Lowther NSW 2790
47 addresses · 8 streets
Calare Electorate › Lithgow LGA › Lowther · 105 km from Sydney
Living Here
Lowther is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 69 people, with a median age of 62. The typical household earns around $1,562 a week, with median rent near $355 a week. Most homes are houses. About 81% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Lithgow Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Lowther itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
2 hospitals
4 places to stay
Getting around. Airport: Bathurst Airport, 49.1 km north-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: 21.7% 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 | 21.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 42.3% |
Demographics
Population by age in Lowther
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 5 |
| 45-54 | 10 |
| 55-64 | 12 |
| 65-74 | 14 |
| 75-84 | 15 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Lowther
| House | 26 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Lowther
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 6 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 9 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Lowther
| English | 27 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 26 |
| Ancestry NS | 15 |
| Irish | 13 |
| Other | 9 |
| Scottish | 8 |
Housing tenure in Lowther
| Owned | 12 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 10 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Lowther
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Lowther
| Car | 12 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
787 bird observations recorded near Lowther — most often seen:
- Pacific Black Duck (39)
- Superb Fairy-wren (39)
- Australian Magpie (35)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (33)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (30)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (30)
- Willie Wagtail (29)
- Australian Raven (27)
- Crimson Rosella (27)
- Grey Fantail (27)
- Australian Wood Duck (26)
- Laughing Kookaburra (26)
- Magpie-lark (26)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Lowther
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (26)
- Welcome Swallow (26)
- Red-browed Finch (25)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (25)
- Western Yellow Thornbill (25)
- White-throated Treecreeper (25)
- Dusky Moorhen (24)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (24)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (24)
- Brown Thornbill (23)
- White-browed Scrubwren (23)
- South-eastern White-throated Treecreeper (22)
- Nankeen Kestrel (21)
- Pied Currawong (20)
- Silvereye (20)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (20)
- Southern Rufous Whistler (20)
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 Lowther:
- Good Forest (4.6 km)
- Kanimbla (7.4 km)
- Hampton (7.6 km)
- Ganbenang (8.1 km)
- Little Hartley (9.3 km)
- Hartley (11.2 km)
- Mount Victoria (13.1 km)
- South Bowenfels (13.4 km)
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Streets
- Clarke Simpson Road (3)
- Coxs River Road (1)
- Ganbenang Road (11)
- Jenolan Caves Road (13)
- Larnach Baker Road (1)
- Lowther Cemetery Road (1)
- Lowther Siding Road (8)
- Marsden Swamp Road (9)
