QLD · Gladstone Council

Callemondah, 4680

Population

30

Growth (1 yr)

0.0%

Growth (5 yr)

+25.0%

Median age

63

Median income

$900/wk

Employment rate

34.4%

University qualified

0%

Work from home

55.6%

Languages at home

Mostly English at home

2021 Census · usual residence

  • Beach
  • Green suburb
  • Port & industry
What Callemondah is known for: Beach, Green suburb, Port & industry

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Suburb profile

Callemondah is an industrial and port town in Queensland, in Gladstone Council. It has an industrial and port economy.

Open-space access is exceptionally strong, placing it among the highest-ranked industrial and port towns. Working from home is an exceptional strength, and population growth is an exceptional strength, and green cover is an exceptional strength. The main trade-offs are fewer university qualifications and weaker employment, with university qualifications 100% below the peer median.

Overall, the suburb suits people prioritising open space over university qualifications.

Generated from the official metrics on this page. It can omit nuance or contain errors — check the tables and source notes before relying on it.

Strengths and weaknesses

Industrial or port town · compared with industrial and port towns in Queensland (230)

Strengths

  • Open-space access is exceptionally strong
  • Working from home is a relative strength
  • Population growth is a relative strength
  • Green cover is stronger than in comparable places

Weaknesses

  • University qualifications sit well below the peer median
  • Employment rates sit below those of comparable places

What stands out

  • Callemondah Beach
  • Industrial and port economy

Who it suits

  • StudentsInsufficient data

Housing, growth and risk

How Callemondah compares

A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent (Census)

$200/wk

2021 Census median weekly rent

Population (Census)

30

0.0% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

0.0%

Census unoccupied dwellings

How it compares

Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles

Pop. growth

5th

percentile in QLD

Rented dwellings

20%

2021 Census tenure

Advantage (IRSAD)

7/10

national SEIFA decile

Population growth

Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years

Housing mix

Dwelling types from the 2021 Census

Risks & flags

Quick scan — open a section below for full context

Living here

Population

Population growth

0.0% annual · +25.0% over 5 years · 5th percentile in QLD

Growth rates are from ABS Estimated Resident Population at SA2 level. Headcount uses 2021 Census when allocated ERP is too low relative to Census to display reliably.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
30
Median age
63
Median household income / week
$900
Dwelling vacancy
0%
Unoccupied private dwellings
0 of 21
Median monthly mortgage
$0
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$200
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
80% / 0% / 20%
Employment rate
34.4%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
55.6% / 0% / 0%
Walked or cycled to work
0%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
3 / 0 / 0 (+ 14 other)

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%) · Accessibility (12%) · Future Growth (6%)

Employment, household income and owned-outright tenure (2021 Census) Work-from-home and public-transport commute shares (2021 Census) Five-year population change as a healthy-growth band, not a boom bonus

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

  • Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries

Qualifications

0% of adults have a university degree, compared with 21.9% across Queensland. 60% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • Diploma qualified13.3% · 9.4% QLD
  • Trade / vocational60% · 18.9% QLD
  • Year 12 or below26.7% · 49.8% QLD

Highest qualification field

Main field of the highest non-school qualification (2021 Census).

  • Architecture and building26.3%
  • Engineering and related technologies26.3%
  • Creative arts15.8%
  • Food, hospitality and personal services15.8%
  • Management and commerce15.8%
How these groups are defined
MeasureDefinition
University qualifiedBachelor degree or higher
Diploma qualifiedAdvanced Diploma / Diploma
Trade / vocationalCertificate III + IV
Year 12Year 12 as highest attainment
Below Year 12Year 11 / 10 / 9 or below

People aged 15 years and over, 2021 Census. University, diploma and trade shares match ABS highest educational attainment (HEAP). Year 12 and below Year 12 are combined in the chart because the General Community Profile reports school-only attainment as a residual.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

University qualifications from the 2021 Census

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Tax & income

Median taxable income (2023–24)
$67,670

87th percentile in QLD · +15% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$76,298

92nd percentile in QLD · +17% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
10.0%

35th percentile in QLD · -27% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$83,055

74th percentile in QLD · +31% vs Australia

Residents with business income
6.0%

5th percentile in QLD · -42% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 4680 — not a suburb-level official statistic. Rental investment is the share of local taxpayers reporting rental income or loss, not the share of local properties owned by investors.

Counts, net rent & state comparison
Taxpayers in this postcode
35,056
Taxpayers reporting net rent
3,473
Median net rent
-$1,780
Taxpayers reporting business income
2,069
Taxable income vs state median
+22%
Salary / wages vs state median
+25%
Rental investment vs state median
-9%
Super vs state median
+20%
Business income vs state median
-40%

Percentiles rank this postcode among unique postcodes in QLD, so suburbs that share a postcode are not counted twice. Dollar figures are compared with Australia-wide ATO medians from the same release. Median net rent is among taxpayers who reported the rent label and can be negative.

