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Lower Cowley QLD 4871

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Kennedy Electorate › Cassowary Coast LGA › Lower Cowley · 1299 km from Brisbane

Living Here

Lower Cowley is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 55 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week, with median rent near $215 a week. Most homes are houses. About 78% of households own their home and 22% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, Italian, English. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

55Population
45Median age
$1,125Median household income / wk
$215Median rent / wk
2.7Avg household

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: Lower Cowley itself.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources3/10
Education & jobs3/10

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: 18.8% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Lower Cowley

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

Tree cover measures, Lower Cowley QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202018.8%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202122.2%

Demographics

Unemployment 4.8% · Labour-force participation 50%

Population by age in Lower Cowley
Population by age, Lower Cowley QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-40
5-1415
15-195
20-240
25-340
35-447
45-544
55-6411
65-7413
75-844
85+0
Dwelling types in Lower Cowley
Dwelling types, Lower Cowley QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House19
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Lower Cowley
Households by weekly income, Lower Cowley QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$6504
$650-1,4990
$1,500-2,9994
$3,000+3
Top ancestries in Lower Cowley
Top ancestries, Lower Cowley QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian21
Italian20
English11
Other9
German7
Hungarian3
Housing tenure in Lower Cowley
Housing tenure, Lower Cowley QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned10
Mortgage4
Rented4
Other0
Cars per household in Lower Cowley
Cars per household, Lower Cowley QLD (ABS Census 2021)
00
15
24
34
4+0
Commute to work in Lower Cowley
Commute to work, Lower Cowley QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car8
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked0
Bicycle0
Home8
Top countries of birth in Lower Cowley
Top countries of birth, Lower Cowley QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Italy5
Languages used at home in Lower Cowley
Languages used at home, Lower Cowley QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Italian8

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

752 bird observations recorded near Lower Cowley — most often seen:

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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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