Boompa QLD 4621
35 addresses · 15 streets
Wide Bay Electorate › Fraser Coast LGA › Boompa · 222 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Boompa is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 89 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $1,166 a week, with median rent near $200 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, 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 Maryborough Region - South statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Boompa 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: 54.7% 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 | 54.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 65.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.6% · Labour-force participation 50.7%
Population by age in Boompa
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 9 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 9 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 14 |
| 55-64 | 10 |
| 65-74 | 25 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Boompa
| House | 24 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Boompa
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 22 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 9 |
| $3,000+ | 5 |
Top ancestries in Boompa
| English | 45 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 26 |
| Scottish | 19 |
| Irish | 17 |
| German | 10 |
| Ancestry NS | 6 |
Housing tenure in Boompa
| Owned | 20 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Boompa
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Boompa
| Car | 17 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 16 |
Top countries of birth in Boompa
| New Zealand | 3 |
|---|---|
| Scotland | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
415 bird observations recorded near Boompa — most often seen:
- Australian Torresian Crow (17)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (16)
- Torresian Crow (16)
- Buff-breasted Scrubwren (15)
- Double-barred Finch (15)
- Eastern Brown Honeyeater (15)
- Eastern Red-backed Fairy-wren (15)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (15)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (15)
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (15)
- Eastern Bar-shouldered Dove (14)
- Eastern Peaceful Dove (14)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (14)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Boompa
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (14)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (14)
- Black-headed Pardalote (13)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (13)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (13)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (13)
- Little Shrike-thrush (13)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (13)
- South-east Eastern Whipbird (13)
- Southern Australian King-parrot (13)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (13)
- Southern Pale-headed Rosella (13)
- Southern Rufous Whistler (13)
- Central Eastern White-throated Treecreeper (12)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (12)
- Eastern Little Friarbird (12)
- Pacific Black Duck (12)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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Streets
- Beresford Road (1)
- Boompa Road (3)
- Brooweena - Woolooga Road (1)
- Harrup Road (2)
- Idahlia Range Road (2)
- Innooroolabar Road (3)
- Maryborough - Biggenden Road (3)
- Neardie Road (2)
- Pine Mountain Road (2)
- Ramsay Creek Road (3)
- Rockemer Road (1)
- Thompson R Road (6)
- Upper Bowling Green Road (1)
- Utopia Road (3)
- Wixon Road (2)
