Calingiri, WA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Calingiri is a small Wheatbelt town in Western Australia, about 143km north-north-east of Perth and 34km south-west of Wongan Hills. The name comes from the nearby Calingiri Waterhole, recorded by a government surveyor in 1903; the town itself was proposed in 1914 and gazetted in 1917 as the district opened to wheat farming. Grain remains the mainstay, with CBH receival facilities serving local growers. The surrounding bushland forms part of an Important Bird Area recognised for the threatened Carnaby's black-cockatoo, and the nearby Rica Erickson Nature Reserve — named for the noted local naturalist and author — protects remnant wildflowers and woodland that draw visitors in spring.
Around the national middle
Calingiri is more socio-economically advantaged than about 48% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 983, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Is Calingiri a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Around the national middle
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Calingiri from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
48/100Around the national middle
Around the national middle — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (48/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
81/100More affordable than most suburbs
Median weekly rent was $185 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 81% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Calingiri at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 198
- Median age
- 39
- Median weekly household income
- $1,458
- SEIFA score
- 983
- Local government area
- Victoria Plains
- Coordinates
- -31.0847, 116.4977
Map of Calingiri
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Housing & property in Calingiri
What it costs to live in Calingiri and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $185
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $521
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 68%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 32%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Calingiri demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Calingiri demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Calingiri using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is children (0–14) at 25% and 19% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 49 | 25% |
| Youth (15–24) | 15 | 8% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 47 | 24% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 50 | 25% |
| Seniors (65+) | 37 | 19% |
Share of the 198 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 31 | 42% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 19 | 26% |
| Rented | 23 | 32% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 74 | 100% |
| Townhouses & semis | 0 | 0% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 74 occupied private dwellings in Calingiri.
- Average household size
- 2.4 people
- Median weekly family income
- $2,250
- Median weekly personal income
- $909
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 36 (19%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 0 (0%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 14 (7%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 55 (38%)
- Labour-force participation
- 59.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.4%
- Employed full-time
- 52
- Employed part-time
- 30
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
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Common questions about Calingiri
Is Calingiri a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage and housing affordability, Calingiri rates 59/100 overall (Around the national middle). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Calingiri?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Calingiri was $185, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $521. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Calingiri?
Calingiri is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia, in the Victoria Plains local government area.
What is the population of Calingiri?
At the 2021 Census, Calingiri had a population of about 198.
Is Calingiri an advantaged area?
Calingiri has an ABS SEIFA score of 983, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 48 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 48% of Australian suburbs.
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