Bootawa NSW 2430
118 addresses · 6 streets
Lyne Electorate › Mid-Coast LGA › Bootawa · 242 km from Sydney
Living Here
Bootawa is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 174 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $1,204 a week, with median rent near $285 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 5% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Taree Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bootawa itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 library
1 golf club
Getting around. Train station: Wingham, 5.9 km north · Airport: Taree Airport, 14.8 km east.
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: 24.5% 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 | 24.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 33.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.8% · Labour-force participation 53.2%
Population by age in Bootawa
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 14 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 10 |
| 25-34 | 12 |
| 35-44 | 10 |
| 45-54 | 18 |
| 55-64 | 45 |
| 65-74 | 34 |
| 75-84 | 17 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Bootawa
| House | 70 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Bootawa
| <$650 | 15 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 37 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 18 |
| $3,000+ | 13 |
Top ancestries in Bootawa
| English | 75 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 72 |
| Irish | 30 |
| Scottish | 18 |
| German | 10 |
| Ancestry NS | 7 |
Housing tenure in Bootawa
| Owned | 37 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 22 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Bootawa
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 23 |
| 3 | 20 |
| 4+ | 12 |
Commute to work in Bootawa
| Car | 49 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 16 |
Top countries of birth in Bootawa
| England | 8 |
|---|---|
| South Africa | 6 |
| New Zealand | 5 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,010 bird observations recorded near Bootawa — most often seen:
- Little Pied Cormorant (111)
- Laughing Kookaburra (108)
- Australian Magpie (100)
- Little Black Cormorant (98)
- Great Crested Grebe (86)
- Eurasian Coot (83)
- Pacific Black Duck (83)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (81)
- Eastern Rosella (73)
- Magpie-lark (73)
- Noisy Miner (72)
- Pied Butcherbird (72)
- Australasian Grebe (71)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bootawa
- Welcome Swallow (68)
- Australian Wood Duck (65)
- Hardhead (60)
- Torresian Crow (60)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (58)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (58)
- Grey Fantail (57)
- White-faced Heron (54)
- Superb Fairy-wren (53)
- Willie Wagtail (52)
- Masked Lapwing (51)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (51)
- Galah (48)
- Australian Raven (46)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (40)
- Dusky Moorhen (40)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (38)
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 Bootawa:
- Mondrook (4.8 km)
- The Bight (5 km)
- Tinonee (5.4 km)
- Wingham (5.8 km)
- Hillville (6 km)
- Killawarra (6.1 km)
- Karaak Flat (6.2 km)
- Burrell Creek (6.5 km)
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Streets
- Abbotts Road (26)
- Bootawa Dam Road (29)
- Bootawa Road (41)
- Moores Road (9)
- The Bucketts Way (11)
- Tinonee Road (2)
