Boorcan VIC 3265
79 addresses · 11 streets
Wannon Electorate › Corangamite LGA › Boorcan · 176 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Boorcan is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 142 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $1,292 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 70% of households own their home and 25% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Corangamite - North statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Boorcan itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 golf clubs
Getting around. Train station: Terang, 9.9 km west · Airport: Warrnambool Airport, 51.3 km 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: 3.3% 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 | 3.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 2.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.5% · Labour-force participation 79.4%
Population by age in Boorcan
| 0-4 | 13 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 26 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 12 |
| 35-44 | 20 |
| 45-54 | 16 |
| 55-64 | 26 |
| 65-74 | 12 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Boorcan
| House | 55 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Boorcan
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 24 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 9 |
| $3,000+ | 11 |
Top ancestries in Boorcan
| English | 76 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 50 |
| Irish | 30 |
| Scottish | 27 |
| Other | 10 |
| NZ | 6 |
Housing tenure in Boorcan
| Owned | 25 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 12 |
| Rented | 13 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Boorcan
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 29 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4+ | 10 |
Commute to work in Boorcan
| Car | 39 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 25 |
Top countries of birth in Boorcan
| New Zealand | 11 |
|---|---|
| England | 8 |
| Philippines | 5 |
Languages used at home in Boorcan
| German | 5 |
|---|---|
| Tagalog | 5 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
130 bird observations recorded near Boorcan — most often seen:
- Common Starling (15)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (9)
- Brown Falcon (8)
- Little Raven (7)
- Australian Magpie (5)
- Black Swan (5)
- European Goldfinch (5)
- Welcome Swallow (5)
- Australian Wood Duck (4)
- Dusky Moorhen (4)
- Fairy Martin (4)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (4)
- House Sparrow (4)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Boorcan
- Magpie-lark (4)
- Superb Fairy-wren (4)
- White-necked Heron (4)
- Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (4)
- Australian Shelduck (3)
- Black-shouldered Kite (3)
- Eurasian Blackbird (3)
- Grey Fantail (3)
- Long-billed Corella (3)
- Masked Lapwing (3)
- Pacific Black Duck (3)
- Red Wattlebird (3)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (3)
- Australian White Ibis (2)
- Eastern Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (2)
- Eurasian Coot (2)
- Eurasian Skylark (2)
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 Boorcan:
- Naroghid (5 km)
- Noorat East (5 km)
- Gnotuk (6.9 km)
- Cobrico (7.7 km)
- Glenormiston South (8.4 km)
- Skibo (8.8 km)
- Noorat (8.8 km)
- Glenormiston North (8.9 km)
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Streets
- Batemans Road (15)
- Boorcan Road (11)
- Castle Carey Road (2)
- Geddes Road (3)
- Hoses Lane (2)
- Marida Yallock Road (7)
- Oswells Road (3)
- Princes Highway (16)
- Roycrofts Road (10)
- Rutters Road (4)
- Vaggs Road (6)
