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Bowhill SA 5238

247 addresses · 24 streets

Barker Electorate › Karoonda East Murray LGA › Bowhill · 94 km from Adelaide

Living Here

Bowhill is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 127 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $1,156 a week, with median rent near $160 a week. Most homes are houses. About 66% of households own their home and 26% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

127Population
54Median age
$1,156Median household income / wk
$160Median rent / wk
2.2Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources2/10
Education & jobs5/10

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: 7.4% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Bowhill

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

Tree cover measures, Bowhill SA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20207.4%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202113.3%

Demographics

Unemployment 4.9% · Labour-force participation 55%

Population by age in Bowhill
Population by age, Bowhill SA (ABS Census 2021)
0-43
5-1413
15-1910
20-2411
25-3411
35-446
45-5420
55-6429
65-7421
75-846
85+0
Dwelling types in Bowhill
Dwelling types, Bowhill SA (ABS Census 2021)
House42
Townhouse5
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Bowhill
Households by weekly income, Bowhill SA (ABS Census 2021)
<$65010
$650-1,49915
$1,500-2,99914
$3,000+0
Top ancestries in Bowhill
Top ancestries, Bowhill SA (ABS Census 2021)
Australian66
English53
German22
Scottish7
Irish5
Other5
Housing tenure in Bowhill
Housing tenure, Bowhill SA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned18
Mortgage13
Rented12
Other4
Cars per household in Bowhill
Cars per household, Bowhill SA (ABS Census 2021)
00
115
216
312
4+10
Commute to work in Bowhill
Commute to work, Bowhill SA (ABS Census 2021)
Car30
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked3
Bicycle0
Home16
Top countries of birth in Bowhill
Top countries of birth, Bowhill SA (ABS Census 2021)
England11
Scotland5

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,171 bird observations recorded near Bowhill — 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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