Bowraville NSW 2449

Living Here

Bowraville is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,157 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $947 a week, with median rent near $260 a week. Most homes are houses. About 73% of households own their home and 24% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Nambucca Heads Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bowraville itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • Bowraville Central School
  • St Mary's Primary School
• 1 Catholic church

  • Corpus Christi Church
• 1 hospital

  • Macksville Hospital
• 1 gym

  • Bowraville Racecourse

Getting around. Train station: Macksville, 9 km south-east · Airport: Nambucca Heads Airport, 12.6 km east.

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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: 41.3% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 9.1% · Labour-force participation 43.3%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,110 bird observations recorded near Bowraville — most often seen:

• Laughing Kookaburra (93)
• White-headed Pigeon (71)
• Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (58)
• Australian Magpie (55)
• Southern Laughing Kookaburra (52)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (50)
• Magpie-lark (48)
• Crested Pigeon (47)
• Noisy Miner (41)
• Tawny Frogmouth (39)
• Southern Magpie-lark (34)
• Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (33)
• Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (33)

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 Bowraville:

• Congarinni North (4.3 km)
• Tewinga (4.4 km)
• Talarm (6.8 km)
• South Arm (6.8 km)
• Wirrimbi (7 km)
• Newee Creek (7.3 km)
• Argents Hill (8.2 km)
• Missabotti (8.4 km)

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