Boorara Brook WA 6262
170 addresses · 23 streets
O'Connor Electorate › Manjimup LGA › Boorara Brook · 301 km from Perth
Living Here
Boorara Brook is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 143 people, with a median age of 55. The typical household earns around $900 a week, with median rent near $145 a week. Most homes are houses. About 74% of households own their home and 10% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Pemberton statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Boorara Brook itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 library
1 post office
1 service station
1 hardware store
2 places to stay
Getting around. Airport: Manjimup Airport, 43.2 km north.
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: 59.9% 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 | 59.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 83.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.5% · Labour-force participation 50.4%
Population by age in Boorara Brook
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 12 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 10 |
| 35-44 | 10 |
| 45-54 | 23 |
| 55-64 | 24 |
| 65-74 | 34 |
| 75-84 | 15 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Boorara Brook
| House | 60 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Boorara Brook
| <$650 | 18 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 31 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 10 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Boorara Brook
| English | 69 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 40 |
| Irish | 24 |
| Scottish | 16 |
| Ancestry NS | 11 |
| Other | 9 |
Housing tenure in Boorara Brook
| Owned | 40 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 9 |
Cars per household in Boorara Brook
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 19 |
| 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4+ | 10 |
Commute to work in Boorara Brook
| Car | 27 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 5 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 20 |
Top countries of birth in Boorara Brook
| England | 8 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 5 |
| Scotland | 5 |
| Netherlands | 4 |
| China | 3 |
Languages used at home in Boorara Brook
| Cantonese | 4 |
|---|---|
| Mandarin | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,328 bird observations recorded near Boorara Brook — most often seen:
- Twenty-eight Parrot (80)
- South-western Grey Fantail (70)
- New Holland Honeyeater (59)
- Western Rosella (58)
- South-western Australian Magpie (54)
- Red-eared Firetail (53)
- South-west Western Rosella (51)
- South-western Scarlet Robin (50)
- Gilbert's Honeyeater (49)
- Red Wattlebird (49)
- South-western New Holland Honeyeater (49)
- Western Red Wattlebird (48)
- Western Silvereye (48)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Boorara Brook
- South-western Spotted Scrubwren (47)
- Laughing Kookaburra (45)
- Red-winged Fairy-wren (45)
- Western Spinebill (42)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (41)
- Western Splendid Fairy-wren (41)
- Common Bronzewing (39)
- Western Yellow-rumped Thornbill (39)
- Grey Fantail (35)
- South Australian Golden Whistler (33)
- White-breasted Robin (32)
- Western Australian Raven (30)
- Western Grey Shrike-thrush (30)
- Silvereye (29)
- Red-rumped Tit (28)
- South-western Dusky Woodswallow (27)
- Southern Inland Thornbill (27)
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 Boorara Brook:
- Northcliffe (4.1 km)
- Meerup (9 km)
- Crowea (11.2 km)
- Shannon (16 km)
- Callcup (21.4 km)
- Windy Harbour (23.2 km)
- Collins (23.3 km)
- Quinninup (25.2 km)
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Streets
- Andrews Road (6)
- Bashford Road (3)
- Beebe Road (2)
- Boorara Road (25)
- Docking Road (1)
- Jackson Road (3)
- Kens Road (4)
- Lane Poole Road (1)
- Middleton Road (5)
- Mill No 1 Road (24)
- Mill No 2 Road (12)
- Mill No. 1 Road (24)
- Mill No. 2 Road (13)
- Minchin Road (3)
- Moore Road (3)
- Mottram Road (1)
- Muirillup Road (16)
- Old Mill Road (3)
- Owens Road (1)
- Palm Creek Road (3)
- Riverway Road (12)
- Rudd Road (1)
- Windy Harbour Road (4)
