Calliope QLD 4680
Calliope is a town in Queensland, 526 km from Brisbane CBD, around 6 hours 10 minutes by car. Population is 5,263; the median age is 32 and the median household income is $97,968 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the bottom 20% nationally. Population grew 3.2% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $300 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,733. 2 schools sit within the town boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Calliope a good town?
Calliope scores a D (24/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on transit and community.
Mixed results
2 schools
Car-dependent
Walkability 0/100 · 525.8 km · 369 min drive to Brisbane
Median available
Median $621K
Moderate crime risk
Fire 35/100 · Crime 52/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 2/10 · median age 32 · 5,263 residents
Liveability Rating
24 / 100 · Ranked #1001 in QLDEach bar is Calliope's rank among QLD suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
Flood data for Queensland covers only the areas mapped there — a blank here is not an all-clear.
How do you rate the liveability in Calliope?
Local knowledge beats any dataset. Rate it and see what other residents think.
Our score
24 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataCalliope's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $621,000, roughly 10% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$621,000
26% below its 3 neighbours (median $836,500)
Based on 173 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 30 days — median across 86 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 39 sales $525K
- 4 bed 124 sales $645K
Land
$793,000
Based on 23 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 29 days — median across 13 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Calliope are currently listed at around $669,000 on average. Based on 51 houses listed in the past six months.
$669K
51 houses listed in the last 6 months.
53 of the suburb's 1,706 dwellings (3.1%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Calliope rent for around $580 a week on average, based on 24 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$580/wk
24 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
25 rentals advertised against an estimated 522 rented homes (4.8%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- All rentals
- $600/wk
- 39 bonds
- +58% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies. Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025126 Acceptable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 24% of its income on the median rent in postcode 4680.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$580/week ($30,000 a year) on a $669,000 median
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Is Calliope safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Calliope sits in the moderate band, with 91 incidents recorded in 2025 — up roughly 34% on the prior year.
91 offences
33.8% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2020–202426 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 3 of them fatal
Where they happened
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the town carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Schools
Two schools serve Calliope, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 914 students across 2 schools (avg 457)
- • ICSEA 937-949, median 943 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Calliope State School (477 students)
Primary
Secondary
Walkability
Calliope is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car.
We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Calliope.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 48%
- Premises covered
- 2,102
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Gladstone: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this town alone — this town's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 12 small areas inside this town and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 5 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this town rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Calliope is home to about 5,300 residents, and skews young, with a median age of 32 against the national 38. Median household income runs at $98,000 a year, with unemployment at 6.8%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
5,263
Median Age
32
Median Household Income
$97,968/yr
Census Median Rent
$300/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,733/mo
Avg Household Size
2.9
Median Personal Income
$41,600/yr
Unemployment Rate
6.8%
Unoccupied Dwellings
8.4%
Total Dwellings
1,706
Owner-Occupier Rate
69.4%
Houses
94.5%
Rental Stress
15.9%
Mortgage Stress
21.2%
Work From Home
5.0%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
9 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 10 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 499 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 86.6%
- English Spoken at Home
- 92.1%
- Employment Rate
- 60.8%
- Completed Year 12
- 29.6%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
30 residents (0.6%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
3.9% of residents (188) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Brisbane (122).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 4,786 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
Local Jobs
People who work in this town against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 762 people work here; 2,282 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.3 jobs per working resident. At least 62% of employed residents must work outside the town.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $2,358 a year through Gladstone based on 2025 figures.
Building Approvals: Gladstone
In the year to August 2026, 274 new dwellings were approved across Gladstone. That mix is 258 houses and 16 units. Approvals are up 132.1% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this town: 517 to 1,450 homes
- Within 2 years 106 to 245 homes
- In 2 to 5 years 191 to 710 homes
- In 5 to 10 years 172 to 375 homes
- In 10 years or more 21 to 50 homes
- No timeframe set 27 to 70 homes
Land the Queensland Government's residential land supply study identifies for future housing (22 parcels), by when it expects lots to be registered. Yields are published in ranges, so these are too.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
The Aboriginal party for this area is Bailai, Gurang, Gooreng Gooreng, Taribelang Bunda People.
