Boorook NSW 2372
32 addresses · 10 streets
New England Electorate › Tenterfield LGA › Boorook · 571 km from Sydney
Living Here
Boorook is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 20 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $899 a week, with median rent near $23 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Tenterfield statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Boorook itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 places to stay
Getting around. Airport: Stanthorpe Airport, 35.6 km north-west.
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: 57.7% 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 | 57.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 90.9% |
Demographics
Population by age in Boorook
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 6 |
| 45-54 | 3 |
| 55-64 | 4 |
| 65-74 | 8 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Boorook
| House | 6 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Boorook
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Boorook
| English | 8 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 7 |
| German | 4 |
| Scottish | 4 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
Housing tenure in Boorook
| Owned | 3 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Boorook
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Boorook
| Car | 3 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Top countries of birth in Boorook
| England | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
513 bird observations recorded near Boorook — most often seen:
- Spotted Pardalote (41)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (41)
- White-throated Treecreeper (30)
- South-eastern Glossy Black-cockatoo (29)
- White-naped Honeyeater (27)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (26)
- Grey Fantail (24)
- Pied Currawong (23)
- Laughing Kookaburra (22)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (22)
- Rufous Whistler (20)
- Golden Whistler (19)
- Striated Thornbill (19)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Boorook
- Brown Thornbill (18)
- Noisy Friarbird (16)
- White-browed Scrubwren (15)
- Little Friarbird (12)
- Cicadabird (11)
- Eastern Spinebill (11)
- Red-browed Treecreeper (11)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (10)
- Australian Owlet-nightjar (9)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (9)
- Australian King-parrot (7)
- Australian Magpie (7)
- Australian Raven (7)
- Eastern Whipbird (7)
- Mistletoebird (7)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (7)
- Masked Owl (6)
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 Boorook:
- Sandy Hill (13.7 km)
- Bookookoorara (16.2 km)
- Drake Village (16.3 km)
- Carrolls Creek (16.8 km)
- Drake (19 km)
- Willsons Downfall (19.1 km)
- Rivertree (20 km)
- Boonoo Boonoo (20.3 km)
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Streets
- Boonoo Boonoo Falls Road (1)
- Boorook Firetrail (1)
- Boorook Road (3)
- Bunijah Road (1)
- Gilgurry Road (7)
- Main Camp Road (5)
- Morgans Creek Road (3)
- Old Main Camp Road (2)
- Red Rock Road (8)
- Rover Park Road (1)
