Boonarga QLD 4413
25 addresses · 11 streets
Maranoa Electorate › Western Downs LGA › Boonarga · 240 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Boonarga is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 37 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $1,166 a week, with median rent near $205 a week. Most homes are houses. About 50% of households own their home and 29% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. 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 Chinchilla statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Boonarga itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Chinchilla Aerodrome, 11.2 km north-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: 4.1% 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 | 4.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 10.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.3% · Labour-force participation 57.6%
Population by age in Boonarga
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 5 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 7 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 5 |
| 45-54 | 5 |
| 55-64 | 4 |
| 65-74 | 4 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Boonarga
| House | 10 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Boonarga
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Boonarga
| Australian | 16 |
|---|---|
| English | 12 |
| Ancestry NS | 12 |
| German | 7 |
| Irish | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Boonarga
| Owned | 7 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Boonarga
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Boonarga
| Car | 12 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
321 bird observations recorded near Boonarga — most often seen:
- Whistling Kite (17)
- Apostlebird (16)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (16)
- Australian Magpie (15)
- Laughing Kookaburra (14)
- Noisy Miner (14)
- Pacific Black Duck (14)
- Magpie-lark (13)
- Australasian Darter (12)
- Cockatiel (12)
- Galah (11)
- Great Egret (11)
- Striated Pardalote (11)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Boonarga
- Torresian Crow (11)
- Willie Wagtail (11)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (10)
- Little Corella (10)
- Red-winged Parrot (10)
- Striped Honeyeater (10)
- Australian Torresian Crow (9)
- Crested Pigeon (8)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (8)
- Pied Butcherbird (8)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (8)
- Southern Magpie-lark (8)
- Common Myna (7)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (7)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (7)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (7)
- Eastern Little Friarbird (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 Boonarga:
- Chances Plain (8.4 km)
- Brigalow (9.7 km)
- Hopeland (11.2 km)
- Chinchilla (11.4 km)
- Wychie (14 km)
- Red Hill (15.3 km)
- Red Hill (17.2 km)
- Baking Board (19 km)
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Streets
- B Riders Road (4)
- Bob Blacks Road (1)
- Boonarga Inverai Road (4)
- Chinchilla Kogan Road (1)
- D Riders Road (1)
- Dorans Road (1)
- G Evans Road (2)
- Hartwigs Road (1)
- Horswoods Road (2)
- Warrego Highway (7)
- Wolski's Road (1)
