Booval straddles Brisbane Road, the main arterial link to the Ipswich Motorway.

The Booval Fair shopping centre, located on Brisbane Road, contains a number of major chain stores, including Woolworths and Big W, while a number of smaller businesses line South Station Rd and Brisbane Rd.

[3] The settlement of Booval derived from a private estate and its strategic location on the road and railway between Ipswich and Brisbane.

Circa November 1905, the Primitive Methodist congregation sold the church building to the Congregational Church, which held its opening services on Sunday, 26 November 1905 with a celebratory tea-meeting on Saturday, 9 December 1905.

[30] The Ipswich City Council operates a fortnightly mobile library service which visits Cole Street.

[12] The Booval Swifts rugby league football club bears the suburb's name.

During the 1920s, two of Booval's players, Dan Dempsey and Arthur Henderson were selected to represent Australia.

The club has also produced other such notable players as Des Morris and Kevin Walters.