Boorolong NSW 2350
55 addresses · 10 streets
New England Electorate › Armidale Regional LGA › Boorolong · 394 km from Sydney
Living Here
Boorolong is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 71 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,562 a week, with median rent near $290 a week. Most homes are houses. About 54% of households own their home and 29% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Armidale Region - North statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Boorolong itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 32.5% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 32.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 41.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 7.3% · Labour-force participation 68.3%
Population by age in Boorolong
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 9 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 10 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 5 |
| 55-64 | 15 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 10 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Boorolong
| House | 23 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Boorolong
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 11 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 12 |
| $3,000+ | 7 |
Top ancestries in Boorolong
| English | 31 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 29 |
| Irish | 11 |
| Scottish | 9 |
| Ancestry NS | 7 |
| Aboriginal | 3 |
Housing tenure in Boorolong
| Owned | 7 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 6 |
| Rented | 7 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Boorolong
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Boorolong
| Car | 14 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 15 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
177 bird observations recorded near Boorolong — most often seen:
- Noisy Miner (13)
- Eastern Rosella (12)
- Australian Raven (8)
- Striated Pardalote (8)
- Laughing Kookaburra (7)
- Welcome Swallow (7)
- Willie Wagtail (7)
- Australian Magpie (6)
- Crimson Rosella (6)
- Scarlet Robin (6)
- Superb Fairy-wren (6)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (6)
- Australian Wood Duck (5)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Boorolong
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (5)
- Brown Treecreeper (5)
- Diamond Firetail (5)
- Fuscous Honeyeater (5)
- Grey Butcherbird (5)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (5)
- Grey Teal (5)
- Magpie-lark (5)
- Pacific Black Duck (5)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (5)
- White-throated Gerygone (5)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (5)
- Brown Thornbill (4)
- Buff-rumped Thornbill (4)
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (4)
- Dusky Woodswallow (4)
- Galah (4)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Boorolong:
- Baldersleigh (10.8 km)
- Dumaresq (11.1 km)
- Duval (17.2 km)
- Black Mountain (17.3 km)
- Brushy Creek (17.5 km)
- Saumarez Ponds (20 km)
- Yarrowyck (20 km)
- South Guyra (20 km)
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Streets
- Boorolong Road (27)
- Dulvay Road (1)
- Fleetwood Road (3)
- Glendon Road (3)
- Old Armidale Road (9)
- Romani Road (3)
- St Elmo Road (4)
- Tarcoola Road (2)
- Te Dapa Road (1)
- Warrane Road (2)
