Howlong NSW 2643

Living Here

Howlong is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 2,997 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,293 a week, with median rent near $290 a week. Most homes are houses. About 80% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • Howlong Public School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • 1/2 Acre Cafe
• 1 supermarket

  • Howlong IGA plus Liquor
• 2 parks

  • Lowe Square
  • Pioneer Park
• 1 Catholic church

  • St Brigid's Catholic Church
• 1 pharmacy

  • Howlong Community Pharmacy
• 1 medical clinic

  • Howlong Community Health Centre
• 1 physiotherapist

  • Back on Track
• 1 childcare centre

  • Howlong Preschool
• 1 library

  • Howlong Library and Resource Centre
• 1 post office

  • Howlong LPO
• 1 service station

  • BP Howlong
• 1 golf club

  • Howlong Golf Course
• 1 playground

  • Lowe Square Playground
• 1 bakery

  • Howlong Country Bakery
• 1 butcher

  • Howlong Butchers
• 2 hairdressers

  • Salon 47
  • Howlong Hairdooz
• 1 place to stay

  • Kismet Riverside Lodge

Getting around. Airport: Corowa Aerodrome, 25.1 km west.

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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: 9.3% 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 4% · Labour-force participation 53.6%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,769 bird observations recorded near Howlong — most often seen:

• Australian Magpie (153)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (132)
• Galah (129)
• Pacific Black Duck (90)
• Australian Wood Duck (87)
• Laughing Kookaburra (84)
• Superb Fairy-wren (63)
• Magpie-lark (61)
• Little Corella (60)
• Eastern Australian Magpie (56)
• House Sparrow (56)
• Crested Pigeon (55)
• Australian Raven (49)

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 Howlong:

• Moorwatha (11.3 km)
• Bungowannah (12.4 km)
• Hopefield (17.7 km)
• Balldale (17.9 km)
• Brocklesby (18.3 km)
• Splitters Creek (20.5 km)
• Burrumbuttock (21.6 km)
• Corowa (22.6 km)

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