Boweya VIC 3675
43 addresses · 11 streets
Indi Electorate › Benalla LGA › Boweya · 200 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Boweya is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 51 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $2,125 a week, with median rent near $200 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 Australian, English, Dutch. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Benalla Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Boweya 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: 12.1% 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 | 12.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 22.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.4% · Labour-force participation 72.5%
Population by age in Boweya
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 8 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 7 |
| 35-44 | 6 |
| 45-54 | 15 |
| 55-64 | 3 |
| 65-74 | 12 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Boweya
| House | 21 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Boweya
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 7 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Boweya
| Australian | 26 |
|---|---|
| English | 23 |
| Dutch | 7 |
| Scottish | 7 |
| German | 5 |
| Ancestry NS | 5 |
Housing tenure in Boweya
| Owned | 0 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 13 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Boweya
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Boweya
| Car | 18 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
7,593 bird observations recorded near Boweya — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (361)
- Willie Wagtail (340)
- Galah (339)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (335)
- Eastern Rosella (329)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (314)
- Superb Fairy-wren (305)
- Noisy Miner (301)
- Restless Flycatcher (270)
- Brown Treecreeper (267)
- Striated Pardalote (257)
- Laughing Kookaburra (255)
- Fuscous Honeyeater (252)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Boweya
- Australian Raven (249)
- White-winged Chough (246)
- Red Wattlebird (245)
- Noisy Friarbird (229)
- Australian Wood Duck (218)
- Magpie-lark (217)
- Red-rumped Parrot (217)
- Rufous Whistler (216)
- Dusky Woodswallow (214)
- Peaceful Dove (212)
- Weebill (210)
- Common Bronzewing (205)
- Grey Fantail (205)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (200)
- Brown-headed Honeyeater (200)
- Welcome Swallow (196)
- Crested Pigeon (189)
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 Boweya:
- Boweya North (5.2 km)
- Mount Bruno (6.1 km)
- Bungeet (6.6 km)
- Almonds (7.9 km)
- Thoona (8.8 km)
- Killawarra (10.7 km)
- Peechelba (12.8 km)
- Lake Rowan (13.3 km)
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Streets
- Amery Road (1)
- Boundary Road (2)
- Boweya Creek Road (1)
- Boweya Road (9)
- Boweya-st James Road (11)
- Derrick Road (3)
- Doune Road (1)
- Forest Road (10)
- Glenrowan-boweya Road (3)
- Parker Road (1)
- Wangaratta Road (1)
