Booval QLD, 4304
Booval Real Estate: Suburb Profile
Is Booval, QLD 4304 your dream location? It's wise to establish if it is an ideal consideration, given your lifestyle and circumstances. The Homes.com.au suburb profile utilises market-leading data to provide you with the Booval house prices, demographics & market trends to enable you to make a smart decision on your potential move to the suburb.
Whether you are upsizing or downsizing to Booval, have a little read of our historical overview to discover more about the lifestyle and what the suburb has to offer.
Overview Booval is a suburb belonging to the local government area of the City of Ipswich in Queensland, Australia. With a land area of 1.7 square kilometres, this suburb is home to 2,622 residents (as of 2016). The suburb is located 3 km from Ipswich and 37 km from Brisbane. Among the neighbouring suburbs are East Ipswich, North Booval, Bundamba, and Silkstone.
Living in Booval Booval is a suburb that is divided into two distinct areas: the residential and commercial areas. This suburb straddles the Brisbane Road and has many heritage-listed sites, including the Booval House and the Booval War Memorial.
There are many major chain stores in the suburb of Booval, such as Woolworths and the Cheesecake Shop. There are also plenty of smaller businesses such as restaurants, cafes, food and general stores.
History of Booval The suburb's name is derived from a word of the Kabi language that means ‘frilled lizard’. It was a farming district, and there was even a dormitory built within the suburb for coal miners. It is also the site of the first large-scale cotton crops in the state of Queensland. In 1884, the first post office was opened in the railway station.
The urbanisation of Booval took place in the 1960s but mostly started in the outer areas of Booval. The houses in Booval were inundated during the 2011 floods that hit the region.
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