Calulu VIC 3875
108 addresses · 9 streets
Gippsland Electorate › East Gippsland LGA › Calulu · 224 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Calulu is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 186 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,812 a week, with median rent near $263 a week. Most homes are houses. About 94% of households own their home and 6% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. 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 Bruthen - Omeo statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Calulu itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Bairnsdale Airport, 12.4 km south-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: 22.7% 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 | 22.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 29.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.3% · Labour-force participation 62.6%
Population by age in Calulu
| 0-4 | 11 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 38 |
| 15-19 | 15 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 22 |
| 45-54 | 22 |
| 55-64 | 31 |
| 65-74 | 24 |
| 75-84 | 10 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Calulu
| House | 59 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Calulu
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 17 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 15 |
| $3,000+ | 11 |
Top ancestries in Calulu
| Australian | 88 |
|---|---|
| English | 66 |
| Irish | 32 |
| Ancestry NS | 24 |
| Scottish | 17 |
| German | 7 |
Housing tenure in Calulu
| Owned | 25 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 24 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Calulu
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 20 |
| 4+ | 8 |
Commute to work in Calulu
| Car | 59 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
646 bird observations recorded near Calulu — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (47)
- Straw-necked Ibis (37)
- Galah (34)
- Pacific Black Duck (31)
- Magpie-lark (29)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (29)
- Willie Wagtail (27)
- Eastern Rosella (26)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (24)
- Common Starling (24)
- Australian Wood Duck (22)
- Laughing Kookaburra (21)
- White-faced Heron (21)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Calulu
- Red Wattlebird (20)
- Australian White Ibis (19)
- Crimson Rosella (19)
- Grey Fantail (19)
- Welcome Swallow (18)
- Masked Lapwing (17)
- Australasian Grebe (16)
- Black-shouldered Kite (16)
- Dusky Moorhen (16)
- Superb Fairy-wren (16)
- Little Pied Cormorant (15)
- Chestnut Teal (14)
- Crested Pigeon (14)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (14)
- Pied Currawong (14)
- White-necked Heron (14)
- Australian Raven (13)
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 Calulu:
- Flaggy Creek (3.7 km)
- Melwood (4.8 km)
- Lindenow (4.9 km)
- Hillside (5.8 km)
- Ellaswood (6.2 km)
- Wuk Wuk (7.2 km)
- Mount Taylor (7.9 km)
- Merrijig (8.1 km)
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Streets
- Boggy Creek Road (13)
- Coxs Road (7)
- Hodges Estate Road (10)
- Odohertys Road (20)
- Reserve Road (5)
- Saunders Road (3)
- Settlement Road (3)
- Stone Cottage Lane (2)
- Wy Yung-calulu Road (45)
