Boorolite VIC 3723
143 addresses · 12 streets
Indi Electorate › Mansfield LGA › Boorolite · 132 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Boorolite is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 166 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,875 a week, with median rent near $225 a week. Most homes are houses. About 77% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. 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 Mansfield (Vic.) statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Boorolite itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Sport & Recreation
2 facilities recorded in Boorolite.
- Chapel Hill ITT Cycling
- Lancefield Circuit Cycling
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: 11.1% 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 | 11.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 17.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.5% · Labour-force participation 59%
Population by age in Boorolite
| 0-4 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 24 |
| 15-19 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 12 |
| 25-34 | 9 |
| 35-44 | 14 |
| 45-54 | 18 |
| 55-64 | 35 |
| 65-74 | 21 |
| 75-84 | 9 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Boorolite
| House | 54 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Boorolite
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 9 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 24 |
| $3,000+ | 12 |
Top ancestries in Boorolite
| English | 73 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 58 |
| Scottish | 20 |
| Ancestry NS | 20 |
| Irish | 19 |
| Dutch | 10 |
Housing tenure in Boorolite
| Owned | 30 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 17 |
| Rented | 9 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Boorolite
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 23 |
| 3 | 19 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Boorolite
| Car | 46 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 23 |
Top countries of birth in Boorolite
| South Africa | 6 |
|---|---|
| England | 5 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
Languages used at home in Boorolite
| German | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
739 bird observations recorded near Boorolite — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (65)
- Superb Fairy-wren (49)
- Common Starling (44)
- Willie Wagtail (43)
- Red Wattlebird (38)
- Magpie-lark (33)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (31)
- Grey Fantail (29)
- Crimson Rosella (27)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (27)
- Little Raven (24)
- Welcome Swallow (23)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (23)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Boorolite
- Australian Wood Duck (20)
- Pacific Black Duck (20)
- Eurasian Blackbird (19)
- Pied Currawong (19)
- Galah (18)
- Laughing Kookaburra (17)
- White-faced Heron (17)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (17)
- Australian King-parrot (16)
- European Goldfinch (16)
- Masked Lapwing (16)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (16)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (15)
- White-browed Scrubwren (15)
- Brown Thornbill (14)
- Grey Teal (14)
- Striated Pardalote (14)
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 Boorolite:
- Delatite (4.3 km)
- Piries (6.8 km)
- Howqua (8.8 km)
- Macs Cove (9.1 km)
- Merrijig (10.1 km)
- Howqua Inlet (10.9 km)
- Mountain Bay (11.9 km)
- Howqua Hills (12.3 km)
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Streets
- Ashwin Road (3)
- Chapel Hill Road (28)
- Danshill Lane (1)
- Desmonds Road (7)
- Fielding Lane (1)
- Hearns Road (27)
- Killarney Lane (24)
- Mt Buller Road (1)
- Phelans Road (3)
- Shanks Lane (6)
- Three Chain Road (20)
- Wairere Road (22)
