Boisdale VIC 3860
183 addresses · 26 streets
Gippsland Electorate › Wellington LGA › Boisdale · 177 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Boisdale is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 307 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $1,468 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 81% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Maffra statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Boisdale itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 hospital
2 golf clubs
1 mechanic
1 plumber
Getting around. Airport: West Sale Airport, 24.9 km south.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Boisdale.
- Boisdale Recreation Reserve Australian Rules Football, Netball, Tennis (Outdoor)
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: 35.5% 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 | 35.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 42.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 8.2% · Labour-force participation 59.1%
Population by age in Boisdale
| 0-4 | 20 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 35 |
| 15-19 | 21 |
| 20-24 | 15 |
| 25-34 | 33 |
| 35-44 | 34 |
| 45-54 | 52 |
| 55-64 | 35 |
| 65-74 | 39 |
| 75-84 | 22 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Boisdale
| House | 107 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Boisdale
| <$650 | 13 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 34 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 32 |
| $3,000+ | 10 |
Top ancestries in Boisdale
| Australian | 125 |
|---|---|
| English | 113 |
| Scottish | 50 |
| Irish | 38 |
| Ancestry NS | 36 |
| Other | 21 |
Housing tenure in Boisdale
| Owned | 37 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 47 |
| Rented | 16 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Boisdale
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 22 |
| 2 | 50 |
| 3 | 19 |
| 4+ | 19 |
Commute to work in Boisdale
| Car | 75 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 20 |
Top countries of birth in Boisdale
| England | 7 |
|---|---|
| Philippines | 4 |
| Canada | 3 |
Languages used at home in Boisdale
| Mandarin | 4 |
|---|---|
| Tagalog | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
735 bird observations recorded near Boisdale — most often seen:
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (55)
- Grey Fantail (38)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (33)
- Superb Fairy-wren (32)
- Common Starling (31)
- Eastern Rosella (30)
- Grey Butcherbird (30)
- Magpie-lark (28)
- Australian Wood Duck (27)
- Little Raven (27)
- Pacific Black Duck (24)
- Scarlet Robin (24)
- Australian Magpie (23)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Boisdale
- Crimson Rosella (23)
- Galah (23)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (22)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (21)
- Common Myna (21)
- Noisy Miner (21)
- Yellow Thornbill (21)
- Brown Thornbill (20)
- Laughing Kookaburra (20)
- Spotted Pardalote (19)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (19)
- Willie Wagtail (18)
- Eurasian Blackbird (17)
- Red Wattlebird (17)
- Rufous Whistler (17)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (17)
- White-faced Heron (17)
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 Boisdale:
- Bushy Park (4.1 km)
- Valencia Creek (6.8 km)
- Llowalong (7.1 km)
- Newry (7.9 km)
- Maffra (10 km)
- Briagolong (10 km)
- Tinamba West (13 km)
- Maffra West Upper (13 km)
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Streets
- Back Boisdale Road (8)
- Back Valencia Creek Road (9)
- Back Wombat Road (12)
- Black Fellah Camp Road (1)
- Boisdale-newry Road (9)
- Boisdale-valencia Creek Road (18)
- Boundary Track (3)
- Bushy Park Road (1)
- Cannons Lane (2)
- Coloes Road (7)
- Donahue Road (1)
- Football Lane (4)
- Hamiltons Road (9)
- Harveys Road (1)
- Locks Road (9)
- Luckmans Road (17)
- Maffra-briagolong Road (14)
- Main Street (35)
- Malcolms Road (5)
- Mathers Road (1)
- Morgans Road (5)
- Pearces Lane (5)
- Ridleys Lane (3)
- Sellings Road (1)
- Warrigal-toms Creek Road (1)
- Woolshed Lane (2)
