Boolgun SA 5330
19 addresses · 5 streets
Barker Electorate › Loxton Waikerie LGA › Boolgun · 146 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Boolgun is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 11 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $949 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 Australian, English, German. 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 Waikerie statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Boolgun 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: 26.8% 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 | 26.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 32.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 16.7% · Labour-force participation 60%
Population by age in Boolgun
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 4 |
| 55-64 | 4 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Boolgun
| House | 4 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Boolgun
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Boolgun
| Australian | 4 |
|---|---|
| English | 3 |
| German | 3 |
| Scottish | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
Housing tenure in Boolgun
| Owned | 4 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Boolgun
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Boolgun
| Car | 6 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
179 bird observations recorded near Boolgun — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (15)
- Yellow-plumed Honeyeater (14)
- Weebill (13)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (10)
- Galah (9)
- Spotted Pardalote (9)
- Masked Woodswallow (8)
- White-browed Woodswallow (8)
- Yellow-throated Miner (8)
- Jacky Winter (6)
- Red Wattlebird (6)
- Australian Ringneck (5)
- Crested Bellbird (5)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Boolgun
- Dusky Woodswallow (5)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (5)
- Western Striated Pardalote (5)
- Emu (4)
- Hooded Robin (4)
- Inland Grey Butcherbird (4)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (4)
- White-winged Chough (4)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (4)
- Australian Owlet-nightjar (3)
- Australian Raven (3)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (3)
- Chestnut Quail-thrush (3)
- Chestnut-rumped Thornbill (3)
- Common Bronzewing (3)
- Mulga Parrot (3)
- North-eastern Brown Treecreeper (3)
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 Boolgun:
- Holder Siding (8.4 km)
- Maggea (9.3 km)
- New Well (14.7 km)
- Kanni (19.1 km)
- Mantung (21.7 km)
- Wunkar (22.4 km)
- Lowbank (23.3 km)
- Notts Well (24 km)
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Streets
- Boolgun Road (9)
- Lowbank Road (3)
- Maggea Road (3)
- Thomas Road (1)
- West Boundary Road (3)