Yowah QLD 4490

Living Here

Yowah is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 126 people, with a median age of 62. The typical household earns around $491 a week, with median rent near $100 a week. Most homes are houses. About 82% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Far South West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Yowah itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 café or restaurant

  • Yowahnut Cafe
• 4 parks

  • Val's Park
  • Bird Haven Park
  • Never Left Park
  • Tom Eagan Park
• 1 medical clinic

  • Royal Flying Doctor Service - Clinic
• 1 post office

  • Yowah CPA
• 1 service station

  • Yowah General Store
• 1 golf club

  • Yowah Gold Course
• 1 hairdresser

  • Adele's Country Hair

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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: 3.9% 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 27.3% · Labour-force participation 28%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,867 bird observations recorded near Yowah — most often seen:

• Zebra Finch (125)
• Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (120)
• Willie Wagtail (105)
• Spotted Bowerbird (104)
• Crested Pigeon (102)
• Apostlebird (92)
• Magpie-lark (92)
• Little Corella (81)
• Red-capped Robin (73)
• White-plumed Honeyeater (72)
• Red-winged Parrot (66)
• Australian Raven (61)
• Singing Honeyeater (58)

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 Yowah:

• Norley (41.3 km)
• Eulo (46.4 km)

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