Bowillia SA 5461
20 addresses · 12 streets
Grey Electorate › Wakefield LGA › Bowillia · 112 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Bowillia is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 20 people, with a median age of 53. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, German, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Wakefield - Barunga West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bowillia 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: 0.5% 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 | 0.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 0.4% |
Demographics
Population by age in Bowillia
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 4 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 8 |
| 55-64 | 8 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Bowillia
| House | 12 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Bowillia
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Bowillia
| English | 14 |
|---|---|
| German | 12 |
| Australian | 6 |
| Irish | 6 |
| Scottish | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Bowillia
| Owned | 7 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Bowillia
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Bowillia
| Car | 3 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 11 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
191 bird observations recorded near Bowillia — most often seen:
- House Sparrow (14)
- Galah (12)
- Australian Magpie (11)
- Common Starling (11)
- Nankeen Kestrel (11)
- Crested Pigeon (8)
- Little Raven (8)
- Magpie-lark (8)
- Singing Honeyeater (8)
- Welcome Swallow (8)
- Willie Wagtail (8)
- Rock Dove (7)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (7)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bowillia
- Australian Pipit (6)
- Brown Songlark (6)
- Australian Raven (5)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (5)
- Masked Lapwing (5)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (5)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (4)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (4)
- Eastern Galah (4)
- Southern Magpie-lark (4)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (4)
- Black Swan (3)
- Black-shouldered Kite (3)
- Black-winged Stilt (3)
- Grey Teal (3)
- Musk Lorikeet (3)
- Orange Chat (3)
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 Bowillia:
- Stow (8.1 km)
- Everard Central (9.2 km)
- Kybunga (9.2 km)
- Blyth (11.6 km)
- Mount Templeton (13.2 km)
- Hoyleton (14.9 km)
- Boconnoc Park (15.3 km)
- Watchman (15.6 km)
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Streets
- Bowillia East Road (2)
- Bowillia Road (5)
- Bywell Road (1)
- Catholic Church Road (1)
- Everard Road (1)
- Lower Templeton Road (1)
- Old Boundary Road (3)
- Pratt Road (1)
- Wanappe Road (1)
- Wandel Road (2)
- White Hill Road (1)
- Woodlands Road (1)
