Calca is in Streaky Bay LGA, SA, postcode 5671, with population 13.
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Calca (postcode 5671) is a sparsely populated locality in South Australia within the Streaky Bay local government area. It is home to about 13 residents, with a settled mid-life population and a median age of 42. Households earn a median income of $58K per year, with an average household size of 2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.5% year-on-year at the LGA level. SA employment has moved +2.1% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. SA also had 21 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 7 underway, and 7 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count.
The crime rate in the Streaky Bay LGA is moderate at 7,692 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.5% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage
Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.
Calca is in the Streaky Bay Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5671. Council-level context for Streaky Bay LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Calca show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.