Boort, VIC
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Boort is a town in the Shire of Loddon in north-central Victoria, set among a chain of lakes about 250 kilometres north-west of Melbourne. It lies in Dja Dja Wurrung country, and its name is generally said to come from a Dja Dja Wurrung word meaning 'smoke from the hill'. The district is notable for its Aboriginal scarred trees; more than five hundred are estimated to survive in the area, marking long occupation of the country. European pastoralists took up land from 1846, and the railway reached the town in 1883. Boort is best known today for the 'Spanner Man', a roadside collection of metal sculptures welded from old farm tools by local farmer John Piccoli. It remains a friendly lakeside farming town.
Less advantaged than the national average
Boort is more socio-economically advantaged than about 26% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 943, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Is Boort a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Below the national middle on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Boort from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
26/100Less advantaged than the national average
Less advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (26/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
82/100More affordable than most suburbs
Median weekly rent was $180 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 82% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Boort at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 940
- Median age
- 57
- Median weekly household income
- $1,054
- SEIFA score
- 943
- Local government area
- Loddon
- Coordinates
- -36.1236, 143.7419
Map of Boort
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Housing & property in Boort
What it costs to live in Boort and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $180
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $949
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 81%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 12%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Boort demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Boort demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Boort using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is seniors (65+) at 37% and 8% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 142 | 15% |
| Youth (15–24) | 77 | 8% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 133 | 14% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 237 | 25% |
| Seniors (65+) | 346 | 37% |
Share of the 935 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 205 | 58% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 82 | 23% |
| Rented | 41 | 12% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 334 | 97% |
| Townhouses & semis | 11 | 3% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 345 occupied private dwellings in Boort.
- Average household size
- 2.1 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,449
- Median weekly personal income
- $573
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 59 (8%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 31 (4%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 15 (2%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 233 (30%)
- Labour-force participation
- 43%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.2%
- Employed full-time
- 173
- Employed part-time
- 134
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
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Common questions about Boort
Is Boort a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage and housing affordability, Boort rates 45/100 overall (Below the national middle on the data we score). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Boort?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Boort was $180, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $949. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Boort?
Boort is a suburb of Victoria, Australia, in the Loddon local government area.
What is the population of Boort?
At the 2021 Census, Boort had a population of about 940.
Is Boort an advantaged area?
Boort has an ABS SEIFA score of 943, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 26 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 26% of Australian suburbs.
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