Lower Boro NSW 2580
257 addresses · 15 streets
Hume Electorate › Goulburn Mulwaree LGA › Lower Boro · 191 km from Sydney
Living Here
Lower Boro is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 217 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,812 a week, with median rent near $210 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, 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 Braidwood statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Lower Boro 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: 50% 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 | 50.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 79.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.2% · Labour-force participation 60.7%
Population by age in Lower Boro
| 0-4 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 11 |
| 15-19 | 17 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 22 |
| 35-44 | 18 |
| 45-54 | 41 |
| 55-64 | 38 |
| 65-74 | 32 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Lower Boro
| House | 84 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Households by weekly income in Lower Boro
| <$650 | 12 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 15 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 31 |
| $3,000+ | 20 |
Top ancestries in Lower Boro
| Australian | 106 |
|---|---|
| English | 67 |
| Irish | 21 |
| Other | 21 |
| Scottish | 20 |
| German | 12 |
Housing tenure in Lower Boro
| Owned | 37 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 37 |
| Rented | 7 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in Lower Boro
| 0 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 37 |
| 3 | 21 |
| 4+ | 13 |
Commute to work in Lower Boro
| Car | 78 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 16 |
Top countries of birth in Lower Boro
| England | 11 |
|---|---|
| South Africa | 6 |
| Lebanon | 5 |
| Germany | 3 |
Languages used at home in Lower Boro
| Arabic | 9 |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | 6 |
| Japanese | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
535 bird observations recorded near Lower Boro — most often seen:
- Buff-rumped Thornbill (31)
- South-eastern Glossy Black-cockatoo (30)
- Laughing Kookaburra (24)
- Superb Fairy-wren (24)
- Brown Thornbill (23)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (23)
- White-throated Treecreeper (23)
- Yellow Thornbill (23)
- Australian Magpie (22)
- Striated Thornbill (22)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (22)
- Pied Currawong (18)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (18)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Lower Boro
- Eastern Spinebill (17)
- Red Wattlebird (17)
- Australian Raven (16)
- Crimson Rosella (16)
- White-eared Honeyeater (16)
- Grey Fantail (15)
- White-winged Chough (15)
- Australian Wood Duck (14)
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (14)
- Spotted Pardalote (13)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (12)
- Red-browed Finch (12)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (11)
- Brown-headed Honeyeater (11)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (11)
- Galah (11)
- Rufous Whistler (11)
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 Lower Boro:
- Mayfield (10.8 km)
- Boro (11.2 km)
- Tarago (14.5 km)
- Oallen (15 km)
- Windellama (15 km)
- Lake Bathurst (16.4 km)
- Mount Fairy (18.1 km)
- Marlowe (18.3 km)
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Streets
- Boro Road (6)
- Budjong Lane (5)
- Claypit Road (16)
- Coghill Road (3)
- Cullulla Road (32)
- Curra Lane (4)
- Mayfield Road (40)
- Millendale Road (8)
- Paddys Close (8)
- Pine Bank Drive (15)
- Sandy Point Road (45)
- Silverstream Road (13)
- Sturgiss Road (8)
- Williams Drive (20)
- Willow Glen Road (34)
