South Boulder WA 6432

Living Here

South Boulder is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 1,506 people, with a median age of 35. The typical household earns around $1,848 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 68% of households own their home and 29% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Ancestry NS, Australian, English. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Boulder statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: South Boulder itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 11 schools

  • Kalgoorlie School Of The Air
  • Boulder Primary School
  • Saint Joseph's School
  • Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community High School
  • O'Connor Primary School
  • Goldfields Baptist College
  • John Paul College
  • Goldfields Camp School
  • South Kalgoorlie Primary School
  • Eastern Goldfields College

  See all 11 schools near South Boulder →

• 1 café or restaurant

  • Tippett's
• 1 supermarket

  • Lionel Street IGA
• 3 parks

  • Norkal Park
  • Boulder Rotary Park
  • Max Bennett Park
• 1 Catholic church

  • St Mary's Catholic Church
• 2 doctors & medical clinics

  • Boulder Medical Centre
  • Royal Flying Doctor Service
• 1 hospital

  • Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital
• 1 library

  • William Grundt Memorial Library
• 1 post office

  • Boulder LPO
• 3 service stations

  • United
  • BP Kalgoorlie
  • Shell
• 2 gyms & sports centres

  • Boulder Bowling Club
  • Goldfields Oasis
• 1 golf club

  • Kalgoorlie Golf Course
• 1 bakery

  • Goldfield Pastries
• 1 hardware store

  • Bunnings Warehouse
• 19 places to stay

  • Discovery Holiday Park - Boulder
  • Broken Hill Hotel
  • Wyworrie Guest House
  • Kalgoorlie Discovery Holiday Park
  • Rydges Hotel Kalgoorlie
  • Prospector Holiday Park
  • Kalgoorlie Overland Motel
  • Hospitality Kalgoorlie
  • The Miners Rest Motel
  • Kalgoorlie Caravan Park

  See all 19 places to stay near South Boulder →

Getting around. Train station: Kalgoorlie, 5.3 km north-west · Airport: Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport, 2.7 km west.

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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: 1.2% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 6.1% · Labour-force participation 46.8%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

3,864 bird observations recorded near South Boulder — most often seen:

• Inland Singing Honeyeater (250)
• Western Brown Honeyeater (248)
• Magpie-lark (223)
• Pacific Black Duck (186)
• Singing Honeyeater (181)
• Laughing Turtle-dove (174)
• Grey Teal (168)
• Western Red Wattlebird (156)
• Australian Raven (154)
• Australian Shelduck (144)
• Willie Wagtail (144)
• Red Wattlebird (138)
• Black Swan (128)

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 South Boulder:

• Boulder (1.3 km)
• Victory Heights (2 km)
• South Kalgoorlie (3 km)
• Broadwood (4 km)
• Somerville (4 km)
• Kalgoorlie (4.6 km)
• Williamstown (5.1 km)
• West Kalgoorlie (5.3 km)

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