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Cowes VIC 3922

9,038 addresses · 288 streets

Monash Electorate › Bass Coast LGA › Cowes · 75 km from Melbourne

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Living Here

The main town on Phillip Island, Cowes is a coastal holiday and retirement destination with an older, seasonal profile (median age 55). Households average 2.1 people. Median household income is $1,026 a week, with rent around $331.

Cowes is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 6,593 people, with a median age of 55. The typical household earns around $1,026 a week, with median rent near $331 a week. Most homes are houses. About 70% of households own their home and 27% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area. The median house sells for about $801,000.

6,593Population
55Median age
$1,026Median household income / wk
$331Median rent / wk
2.1Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Stony Point, 9.2 km north · Ferry wharf: Cowes Jetty, 1.4 km north-east · Airport: Moorabbin Airport, 54.3 km north.

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Sport & Recreation

9 facilities recorded in Cowes.

Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources3/10
Education & jobs4/10

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.

Median Sale Prices

$801,000House · 2024
$640,000Unit · 2024

Median of recorded sales in the period, not a valuation. Source: Victorian Property Sales Report, Land Use Victoria.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 14.9% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Cowes

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

Tree cover measures, Cowes VIC
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202014.9%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202123.0%

Demographics

Unemployment 4.4% · Labour-force participation 43.8%

Population by age in Cowes
Population by age, Cowes VIC (ABS Census 2021)
0-4275
5-14659
15-19237
20-24182
25-34529
35-44630
45-54732
55-641,036
65-741,305
75-84710
85+284
Dwelling types in Cowes
Dwelling types, Cowes VIC (ABS Census 2021)
House2,290
Townhouse324
Apartment111
Other10
Households by weekly income in Cowes
Households by weekly income, Cowes VIC (ABS Census 2021)
<$650714
$650-1,4991,008
$1,500-2,999572
$3,000+254
Top ancestries in Cowes
Top ancestries, Cowes VIC (ABS Census 2021)
English2,868
Australian2,347
Scottish794
Irish781
Other420
Ancestry NS407
Housing tenure in Cowes
Housing tenure, Cowes VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Owned1,272
Mortgage606
Rented727
Other66
Cars per household in Cowes
Cars per household, Cowes VIC (ABS Census 2021)
0155
11,207
2981
3242
4+103
Commute to work in Cowes
Commute to work, Cowes VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Car1,383
Train0
Bus5
Tram/ferry0
Walked113
Bicycle31
Home426
Top countries of birth in Cowes
Top countries of birth, Cowes VIC (ABS Census 2021)
England425
New Zealand108
India77
Italy61
Scotland43
Germany41
Languages used at home in Cowes
Languages used at home, Cowes VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Italian67
Punjabi54
Greek42
Mandarin37
Spanish34
German26

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

46,731 bird observations recorded near Cowes — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Cowes

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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