Bowna NSW 2644
63 addresses · 7 streets
Farrer Electorate › Greater Hume Shire LGA › Bowna · 438 km from Sydney
Living Here
Bowna is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 115 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $2,187 a week, with median rent near $275 a week. Most homes are houses. About 69% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Albury Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bowna itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Albury Airport, 19.6 km south-west.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 5.9% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 5.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 8.5% |
Demographics
Population by age in Bowna
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 22 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 9 |
| 35-44 | 15 |
| 45-54 | 17 |
| 55-64 | 26 |
| 65-74 | 12 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Bowna
| House | 43 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Bowna
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 18 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 11 |
| $3,000+ | 9 |
Top ancestries in Bowna
| Australian | 63 |
|---|---|
| English | 47 |
| Irish | 23 |
| Scottish | 17 |
| Greek | 9 |
| Aboriginal | 5 |
Housing tenure in Bowna
| Owned | 13 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 14 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 9 |
Cars per household in Bowna
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 14 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4+ | 9 |
Commute to work in Bowna
| Car | 36 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 25 |
Top countries of birth in Bowna
| England | 4 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Bowna
| Thai | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
908 bird observations recorded near Bowna — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (78)
- Galah (71)
- Australian Wood Duck (56)
- Common Starling (44)
- Magpie-lark (42)
- Eastern Rosella (40)
- Red Wattlebird (38)
- Willie Wagtail (36)
- Australian Raven (34)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (34)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (32)
- Pacific Black Duck (30)
- Red-rumped Parrot (29)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bowna
- Welcome Swallow (28)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (27)
- Eurasian Blackbird (26)
- Crested Pigeon (23)
- Striated Pardalote (23)
- Superb Fairy-wren (22)
- Rufous Songlark (20)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (20)
- Eastern Barn Owl (18)
- Eastern Galah (18)
- Grey Teal (18)
- House Sparrow (18)
- Masked Lapwing (18)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (17)
- Australian Pelican (16)
- Pied Currawong (16)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (16)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Bowna:
- Mullengandra (7.9 km)
- Table Top (12.3 km)
- Wirlinga (13 km)
- Wymah (13.7 km)
- Ettamogah (15.7 km)
- Thurgoona (15.8 km)
- Lake Hume Village (17.4 km)
- Woomargama (17.7 km)
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Streets
- Bowna Road (15)
- Hore Road (7)
- Hume Highway (2)
- Kiley Road (5)
- Newton Road (1)
- Plunkett Road (11)
- Wymah Road (22)
