Bostobrick NSW 2453
100 addresses · 6 streets
Cowper Electorate › Bellingen LGA › Bostobrick · 421 km from Sydney
Living Here
Bostobrick is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 132 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $974 a week, with median rent near $175 a week. Most homes are houses. About 84% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Dorrigo statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bostobrick itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Coffs Harbour Regional Airport, 48.2 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: 59.5% 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 | 59.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 67.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.9% · Labour-force participation 48.6%
Population by age in Bostobrick
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 19 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 9 |
| 25-34 | 13 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 26 |
| 55-64 | 25 |
| 65-74 | 22 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 6 |
Dwelling types in Bostobrick
| House | 45 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Bostobrick
| <$650 | 7 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 16 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 5 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Bostobrick
| Australian | 55 |
|---|---|
| English | 42 |
| Scottish | 28 |
| Irish | 21 |
| Ancestry NS | 17 |
| Other | 13 |
Housing tenure in Bostobrick
| Owned | 25 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 11 |
| Rented | 7 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Bostobrick
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 14 |
| 4+ | 11 |
Commute to work in Bostobrick
| Car | 33 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 14 |
Top countries of birth in Bostobrick
| Philippines | 4 |
|---|---|
| England | 3 |
Languages used at home in Bostobrick
| Khmer | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,120 bird observations recorded near Bostobrick — most often seen:
- Superb Fairy-wren (58)
- Satin Bowerbird (55)
- Laughing Kookaburra (54)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (54)
- Pied Currawong (53)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (50)
- Crimson Rosella (49)
- Red-browed Finch (48)
- Welcome Swallow (48)
- Australian Magpie (47)
- Bell Miner (44)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (40)
- Eastern Spinebill (39)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bostobrick
- Brown Thornbill (36)
- Willie Wagtail (34)
- White-browed Scrubwren (33)
- South-eastern Glossy Black-cockatoo (32)
- Eastern Whipbird (31)
- Magpie-lark (31)
- White-throated Treecreeper (31)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (31)
- Silvereye (28)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (27)
- Torresian Crow (26)
- Eastern Rosella (25)
- Grey Fantail (25)
- Australian Wood Duck (24)
- Golden Whistler (23)
- Grey Butcherbird (23)
- New Zealand Fantail (21)
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 Bostobrick:
- Moonpar (4.3 km)
- North Dorrigo (6 km)
- Fernbrook (8.1 km)
- Tyringham (10.3 km)
- Tallowwood Ridge (10.5 km)
- Deer Vale (11.2 km)
- Dorrigo (11.4 km)
- Bielsdown Hills (11.5 km)
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Streets
- Borra Creek Road (1)
- Emersons Road (7)
- Harness Cask Road (6)
- Moonpar Road (10)
- Muldiva Road (38)
- Tyringham Road (38)
