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QLD · Ipswich Council
Booval, 4304
Est. population · Jun 2025
2,901
Growth (1 yr)
+0.9%
Growth (5 yr)
+2.9%
Median age
43
Median income
$994/wk
Employment rate
43.4%
Languages at home
6.7%non-English
Most common: Tagalog, Punjabi, Samoan
2021 Census · usual residence
Desirability score
- Excellent transport
- Education hub
- Café precinct
- Heritage area
- High desirability
Suburb profile
Booval is a practical mid-sized suburb in Ipswich Council, well placed for families who want metro access without the inner-city squeeze. Well placed between the city and outer suburbs, it offers practical access in every direction. Established families and long-term residents give the suburb a settled feel, with plenty of young families in the mix.
For metro suburbs, the café and dining scene is notably rich, with locals returning to favourite spots. Open space is thinner than in many metro suburbs, so residents often travel a little further for a longer park day. Everyday errands are walkable, and buses and trains keep the wider city within easy reach.
Housing is more affordable than in many parts of the state. This is a mature, settled pocket where the existing streetscape still defines the local character.
The overall desirability read is around average, pulled by softer community and employment compared with similar metro suburbs, though schools and education remain brighter spots.
At a glance
Booval snapshot
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median rent
$495/wk
Population (ERP)
2,901
+0.9% annual growth
Dwelling vacancy
10.5%
Census unoccupied dwellings
Livability profile
Desirability pillars vs the peer median (50th percentile)
How it compares
Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles
Desirability
#169
among Metro Brisbane · Established
Safety
90th
percentile in state (higher = safer)
Pop. growth
38th
percentile in QLD
Advantage (IRSAD)
1/10
national SEIFA decile
School ICSEA
20th
percentile among schools with ICSEA
Population growth
Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years
Housing mix
Dwelling types from the 2021 Census
Risks & flags
Quick scan — open a section below for full context
Living here
Desirability
Ranks & confidence
- Desirability score
- 43.6/100 — Average
- State standing
- Top 45% of Queensland's suburbs
- National rank
- 3152nd in Australia
- State rank
- 680th in QLD
- Peer rank
- #169 among Metro Brisbane · Established suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #314 among Metro Brisbane suburbs
- Data confidence
- 75%
Data sources & freshness
- Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
Housing
- All types (Mar 2026)
- $495
Median weekly rent from Queensland RTA rental bond data. Figures can be unreliable where few bonds were lodged in the quarter.
Contributes to desirability score · Housing (15%) · Future Growth (7%)
Median price, rental yield and vacancy Recent price momentum
Data sources & freshness
- RTA bond statistics — Residential Tenancies Authority (Queensland) · Mar 2026 · Updated · Quarterly releases
Population
Estimated resident population
2,901(June 2025)
+0.9% annual · +2.9% over 5 years · 38th percentile in QLD
Growth figures & methodology
- Annual growth
- +0.9%
- 5-year growth
- +2.9%
- Change in 1 year
- +25
- Change in 5 years
- +81
- Growth rank in QLD
- 38th percentile
ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to this suburb from SA2-level data. Not an official ABS suburb count.
Methodology
Figures are allocated from ABS Estimated Resident Population at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), using 2021 Census share within overlapping SA2 regions. Where Census data is unavailable, area overlap is used instead.
The dashed chart line is a simple growth-trend estimate to June 2030 (~3,000), extrapolated at +0.7% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 2,723
- Median age
- 43
- Median household income / week
- $994
- Dwelling vacancy
- 10.5%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 145 of 1,386
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,300
- Employment rate
- 43.4%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 786 / 257 / 191 (+ 6 other)
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Employment, household income and age diversity (2021 Census)
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
- Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries
Community & culture
No 2021 Census cultural diversity data for this suburb yet.
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Crime & safety
Reported offences are running lower than the same point last year.
