| Type: | suburb |
| Calcium | |
| State: | qld |
| Coordinates: | -19.6627°N 146.7805°W |
| Pop: | 12 |
| Postcode: | 4816 |
| Area: | 130.5 |
| Timezone: | AEST |
| Utc: | +10:00 |
| Lga: | City of Townsville |
| Stategov: | Burdekin |
| Fedgov: | Kennedy |
| Near-N: | Woodstock |
| Near-Ne: | Woodstock |
| Near-E: | Woodstock |
| Near-Se: | Reid River |
| Near-S: | Reid River |
| Near-Sw: | Reid River |
| Near-W: | Granite Vale |
| Near-Nw: | Granite Vale |
Calcium is a rural locality in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Calcium had a population of 12 people.
Manton is a neighbourhood within the locality (-19.65°N 146.8333°W).[2]
There are a number of mountains in the locality:
The locality was named and bounded on 27 July 1991.[1] It was presumably named after the now-abandoned Calcium railway station on the Great Northern railway,[6] which had been named prior to 1914 after the calcium-bearing lime that was mined in the area.[7] [8]
Manton takes its name from the now-abandoned Manton railway station, which takes its name from a pioneer farmer.
In the, Calcium had a population of 21 people.
In the, Calcium had a population of 12 people.