Boolboonda QLD 4671
60 addresses · 11 streets
Flynn Electorate › Bundaberg LGA › Boolboonda · 299 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Boolboonda is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 55 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $1,281 a week, with median rent near $220 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Gin Gin statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Boolboonda itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
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: 47.2% 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 | 47.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 53.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 11.1% · Labour-force participation 34.6%
Population by age in Boolboonda
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 7 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 8 |
| 45-54 | 10 |
| 55-64 | 10 |
| 65-74 | 17 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Boolboonda
| House | 19 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Boolboonda
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 7 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Boolboonda
| English | 30 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 22 |
| Ancestry NS | 8 |
| Other | 6 |
| Aboriginal | 5 |
| Chinese | 3 |
Housing tenure in Boolboonda
| Owned | 15 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Boolboonda
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Boolboonda
| Car | 10 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 5 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 5 |
Top countries of birth in Boolboonda
| England | 3 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 3 |
Languages used at home in Boolboonda
| Cantonese | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
256 bird observations recorded near Boolboonda — most often seen:
- Laughing Kookaburra (14)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (13)
- Pied Currawong (12)
- Channel-billed Cuckoo (11)
- Magpie-lark (11)
- Striated Pardalote (11)
- Welcome Swallow (11)
- Australasian Figbird (10)
- Golden-headed Cisticola (10)
- Australian Magpie (9)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (9)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (9)
- Torresian Crow (9)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Boolboonda
- Willie Wagtail (9)
- Double-barred Finch (8)
- Grey Fantail (8)
- Little Friarbird (8)
- Pale-headed Rosella (8)
- Grey Butcherbird (7)
- Pheasant Coucal (7)
- Tawny Grassbird (7)
- White-throated Honeyeater (7)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (6)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (6)
- Dollarbird (6)
- Galah (6)
- Noisy Friarbird (6)
- Noisy Miner (6)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (6)
- Rufous Whistler (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 Boolboonda:
- Wonbah (5.7 km)
- New Moonta (6.3 km)
- Nearum (12.6 km)
- Mount Perry (13.1 km)
- Wonbah Forest (14.9 km)
- Moolboolaman (16.9 km)
- Doughboy (17.7 km)
- Horse Camp (19.3 km)
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Streets
- Alfred Smith Road (4)
- Cambria Flats Road (9)
- Campbells Road (4)
- Ellimatta Road (1)
- Gin Gin - Mount Perry Road (16)
- Leathers Road (6)
- Mt Perry Road (3)
- Muncktons Road (1)
- Nellers Road (1)
- Shields Road (3)
- Tunnel Road (12)
