Booroobin QLD 4552
165 addresses · 7 streets
Fisher Electorate › Sunshine Coast LGA › Booroobin · 77 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Booroobin is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 258 people, with a median age of 55. The typical household earns around $1,266 a week, with median rent near $290 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Woodford - D'Aguilar statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Booroobin itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Caloundra Airport, 32.1 km east.
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: 65.4% 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 | 65.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 80.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.8% · Labour-force participation 48.6%
Population by age in Booroobin
| 0-4 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 25 |
| 15-19 | 12 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 16 |
| 35-44 | 21 |
| 45-54 | 39 |
| 55-64 | 61 |
| 65-74 | 52 |
| 75-84 | 15 |
| 85+ | 6 |
Dwelling types in Booroobin
| House | 100 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 5 |
Households by weekly income in Booroobin
| <$650 | 19 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 33 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 27 |
| $3,000+ | 20 |
Top ancestries in Booroobin
| English | 118 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 84 |
| Scottish | 46 |
| Irish | 28 |
| Other | 25 |
| Dutch | 17 |
Housing tenure in Booroobin
| Owned | 53 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 32 |
| Rented | 17 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in Booroobin
| 0 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 40 |
| 3 | 20 |
| 4+ | 12 |
Commute to work in Booroobin
| Car | 50 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 34 |
Top countries of birth in Booroobin
| England | 13 |
|---|---|
| Netherlands | 11 |
| New Zealand | 11 |
| Germany | 4 |
| Turkey | 4 |
Languages used at home in Booroobin
| Turkish | 4 |
|---|---|
| Italian | 3 |
| Japanese | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,905 bird observations recorded near Booroobin — most often seen:
- Lewin's Honeyeater (135)
- Eastern Whipbird (106)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (90)
- Pied Currawong (88)
- Grey Fantail (80)
- Laughing Kookaburra (79)
- Brown Cuckoo-dove (76)
- Torresian Crow (76)
- Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (74)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (71)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (68)
- Brown Thornbill (67)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (67)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Booroobin
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (63)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (61)
- Red-browed Finch (55)
- White-browed Scrubwren (55)
- Australian King-parrot (52)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (51)
- Green Catbird (50)
- White-throated Treecreeper (50)
- Satin Bowerbird (49)
- Welcome Swallow (48)
- Australasian Figbird (47)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (43)
- South-east Eastern Whipbird (43)
- Rufous Fantail (41)
- Wompoo Fruit-dove (41)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (40)
- Australian Magpie (39)
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 Booroobin:
- Wootha (4.1 km)
- Cedarton (6 km)
- Reesville (6.1 km)
- Bellthorpe (6.9 km)
- Commissioners Flat (7.6 km)
- Crohamhurst (8.4 km)
- Conondale (8.7 km)
- Stanmore (8.8 km)
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Streets
- Gap Road (10)
- Maleny-stanley River Road (78)
- Mears Lane (11)
- Policeman Spur Road (12)
- Postmans Track (10)
- Scotts Road (22)
- Skerman Lane (22)
