Booragul NSW 2284

Living Here

Booragul is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,623 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,114 a week, with median rent near $320 a week. Most homes are houses. About 55% of households own their home and 37% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Bolton Point - Teralba statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Booragul itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 23 schools

  • Five Islands School
  • Booragul Public School
  • Saint Paul's High School
  • Lake Macquarie High School
  • Teralba Public School
  • Fennell Bay Public School
  • Speers Point Public School
  • Fassifern Public School
  • Boolaroo Public School
  • Charlton Christian College

  See all 23 schools near Booragul →

• 6 cafés & restaurants

  • 3 Bears
  • The Point Cafe
  • Maddz on York
  • Pippis at the Point
  • Custom Espresso
  • Table 1 Espresso Speers Point
• 1 supermarket

  • IGA
• 10 parks

  • Edwards Park
  • Marmong Park
  • Anzac Park
  • Speers Point Park
  • Tredinnick Oval
  • Walter's Park
  • Albert Reserve
  • Bolton Point Park
  • Eleebana Lions Park
  • Toronto Lions Park
• 5 Catholic churches

  • Catholic Church
  • St Mary's
  • Saint Kevin's Catholic Church
  • St Joseph's Toronto Church
  • Saint Philips
• 1 medical clinic

  • CS Health Medical Centre
• 1 dentist

  • SmilesHQ
• 1 optometrist

  • nib Eye Care
• 14 hospitals

  • Warners Bay Private Hospital
  • Toronto Private Hospital
  • Pendlebury Clinc Private Hospital
  • Belmont Hospital
  • Lake Macquarie Private Hospital
  • Royal Newcastle Centre
  • Rankin Park Centre
  • John Hunter Hospital
  • Newcastle Private Hospital
  • Newcastle Eye Hospital

  See all 14 hospitals near Booragul →

• 2 vets

  • Warners Bay Vet
  • Cameron Park Vet Hospital
• 2 childcare & kindergartens

  • Woodrising Community Pre-School & Child Care Centre
  • Lake Macquarie Family Day Care
• 4 libraries

  • Speers Point Library
  • Toronto Library
  • Edgeworth Library
  • Cardiff Library
• 4 post offices

  • Woodrising Post Office
  • Boolaroo Post Office
  • Australia Post
  • Blackalls Park Post Office
• 5 service stations

  • Metro
  • Ampol Foodary
  • Ampol
  • Costco Fuel
  • BP Warners Bay
• 1 gym

  • Speers Point Swimming Pool
• 4 golf clubs

  • Waratah Golf Club
  • Charlestown Golf Course
  • Toronto Country Club
  • Sugar Valley Golf Course
• 1 playground

  • Variety Playground
• 2 dog parks

  • Thomas H Halton Dog Park
  • Kindyerra Park
• 3 hardware stores

  • Bunnings Warehouse
  • Mitre 10
  • NHS Warner's Bay
• 1 hairdresser

  • Creating Waves Hair Salon
• 1 electrician

  • Rix Electrical Contracting
• 6 places to stay

  • Warners Bay Hotel
  • Lakeside Motel
  • Macquarie Inn
  • Warners at the Bay
  • Catalina Motel Lake Macquarie
  • Cardiff Motor Inn

Getting around. Train station: Booragul, 600 m north-west · Airport: Lake Macquarie Airport, 10.7 km south.

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Socio-economic Standing

Greenery

🌳 Tree canopy: 40% satellite estimate · 2021

Demographics

Unemployment 5.4% · Labour-force participation 41.2%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

49,546 bird observations recorded near Booragul — most often seen:

• Rainbow Lorikeet (3,111)
• Noisy Miner (2,561)
• Australian Magpie (2,334)
• Magpie-lark (2,178)
• Australian Raven (2,169)
• Black Swan (2,106)
• Australian Pelican (2,079)
• Welcome Swallow (1,873)
• Chestnut Teal (1,804)
• Silver Gull (1,801)
• Little Pied Cormorant (1,698)
• Superb Fairy-wren (1,669)
• Masked Lapwing (1,660)

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Booragul:

• Woodrising (1.2 km)
• Marmong Point (1.2 km)
• Teralba (1.2 km)
• Speers Point (2.1 km)
• Fennell Bay (2.2 km)
• Bolton Point (2.6 km)
• Fassifern (2.6 km)
• Boolaroo (3.2 km)

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