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Point Boston SA 5607

220 addresses · 14 streets

Grey Electorate › Lower Eyre Peninsula LGA › Point Boston · 246 km from Adelaide

Living Here

Point Boston is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 62 people, with a median age of 36. The typical household earns around $1,437 a week, with median rent near $330 a week. Most homes are houses. About 62% of households own their home and 38% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

62Population
36Median age
$1,437Median household income / wk
$330Median rent / wk
2.6Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Port Lincoln Airport, 5 km west.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 4/10
Economic resources5/10
Education & jobs3/10

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: 6.7% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Point Boston

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

Tree cover measures, Point Boston SA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20206.7%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202134.2%

Demographics

Unemployment 6.3% · Labour-force participation 68.1%

Population by age in Point Boston
Population by age, Point Boston SA (ABS Census 2021)
0-44
5-149
15-194
20-240
25-343
35-4412
45-5411
55-649
65-744
75-840
85+0
Dwelling types in Point Boston
Dwelling types, Point Boston SA (ABS Census 2021)
House20
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Point Boston
Households by weekly income, Point Boston SA (ABS Census 2021)
<$6500
$650-1,4999
$1,500-2,9995
$3,000+3
Top ancestries in Point Boston
Top ancestries, Point Boston SA (ABS Census 2021)
English30
Australian14
Irish12
Korean7
German6
Scottish5
Housing tenure in Point Boston
Housing tenure, Point Boston SA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned5
Mortgage8
Rented8
Other0
Cars per household in Point Boston
Cars per household, Point Boston SA (ABS Census 2021)
00
17
216
33
4+0
Commute to work in Point Boston
Commute to work, Point Boston SA (ABS Census 2021)
Car23
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked0
Bicycle0
Home0
Top countries of birth in Point Boston
Top countries of birth, Point Boston SA (ABS Census 2021)
England13

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,987 bird observations recorded near Point Boston — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Point 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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Streets

Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.