A popular residential area, Boambee East has one local shopping centre, with supermarket, bottle shop, chemist, bakery and newsagent.

A more recent development than Sawtell and Toormina, Boambee East offers a  convenient location, being close to Sawtells beaches, Toormina shopping centre and being only 10ks to Coffs Harbour CBD, with a choice of access via Hogbin Drive, past Coffs Harbour Education Campus, sporting grounds, Stadium, airport or via the highway past the Health Campus, and industrial areas.

A leafy suburb, Boambee East offers two large parks as well as Spoonbill Lake, home to a variety of egrets and swamp hens. Covering almost four square kilometres, and having a population of almost 5,000, the suburb is home to two childcare centres and the Boambee East Community Centre. Predominantly a family area, housing is generally late 1980’s, 1990’s as well as several new subdivisions, with a sprinkling of villas and townhouses  throughout. Many homes enjoy an outlook over semi-rural distant hills.