Cowley QLD 4871

Living Here

Cowley is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 82 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,468 a week, with median rent near $240 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Italian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

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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: 24.7% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 10% · Labour-force participation 47.6%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

788 bird observations recorded near Cowley — most often seen:

• White-breasted Woodswallow (42)
• Rainbow Bee-eater (38)
• Metallic Starling (34)
• Forest Kingfisher (33)
• Peaceful Dove (32)
• Chestnut-breasted Munia (31)
• Crimson Finch (31)
• Laughing Kookaburra (31)
• Willie Wagtail (31)
• Australasian Figbird (29)
• Bar-shouldered Dove (29)
• Mistletoebird (29)
• Common Myna (26)

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 Cowley:

• Lower Cowley (3 km)
• Cowley Creek (3.1 km)
• Sandy Pocket (3.1 km)
• Warrubullen (3.4 km)
• Mccutcheon (4.3 km)
• Goolboo (5 km)
• Moresby (5.8 km)
• No 5 Branch (6.3 km)

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