Bowser VIC 3678
16 addresses · 6 streets
Indi Electorate › Wangaratta LGA › Bowser · 208 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Bowser is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 44 people, with a median age of 24. The typical household earns around $2,250 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, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Wangaratta Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bowser itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 Catholic churches
1 optometrist
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Wangaratta Airport, 12.8 km south-west.
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: 4.9% 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 | 4.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 8.8% |
Demographics
Population by age in Bowser
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 8 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 7 |
| 45-54 | 7 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 6 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Bowser
| House | 9 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Bowser
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Bowser
| Australian | 39 |
|---|---|
| English | 10 |
| Scottish | 4 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
Housing tenure in Bowser
| Owned | 0 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Bowser
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Bowser
| Car | 13 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,534 bird observations recorded near Bowser — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (193)
- Superb Fairy-wren (158)
- Magpie-lark (155)
- Australian Wood Duck (153)
- Welcome Swallow (149)
- Pacific Black Duck (148)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (146)
- Australian White Ibis (138)
- Australian Raven (134)
- Willie Wagtail (130)
- House Sparrow (127)
- Common Myna (121)
- Straw-necked Ibis (120)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bowser
- Galah (117)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (115)
- Common Starling (112)
- White-faced Heron (108)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (106)
- Grey Teal (106)
- Grey Fantail (103)
- Laughing Kookaburra (98)
- Whistling Kite (97)
- Striated Pardalote (96)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (94)
- Red-rumped Parrot (91)
- Eurasian Blackbird (90)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (87)
- Masked Lapwing (85)
- Little Raven (79)
- Black Kite (78)
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 Bowser:
- North Wangaratta (1.9 km)
- Dockers Plains (3.5 km)
- East Wangaratta (5.9 km)
- Wangaratta (6.9 km)
- Waldara (6.9 km)
- Londrigan (7.8 km)
- Byawatha (7.8 km)
- Boralma (9.1 km)
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Streets
- Back Estcourt Road (2)
- Bourke Road (5)
- Bowser Road (2)
- Depot Road (2)
- Morrison Road (2)
- Railway Road (3)