Bower SA 5374
47 addresses · 14 streets
Grey Electorate › Goyder LGA › Bower · 115 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Bower is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 41 people, with a median age of 56. The typical household earns around $866 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 English, Australian, German. 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 Goyder statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bower itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 15.9% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 15.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 28.9% |
Demographics
Population by age in Bower
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 7 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 4 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 5 |
| 65-74 | 9 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Bower
| House | 14 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Bower
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 15 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Bower
| English | 23 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 17 |
| German | 8 |
| Aboriginal | 6 |
| Irish | 4 |
| Chinese | 0 |
Housing tenure in Bower
| Owned | 9 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 7 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Bower
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Bower
| Car | 9 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 5 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
428 bird observations recorded near Bower — most often seen:
- Galah (27)
- Australian Magpie (26)
- Chestnut-crowned Babbler (24)
- Singing Honeyeater (24)
- Yellow-throated Miner (24)
- Yellow-plumed Honeyeater (20)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (19)
- Little Raven (19)
- Redthroat (19)
- Australian Ringneck (18)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (16)
- Weebill (14)
- White-fronted Chat (14)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bower
- Chestnut-rumped Thornbill (13)
- Mulga Parrot (13)
- South-east Southern Whiteface (13)
- Western Striated Pardalote (12)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (11)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (11)
- Southern Magpie-lark (10)
- Eastern Yellow-throated Miner (9)
- South-eastern Hooded Robin (9)
- Australian Raven (8)
- Black-eared Cuckoo (8)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (8)
- Mallee Ringneck (8)
- Red Wattlebird (8)
- Red-capped Robin (8)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (8)
- Blue-winged Parrot (7)
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 Bower:
- Mount Mary (11.2 km)
- Sutherlands (12.4 km)
- Beatty (14 km)
- Brownlow (15.3 km)
- Australia Plains (16 km)
- Peep Hill (17.5 km)
- Rocky Plain (17.8 km)
- Geranium Plains (18.2 km)
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Streets
- Border Road (3)
- Bower Boundary Road (9)
- Bower Dam Road (1)
- Dreckow Road (1)
- Eagle Road (2)
- Emu Walk (1)
- Geyer Road S (1)
- Krichauff Road (1)
- May Road (1)
- May Road N (5)
- Schwerdt Road (1)
- Sutherlands Road (2)
- Thiele Highway (16)
- Winter Road (3)