Boodua QLD 4401
40 addresses · 10 streets
Groom Electorate › Toowoomba LGA › Boodua · 119 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Boodua is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 95 people, with a median age of 29. The typical household earns around $2,624 a week, with median rent near $277 a week. Most homes are houses. About 50% of households own their home and 33% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. 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 Crows Nest - Rosalie statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Boodua itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Oakey Army Aviation Centre, 10 km south-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: 3.9% 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 | 3.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 9.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6% · Labour-force participation 68.5%
Population by age in Boodua
| 0-4 | 11 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 10 |
| 15-19 | 13 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 10 |
| 35-44 | 12 |
| 45-54 | 25 |
| 55-64 | 3 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Boodua
| House | 21 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Boodua
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 6 |
| $3,000+ | 7 |
Top ancestries in Boodua
| English | 35 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 32 |
| German | 17 |
| Scottish | 16 |
| Ancestry NS | 15 |
| Irish | 10 |
Housing tenure in Boodua
| Owned | 4 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 8 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Boodua
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 9 |
Commute to work in Boodua
| Car | 37 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Top countries of birth in Boodua
| England | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,643 bird observations recorded near Boodua — most often seen:
- Torresian Crow (112)
- Galah (107)
- Crested Pigeon (102)
- Australian Magpie (101)
- Common Myna (80)
- Noisy Miner (77)
- Superb Fairy-wren (75)
- Magpie-lark (73)
- Willie Wagtail (73)
- Red-rumped Parrot (70)
- Pale-headed Rosella (60)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (51)
- Straw-necked Ibis (49)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Boodua
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (49)
- Tree Martin (48)
- Rock Dove (43)
- Nankeen Kestrel (41)
- Laughing Kookaburra (40)
- Apostlebird (39)
- House Sparrow (39)
- Pied Butcherbird (38)
- Australian Wood Duck (37)
- Striated Pardalote (35)
- Black-shouldered Kite (31)
- Little Corella (31)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (29)
- Eastern Galah (29)
- Australian Torresian Crow (28)
- Cockatiel (28)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (28)
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 Boodua:
- Yalangur (4.6 km)
- Muniganeen (4.8 km)
- Kelvinhaugh (5.8 km)
- Gowrie Little Plain (6.5 km)
- Silverleigh (8.1 km)
- Lilyvale (8.2 km)
- Goombungee (8.2 km)
- Meringandan West (8.3 km)
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Streets
- Boodua Meringandan Road (1)
- Boodua Muniganeen Road (6)
- Boodua West Road (5)
- Kelvinhaugh Boodua Road (4)
- Kelvinhaugh Yalangur Road (1)
- Kingsthorpe Haden Road (12)
- Lucks Road (1)
- Murrs Road (4)
- Nara Boah Water Hole Road (3)
- Nara Boah Waterhole Road (3)
