Bowes WA 6535

Living Here

Bowes is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 104 people, with a median age of 59. The typical household earns around $1,042 a week, with median rent near $150 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. 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 Northampton - Mullewa - Greenough statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bowes itself.

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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: 1.7% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 3.6% · Labour-force participation 62.9%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

57 bird observations recorded near Bowes — most often seen:

• Southern Magpie-lark (4)
• Western Grey Shrike-thrush (4)
• Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (3)
• South-western Singing Honeyeater (3)
• West Coast Spotted Scrubwren (3)
• Western Yellow-rumped Thornbill (3)
• White-plumed Honeyeater (3)
• Australian Raven (2)
• Brown Honeyeater (2)
• Laughing Turtle-dove (2)
• Little Crow (2)
• Pallid Cuckoo (2)
• Southern Willie Wagtail (2)

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 Bowes:

• Isseka (2.3 km)
• Howatharra (10.3 km)
• Northampton (10.7 km)
• Hickety (10.8 km)
• East Bowes (11.7 km)
• Sandy Gully (14.7 km)
• Nabawa (16.2 km)
• Dindiloa (16.5 km)

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