Booral
QLD 4655 · Fraser Coast
1,636 (2021) → 2,218 est. (2025)
Based on transport, liveability & education. Safety is scored separately below.
Booral is a suburb in Fraser Coast, QLD 4655, about 236km from Brisbane CBD. Recent property sales in Booral are too limited to report a reliable median price. The suburb has no schools recorded, a transport score of 0/100, and is a short drive from the coast. Booral has an overall score of 21/100, based on transport, liveability and education, plus a separate residential safety score of 88/100.
Demographics
Age distribution
Housing tenure
- Owned
- Mortgage
- Rented
Commute to work
- Car
- Public transport
- Walk/cycle
- Work from home
Top countries of birth: England (4.58%), New Zealand (3.61%), South Africa (0.79%), Germany (0.73%), Philippines (0.61%)
Top languages: Afrikaans (0.43%), German (0.43%), Russian (0.43%), Vietnamese (0.37%), Italian (0.18%)
Source: ABS Census 2021
Residential Safety
Small population (under 3,000) — crime rates may be volatile due to low sample size.
QLDdoesn't publish crime data at the suburb level. The rates shown are the Fraser Coast local-government-area average applied to this suburb, so other suburbs in the same LGA share the same figures.
Recorded residential incidents (latest year), with rate per 100,000 residents:
Residential incidents over time
Sum of the five residential categories above — not all recorded crime.
Area crime context
An independent score — crime data quality varies by state, so safety is shown separately and is not part of the overall score.
Source: Queensland Police Service (LGA-level) · Updated 2025
Schools
Average ICSEA of schools within 10km 986 (below the national average of 1000).
No schools inside the suburb boundary — the schools below are in adjoining suburbs (counted within 10km for the education score).
Nearby (within 10km)
- Fraser Coast Anglican CollegeCombined · Independent · 5.3kmICSEA 1107
- Star of the Sea Catholic SchoolPrimary · Catholic · 5.5kmICSEA 1020
- Sandy Strait State SchoolPrimary · Government · 6.1kmICSEA 969
- Urangan State High SchoolSecondary · Government · 6.5kmICSEA 965
- Urangan Point State SchoolPrimary · Government · 7.1kmICSEA 939
- Kawungan State SchoolPrimary · Government · 7.4kmICSEA 981
- Hervey Bay Special SchoolCombined · Government · 7.4kmICSEA 959
- Torquay State SchoolPrimary · Government · 7.8kmICSEA 893
- Bayside Christian College Hervey BayCombined · Independent · 9.6kmICSEA 1022
- Hervey Bay State High SchoolSecondary · Government · 9.8kmICSEA 957
- St James Lutheran CollegeCombined · Independent · 9.8kmICSEA 1036
- Pialba State SchoolPrimary · Government · 10kmICSEA 910
Source: ACARA 2023
Transport
Source: TfNSW GTFS
Liveability
Amenities within 2–3km
Counted within a short distance of the suburb centre (so nearby facilities count), with the in-boundary count shown beneath.
Source: Bureau of Meteorology · OpenStreetMap
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Frequently asked questions about Booral
Is Booral safe?
Booral has a residential safety score of 88/100, based on residential crime (break-ins, theft from dwellings, vehicle theft, domestic assault and robbery) per resident relative to the NSW median. Its total recorded incident rate is 5,606 per 100,000 across all categories.
How far is Booral from Brisbane CBD?
Booral is about 235.7 km from Brisbane CBD.
What schools are in Booral?
Booral has 0 schools. Schools are listed factually, not ranked.
What is public transport like in Booral?
Booral has a transport score of 0/100.