Data sources & freshness

  • Taxation Statistics 2023–24 — individuals by postcode (Table 25) — Australian Taxation Office · Updated · Annual release; taxpayer residential postcode, not suburb boundary

Community & culture

34.4% born overseas

Language at home
30 English only · 0 other
Non-English at home
0%
Born overseas
11 (34.4%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
5 (16.7%)
Australian citizens
35

Religion

53.3%No religion

No religion is the most common response at 53.3%, while Christianity accounts for 36.7%.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion53.3%40.7%
Christianity36.7%45.7%
Other / not stated10%13.6%
Christian denominations
DenominationSuburbState
Anglican43.3%11.3%

2021 Census — languages spoken at home, birthplace, Indigenous status, and religious affiliation (usual residence). Religion is optional on the Census form.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Family & Lifestyle

Schools & preschools

School list
School catchments
  • Clinton SSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment
  • Gladstone Central SSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment
  • Gladstone SHSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundarysecondary_catchment
  • Gladstone West SSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment
  • Yarwun SSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment

Government school intake zones that overlap this suburb boundary. Living in a catchment does not guarantee enrolment; check the education authority.

Contributes to desirability score · Education (14%)

Median school ICSEA first, then school and catchment counts

Data sources & freshness

Amenities

3 mapped amenities

1 beaches

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • Limited walkable amenities nearby
  • Great for outdoor family life — 4 parks mapped in suburb
Walkability proxy
0/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
0
Parks per 1,000 residents
133.33
Sport & outdoors(1)
  • Beach
Other(1)
  • Parking (2)

Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually. Campgrounds, beaches, wineries and local trails are included when they sit inside the suburb boundary.

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Food, shopping, recreation and sport per 1,000 residents (OpenStreetMap)

Data sources & freshness

  • Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
  • OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated

Parks & reserves

4 parks and public open space in this suburb

  • Boowon ParkPark
  • Spinnaker ParkPark
  • StowagePark

Data sources & freshness

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
5.7%
Woodland / forest cover
4.9%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
20
Parks (OSM)
4
Typical summer maximum
31°C

Green cover is the share of this suburb's boundary overlapping OpenStreetMap parks, woodland and forest polygons — not a satellite tree-canopy product. Summer maximum is the WorldClim / Open-Meteo seasonal normal already collected for Weather.

Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)

Tree canopy first, then green-cover area and parks per 1,000

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap green cover and tree canopy — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Park/woodland polygons intersected with suburb boundaries

Health access

Nearest hospital
Tara Place Family Practice (18.3 km)
Nearest hospital type
Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department
GP clinics in suburb
0

GP clinic counts from OpenStreetMap. Bulk-billing figures only include clinics tagged in OSM (sparse and unofficial — not a Medicare list).

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Hospitals, GPs and aged care

Data sources & freshness

Weather

Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.

Summer (Dec–Feb)

Usual max / min
31° / 21°
Rainfall
396 mm · ~50 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
28° / 17°
Rainfall
198 mm · ~25 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
23° / 10°
Rainfall
95 mm · ~12 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
28° / 16°
Rainfall
185 mm · ~23 rainy days

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Temperature and humidity comfort

Data sources & freshness

  • Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated

Future & Planning

Planning & development

Development applications from QLD coordinated projects (lodged 2020–2026).

1 planning-related records

Other· 1 proposal
  • Wiggins Island Coal Terminal
    Coal export terminal with an ultimate capacity of 70 million tonnes per annum; and rail and supporting infrastructure.Completed EIS project

Data sources & freshness

Hazards

Bushfire planning zone
No overlay at centroid
Flood / inundation overlay
No mapped inundation on suburb boundary

Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via Queensland Bushfire Prone Area mapping. Flood cover uses floodplain overlay polygons against the suburb boundary where published.

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Bushfire and flood hazard overlays

Data sources & freshness

  • Bushfire and flood planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated

Politics & representation

Federal electorate
Flynn
Member of Parliament
Colin BOYCE (Liberal National Party of Queensland)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
117,901
Turnout (2025)
88.6%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
-6.4 pp toward Coalition

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 60.2%Labor 39.8%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 8.2 km away).

Coalition 46.0%Labor 54.0%

14.2 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: -9.7 pp toward Coalition

Nearest polling places

  • Clinton NorthLabor 54.0% · Coalition 46.0% TPP (2025)4.3 km away
  • Clinton SouthLabor 53.5% · Coalition 46.5% TPP (2025)4.6 km away
  • West Gladstone SouthLabor 56.5% · Coalition 43.5% TPP (2025)4.6 km away
  • West GladstoneLabor 58.3% · Coalition 41.7% TPP (2025)5.0 km away
  • Gladstone CentralLabor 52.3% · Coalition 47.7% TPP (2025)5.2 km away

Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.

Data sources & freshness

Socio-economic

IRSAD decile (2021)
7/10
IRSD decile (2021)
10/10

ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).

What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?

IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.

IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.

A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD and IRSD deciles)

Data sources & freshness

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