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Bowen Hills QLD 4006

5,743 addresses · 60 streets

Brisbane Electorate › Brisbane LGA › Bowen Hills · 3 km from Brisbane

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Living Here

Bowen Hills is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 4,898 people, with a median age of 30. The typical household earns around $1,551 a week, with median rent near $390 a week. Most homes are apartments. About 16% of households own their home and 83% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

4,898Population
30Median age
$1,551Median household income / wk
$390Median rent / wk
1.6Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Newstead - Bowen Hills statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bowen Hills itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Bowen Hills, 400 m north-east · Bus interchange: RBW Hospital, 650 m west · Ferry wharf: Teneriffe Ferry Terminal, 1.4 km east · Airport: Brisbane Airport, 11.5 km north-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 9/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs10/10

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: 5.7% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Bowen Hills

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Bowen Hills QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20205.7%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20212.4%

Demographics

Unemployment 5.3% · Labour-force participation 77%

Population by age in Bowen Hills
Population by age, Bowen Hills QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-4110
5-14115
15-19123
20-24886
25-342,001
35-44806
45-54390
55-64261
65-74136
75-8455
85+10
Dwelling types in Bowen Hills
Dwelling types, Bowen Hills QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House80
Townhouse65
Apartment2,506
Other0
Households by weekly income in Bowen Hills
Households by weekly income, Bowen Hills QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$650357
$650-1,499875
$1,500-2,999926
$3,000+396
Top ancestries in Bowen Hills
Top ancestries, Bowen Hills QLD (ABS Census 2021)
English1,422
Australian1,062
Other966
Irish528
Ancestry NS477
Scottish447
Housing tenure in Bowen Hills
Housing tenure, Bowen Hills QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned124
Mortgage311
Rented2,199
Other17
Cars per household in Bowen Hills
Cars per household, Bowen Hills QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0782
11,410
2378
347
4+23
Commute to work in Bowen Hills
Commute to work, Bowen Hills QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car1,111
Train327
Bus153
Tram/ferry0
Walked549
Bicycle38
Home625
Top countries of birth in Bowen Hills
Top countries of birth, Bowen Hills QLD (ABS Census 2021)
New Zealand175
England152
India143
Brazil118
China105
Philippines90
Languages used at home in Bowen Hills
Languages used at home, Bowen Hills QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Spanish241
Mandarin177
Portuguese107
Korean61
Cantonese53
Hindi51

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

134,415 bird observations recorded near Bowen Hills — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Bowen Hills

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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