Under Queensland's Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 the Aboriginal party for an area follows native title. Native title over this area has been determined.
Air Quality
MODERATEPM2.5 averaged 5.5 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³). 2 days exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.
PM10 averaged 14.3 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.46 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 0 · NO₂ 0.
From the Clinton (Gladstone Region) monitoring station, 18.7 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Gladstone Radar, 21.4 kmModerate rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 60 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 17.4 km
- Near high-voltage lines
- 6.2% of addresses
- 145 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- Annual rainfall
- 851 mm
- 61 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 31.8°C
- 8 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 14.5°C
- 0 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the town centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
EV adoption
In postcode 4680, 126 of 49,820 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.6% (1,309 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.9%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 4680, 13,588 rooftop-solar systems totalling 92.7 MW have been installed since 2001, against 22,996 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 908 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$30,000 for new homes priced up to $750,000.
$30,000 for contracts signed on or after 20 November 2023, with no end date. IT DID NOT REVERT TO $15,000: the tier was due to end 30 June 2026 and the 2026-27 Queensland Budget (23 June 2026) continued it for contracts signed from 1 July 2026. This file carried a "due to revert" note until 2026-09-18 — it was never true, and a note predicting a change is not the same as a change. Cap is "less than $750,000" including land and contract variations — less than, not up to. New homes only: "There are no home owner grants for established homes."
Mortgage repayments
1 mortgage broker is registered in this town, 9 across postcode 4680.
Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with Queensland Revenue Office
The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $750,000 may qualify for $30,000 — see what qualifies with Queensland Revenue Office.
At $621,000 this is under the $750,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $30,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with Queensland Revenue Office.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Colin Boyce Liberal National Party of Queensland
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Colin Boyce | 39.8% | 60.2% | -6.4 |
| 2022 | Colin Boyce | 46.2% | 53.8% | -4.8 |
| 2019 | Ken O'Dowd | 41.3% | 58.7% | +7.6 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact town's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Bryson Head Liberal National Party of Queensland
Next state election: 28 October 2028.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Bryson Head LNP | 73.2% |
| 2020 | Colin Boyce LNP | 65.8% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2017, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this town's voters. Results: Electoral Commission of Queensland.
Looking at a specific address in Calliope?
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Common questions about Calliope
Is Calliope a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Calliope is moderate (52/100, ranked against other QLD suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Calliope?
Calliope has a low recorded bushfire history (35/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are town-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Calliope a good place to live?
Calliope has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (24/100), ranked against other QLD suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Calliope?
Calliope, QLD had a population of 5,263 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Calliope, QLD?
The postcode for Calliope, QLD is 4680.
How far is Calliope from Brisbane?
Calliope is 526 km from Brisbane CBD by road, about 369 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Calliope?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Calliope was $97,968 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Calliope?
The median advertised rent in Calliope is $580 a week for houses (24 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Calliope?
The median age of residents in Calliope was 32 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Calliope at risk of bushfire?
Calliope has a low recorded bushfire history (35/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the town relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.
How are the schools in Calliope?
There are 2 schools inside the Calliope boundary: 2 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
What is the air quality in Calliope?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Calliope (Clinton (Gladstone Region)) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 5.5 µg/m³ and PM10 of 14.3 µg/m³. That puts Calliope below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Calliope?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Calliope, Gladstone Radar (21.4 km away), summer days average 31.8°C, winter nights 14.5°C, 851 mm of rain a year over 61 rainy days, and 8 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Calliope?
First-home buyers in QLD may be eligible for $30,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $750,000. The grant is administered by Queensland Revenue Office; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Calliope belong to?
Calliope sits within the Gladstone local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Calliope?
The average residential rates bill through Gladstone is $2,358 a year (2025). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Calliope?
Across Gladstone, 274 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 132.1% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Calliope in?
Calliope sits within the federal Division of Flynn, currently held by Colin Boyce (Liberal National Party of Queensland).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2025–26
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Road crashes · 2020–2024
- Air quality · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- State electorate · 2024
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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