym
1 golf club
1 mechanic
2 electricians
1 plumber
1 place to stay
Getting around. Ferry wharf: Monash, 6.3 km south-west · Airport: Renmark Airport, 1.6 km north-west.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 7.1% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 7.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 27.0% |
Demographics
Population by age in Old Calperum
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 4 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Old Calperum
| House | 4 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in Old Calperum
| English | 5 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 4 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
| Dutch | 0 |
Housing tenure in Old Calperum
| Owned | 0 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Old Calperum
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Old Calperum
| Car | 7 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,279 bird observations recorded near Old Calperum — most often seen:
- Whistling Kite (145)
- Bluebonnet (117)
- Crested Pigeon (106)
- Australian Pelican (98)
- Chestnut-rumped Thornbill (98)
- Australian Magpie (95)
- Grey Teal (95)
- Red-rumped Parrot (94)
- Chestnut-crowned Babbler (88)
- Magpie-lark (87)
- Weebill (86)
- Australian Shelduck (82)
- Black Swan (79)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Old Calperum
- Australian Wood Duck (78)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (76)
- Australian Raven (72)
- Yellow Rosella (66)
- Crimson Rosella (65)
- Pacific Black Duck (65)
- Welcome Swallow (62)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (58)
- Australasian Darter (55)
- Australian White Ibis (55)
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (54)
- Western Striated Pardalote (54)
- North-eastern Brown Treecreeper (51)
- Silver Gull (50)
- Willie Wagtail (50)
- Noisy Miner (49)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (49)
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 Old Calperum:
- Renmark South (2.4 km)
- Crescent (4.6 km)
- Renmark West (4.9 km)
- Renmark (6.1 km)
- Lyrup (6.5 km)
- Renmark North (9.2 km)
- Paringa (9.3 km)
- Mundic Creek (10.7 km)
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Streets
- Airport Road (9)
- Government Road (5)
- Gregory Road (2)
- Hilton Road (1)
- Homestead Road (1)
- Kuhlmann Road (12)
- Sturt Highway (6)
- Twentyeighth Street (1)
