Rowan NSW 2650
61 addresses · 5 streets
Riverina Electorate › Wagga Wagga LGA › Rowan · 384 km from Sydney
Living Here
Rowan is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 105 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $2,416 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Wagga Wagga Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Rowan itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 dog park
Getting around. Train station: Wagga Wagga, 9.3 km north · Airport: Wagga Wagga Airport, 12.2 km east.
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: 7.1% 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 | 7.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 15.1% |
Demographics
Population by age in Rowan
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 21 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 14 |
| 45-54 | 19 |
| 55-64 | 20 |
| 65-74 | 10 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Rowan
| House | 30 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Rowan
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 8 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 13 |
Top ancestries in Rowan
| Australian | 38 |
|---|---|
| English | 37 |
| Irish | 25 |
| Scottish | 16 |
| Italian | 10 |
| Ancestry NS | 6 |
Housing tenure in Rowan
| Owned | 10 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 12 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Rowan
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Rowan
| Car | 48 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Top countries of birth in Rowan
| Ireland | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,489 bird observations recorded near Rowan — most often seen:
- Common Starling (210)
- Australian Wood Duck (164)
- Pacific Black Duck (157)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (151)
- Eastern Galah (142)
- Southern Magpie-lark (142)
- Galah (135)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (130)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (129)
- Dusky Moorhen (128)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (127)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (120)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (117)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Rowan
- Australian Magpie (112)
- Eurasian Coot (112)
- Grey Teal (111)
- Eastern Rosella (105)
- Eurasian Blackbird (103)
- Magpie-lark (100)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (98)
- Australian Raven (96)
- Eastern Australian Raven (95)
- Red-rumped Parrot (92)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (91)
- Noisy Miner (91)
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (91)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (86)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (86)
- Little Pied Cormorant (85)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (83)
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 Rowan:
- Springvale (3.1 km)
- Gelston Park (4.5 km)
- Tatton (4.9 km)
- Bourkelands (4.9 km)
- Lake Albert (5.3 km)
- Lloyd (5.9 km)
- Tolland (6.2 km)
- Kapooka (6.3 km)
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Streets
- Boiling Down Road (3)
- Holbrook Road (38)
- Plumpton Road (11)
- Redbank Road (5)
- Rowan Road (4)