Offence counts & rates
- Total offences (Jan 2026 to Aug 2026)
- 277
- Against the person
- 47
- Against property
- 137
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 95.5
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 58 residents
- State safety percentile
- 90.2th (lower crime is better)
- Increase (daily rate, partial year)
- +4%
Most common offence types
- Assault126
- Drug Offences264
- Other Property Damage126
- Other Theft (Excl. Unlawful Entry)471
- Traffic And Related Offences159
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Crime rate and year-on-year trend
Data sources & freshness
- QPS Online Crime Map — Queensland Police Service · Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 → Jan 2026 to Aug 2026; Jan 2026 to Aug 2026 · Updated · Calendar-year aggregates
Family & Lifestyle
Schools & preschools
- Schools within 2 km
- 5
- Median school ICSEA (5 schools)
- 937
- Median ICSEA percentile
- 20th
School list
- Sacred Heart SchoolPrimary · Catholic · ICSEA 1022 · 57th percentile · LBOTE 8% · 548 students · Top SEA quarter 10% · 0.2 km awayView on My School →
- Silkstone State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 937 · 20th percentile · LBOTE 14% · 675 students · Top SEA quarter 5% · 1.0 km awayView on My School →
- Bundamba State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 897 · 10th percentile · LBOTE 23% · 374 students · Top SEA quarter 1% · 1.2 km awayView on My School →
- Ipswich East State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 878 · 7th percentile · LBOTE 13% · 287 students · Top SEA quarter 2% · 1.6 km awayView on My School →
- Claremont Special SchoolSpecial · Government · ICSEA 964 · 31th percentile · LBOTE 16% · 199 students · Top SEA quarter 11% · 1.7 km awayView on My School →
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
School and preschool counts, median school ICSEA
Data sources & freshness
- ACARA school locations — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
- School ICSEA scores — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
Childcare
2 childcare services from OpenStreetMap
- BindarraCole Streetchildcare
- kindergartenkindergarten
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
Childcare centre count
Data sources & freshness
- Childcare services — OpenStreetMap · current · Updated
Public transport
18 public transport stops in this suburb
- Booval Fair
- Booval Fair
- Booval station
- Brisbane Rd at Eileen Street
- Brisbane Rd at Hamilton Street
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Public transport stop coverage
Data sources & freshness
- GTFS public transport stops — State transport authority open-data feeds · current · Updated
Amenities
139 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
3 restaurants · 4 cafes · 2 pubs · 1 bars · 2 supermarkets · 1 pharmacies · 6 fast food · 1 bakeries
Local character & venue list
Local character
- Highly walkable for everyday errands
- Decent local green space — 0 parks in suburb, 2 playgrounds nearby
- Well connected by public transport — 18 public transport stops
- Good everyday shopping nearby — 7 shops and services
- Walkability proxy
- 97/100
- Cafés per 1,000 residents
- 1.47
- Food & drink per 1,000 residents
- 6.24
- Parks per 1,000 residents
- 0
Food & drink(17)
- Booval BakeryBakery
- Tap'dBar
170 Brisbane Road, Booval
- Coffee ClubCafe
- Double Zero BakeryCafe
176 Glebe Road
- Kreative DessertsCafe
47 South Station Road, Booval
- Zarraffa's CoffeeCafe
- Cheesecake ShopFast food
- Hungry Jack'sFast food
213 Brisbane Road, Booval
- KFCFast food
- McDonald'sFast food
- Red RoosterFast food
- SubwayFast food
- Prince Alfred HotelPub
170 Brisbane Road, Booval
- Racehorse HotelPub
- Char'dRestaurant
170 Brisbane Road, Booval
- PlantationsRestaurant
170 Brisbane Road, Booval
- Spice GardenRestaurant
Shopping(8)
- Mega MeatsButcher
Unit 2 116 Brisbane Road, Booval
- FoodaryConvenience store
- Reddy ExpressConvenience store
- Star MartConvenience store
203-209 Brisbane Road, Booval
- Loui's Fruit MarketGreengrocer
116 Brisbane Road, Booval
- AldiSupermarket
22 South Station Road
- WoolworthsSupermarket
Community(2)
- BindarraChildcare
18 Cole Street, Booval
- Kindergarten
Health & services(4)
- Kambu Booval Respiratory ClinicClinic
Unit 3 160 Brisbane Road, Booval
- Station Road Medical CentreClinic
18 South Station Road
- Pharmacy
214 Brisbane Road, Booval
- Veterinary
Sport & outdoors(4)
- Picnic area
- Playground (2)
- Sports field
Transport(15)
13 bus stops · 2 train stations
Other(52)
- Dan Murphy'sAlcohol
215 Brisbane Road
- Harry Brown'sAlcohol
170 Brisbane Road, Booval
- Abundant Life ChiropracticAlternative
- ANZATM
- Bendigo BankATM
- Baby BuntingBaby Goods
Unit 5a 214 Brisbane Road, Booval
- Bendigo BankBank
Unit 2 160 Brisbane Road, Booval
- Bbq (2)
- Llewellyn MotorsCar
- Llewellyn Motors Parts and AccessoriesCar Parts
- RepcoCar Parts
Unit 2 214 Brisbane Road, Booval
- Supercheap AutoCar Parts
206-208 Brisbane Road, Booval
- Llewellyn Motors Service CentreCar repair
- Car wash
- RSEA SafetyClothes
Unit 5 214 Brisbane Road, Booval
- Totally WorkwearClothes
116-124 Brisbane Road, Booval
- Common
- AmpolCompressed Air
- UnitedCompressed Air
- Big WDepartment Store
- Harvey NormanDepartment Store
214 Brisbane Road, Booval
- Drinking water (2)
- The Good GuysElectronics
190-194 Brisbane Road, Booval
- Club-XErotic
160 Brisbane Road, Booval
- Fitness Station
- Early SettlerFurniture
Unit 1 214 Brisbane Road
- Total ToolsHardware
200 Brisbane Road, Booval
- Racehorse HotelHotel
215 Brisbane Road
- Booval Fair Shopping CentreMall
- Nutrition WarehouseNutrition Supplements
208 Brisbane Road, Booval
- Australia Post Parcel LockerParcel Locker
- Booval park 'n' rideParking
- Parking (30)
- Racehorse HotelParking
- Parking Entrance (7)
- AmpolPetrol station
- CaltexPetrol station
203-209 Brisbane Road, Booval
- ShellPetrol station
- Woolworths PetrolPetrol station
- Glebe Road Uniting ChurchPlace of worship
- Place of worship
- Booval Post OfficePost office
- Public toilets
- JaycarRadiotechnics
Unit 1 160 Brisbane Road, Booval
- Shelter (2)
- Telephone
- TelstraTelephone
- Tyres
160 Brisbane Road, Booval
- Vacuum Cleaner
- Fair Dinkum BargainsVariety Store
214 Brisbane Road, Booval
- EB GamesVideo Games
- CPAP DirectYes
Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually.
