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Boston SA 5607

597 addresses · 35 streets

Grey Electorate › Lower Eyre Peninsula LGA › Boston · 254 km from Adelaide

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Living Here

Boston is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 1,169 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $2,199 a week, with median rent near $345 a week. Most homes are houses. About 92% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

1,169Population
40Median age
$2,199Median household income / wk
$345Median rent / wk
3.0Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Port Lincoln statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Boston itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Bus interchange: Premier Stateliner, 4.5 km south-east · Airport: Port Lincoln Airport, 9.5 km north-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 8/10
Economic resources9/10
Education & jobs5/10

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: 11% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Boston

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Boston SA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202011.0%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202113.5%

Demographics

Unemployment 2% · Labour-force participation 69.8%

Population by age in Boston
Population by age, Boston SA (ABS Census 2021)
0-474
5-14223
15-1964
20-2428
25-3495
35-44202
45-54177
55-64145
65-74115
75-8436
85+5
Dwelling types in Boston
Dwelling types, Boston SA (ABS Census 2021)
House359
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other5
Households by weekly income in Boston
Households by weekly income, Boston SA (ABS Census 2021)
<$65015
$650-1,49964
$1,500-2,999146
$3,000+74
Top ancestries in Boston
Top ancestries, Boston SA (ABS Census 2021)
Australian541
English476
Scottish125
German106
Ancestry NS89
Irish78
Housing tenure in Boston
Housing tenure, Boston SA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned111
Mortgage216
Rented27
Other0
Cars per household in Boston
Cars per household, Boston SA (ABS Census 2021)
00
147
2162
389
4+57
Commute to work in Boston
Commute to work, Boston SA (ABS Census 2021)
Car444
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked7
Bicycle0
Home36
Top countries of birth in Boston
Top countries of birth, Boston SA (ABS Census 2021)
England21
New Zealand8
South Africa6
Philippines3
Scotland3
Languages used at home in Boston
Languages used at home, Boston SA (ABS Census 2021)
Greek6
Afrikaans4

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

2,561 bird observations recorded near Boston — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Boston

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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Image — Michael Coghlan from Adelaide, Australia · CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons).