Bororen QLD 4678
221 addresses · 26 streets
Flynn Electorate › Gladstone LGA › Bororen · 389 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Bororen is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 399 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,361 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 80% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Agnes Water - Miriam Vale statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bororen itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 park
3 places to stay
Getting around. Train station: Miriam Vale, 11.1 km south-east · Airport: Gladstone Airport, 50.5 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: 32.4% 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 | 32.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 53.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.6% · Labour-force participation 60.1%
Population by age in Bororen
| 0-4 | 24 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 49 |
| 15-19 | 17 |
| 20-24 | 11 |
| 25-34 | 38 |
| 35-44 | 40 |
| 45-54 | 46 |
| 55-64 | 87 |
| 65-74 | 59 |
| 75-84 | 19 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Bororen
| House | 136 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Households by weekly income in Bororen
| <$650 | 23 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 43 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 37 |
| $3,000+ | 12 |
Top ancestries in Bororen
| Australian | 188 |
|---|---|
| English | 172 |
| Irish | 46 |
| Scottish | 29 |
| Ancestry NS | 16 |
| German | 15 |
Housing tenure in Bororen
| Owned | 60 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 51 |
| Rented | 21 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in Bororen
| 0 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 29 |
| 2 | 54 |
| 3 | 32 |
| 4+ | 17 |
Commute to work in Bororen
| Car | 125 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 10 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 28 |
Top countries of birth in Bororen
| England | 10 |
|---|---|
| Philippines | 8 |
| Germany | 5 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
| Thailand | 3 |
| United States | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
439 bird observations recorded near Bororen — most often seen:
- Galah (33)
- Brown Honeyeater (32)
- Australasian Figbird (28)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (28)
- Australian Magpie (23)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (21)
- Striated Pardalote (20)
- Little Friarbird (19)
- Torresian Crow (19)
- Crested Pigeon (16)
- Straw-necked Ibis (16)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (15)
- Noisy Friarbird (15)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bororen
- Willie Wagtail (14)
- Peaceful Dove (13)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (12)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (11)
- Magpie-lark (10)
- Pied Butcherbird (10)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (10)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (9)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (8)
- Brolga (8)
- Mistletoebird (8)
- Black Kite (7)
- Double-barred Finch (7)
- Grey Fantail (7)
- Welcome Swallow (7)
- White-throated Honeyeater (7)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (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 Bororen:
- Miriam Vale (10.8 km)
- Foreshores (14.3 km)
- Iveragh (18.7 km)
- Colosseum (19.3 km)
- Mount Tom (21.8 km)
- Rodds Bay (22.1 km)
- Boynedale (23.4 km)
- Turkey Beach (24.2 km)
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Streets
- Bates Road (11)
- Bruce Highway (9)
- Bushlands Road (3)
- Daisy Dell Road (12)
- Dalgleish Road (5)
- Donaldsons Road (1)
- Dougall Street (17)
- Hickman Street (10)
- Kellys Road (1)
- Kent Street (17)
- Koorawatha Drive (25)
- Lagoons Road (1)
- Lesters Road (4)
- Marshall Street (3)
- Martin Street (13)
- Mcclure Road (2)
- Norton Road (2)
- Randles Road (3)
- Red Hill Road (15)
- Reedbed Road (11)
- Scotts Road (13)
- Smallcombes Road (2)
- Three Mile Road (2)
- Wadeleigh Road (1)
- Wadeleigh Street (32)
- Woodside Road (6)