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Food, shopping, recreation and sport (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Places of worship
2 places of worship within ~1.5 km
- Glebe Road Uniting Church
- Place of worship
From OpenStreetMap within ~1.5 km of the suburb centre.
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Health access
- Hospitals & GP clinics in suburb
- 4
- Nearest hospital
- Ipswich Hospice Care (2.7 km)
- Nearest hospital type
- Hospital
- Nearest hospital emergency
- Emergency department
- Emergency department in suburb
- Not in suburb
- Abundant Life ChiropracticAlternative
- Kambu Booval Respiratory ClinicBrisbane RoadClinic
- PharmacyBrisbane RoadPharmacy
- Station Road Medical CentreSouth Station RoadClinic
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Hospitals and GP clinics
Data sources & freshness
- Hospitals & clinics — OpenStreetMap + state health datasets · current · Updated
NDIS participation
- NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
- 147
- Participants per 1,000 residents
- 50.7
Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.
For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.
Data sources & freshness
- NDIS participants by SA2 — National Disability Insurance Agency · 2026-Q1 · Updated · Quarterly SA2 counts allocated to suburb boundaries
Weather
Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.
Summer (Dec–Feb)
- Usual max / min
- 28° / 18°
- Rainfall
- 493 mm · ~62 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
- Usual max / min
- 25° / 14°
- Rainfall
- 343 mm · ~43 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
- Usual max / min
- 20° / 7°
- Rainfall
- 144 mm · ~18 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
- Usual max / min
- 25° / 12°
- Rainfall
- 249 mm · ~31 rainy days
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Temperature and humidity comfort
Data sources & freshness
- Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated
Future & Planning
Heritage
2 heritage places
- Booval HouseState heritage place
- Booval War MemorialState heritage place
Data sources & freshness
- State heritage register — State heritage authority · current · Updated
Hazards
- Bushfire planning zone
- No overlay at centroid
Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via Queensland Bushfire Prone Area mapping.
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Bushfire hazard overlays
Data sources & freshness
- Hazard planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated
Politics & representation
- Federal electorate
- Blair
- Member of Parliament
- Shayne NEUMANN (Australian Labor Party)
- Results from
- 2025 federal election
- Electorate enrolment (2025)
- 142,006
- Turnout (2025)
- 88.2%
- Swing since 2022 (2025)
- +0.5 pp toward Labor
Two-party preferred (2025)
Coalition 44.3%Labor 55.7%
Estimated suburb voting profile
Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 3.1 km away).
Coalition 36.1%Labor 63.9%
8.2 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: +0.8 pp toward Labor
Nearest polling places
- SilkstoneLabor 64.6% · Coalition 35.4% TPP (2025)0.9 km away
- North BoovalLabor 64.1% · Coalition 35.9% TPP (2025)1.0 km away
- Bundamba SouthLabor 62.8% · Coalition 37.2% TPP (2025)1.3 km away
- Newtown IpswichLabor 65.8% · Coalition 34.2% TPP (2025)1.5 km away
- East IpswichLabor 63.9% · Coalition 36.1% TPP (2025)1.7 km away
Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.
Data sources & freshness
- Federal election results — Australian Electoral Commission · Updated · 2025 election with by-election overlays
Socio-economic
- IRSAD decile (2021)
- 1/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 1/10
ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).
What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?
IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.
IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.
A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD decile)
Data sources & freshness
- SEIFA 2021 (IRSAD / IRSD) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
More in Ipswich Council
Other suburbs in the same local government area.
Comparable suburbs
Similar population and socio-economic profile in other parts of Queensland.