Lowden WA 6240
92 addresses · 13 streets
Forrest Electorate › Donnybrook-Balingup LGA › Lowden · 176 km from Perth
Living Here
Lowden is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 165 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $1,312 a week, with median rent near $255 a week. Most homes are houses. About 81% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Donnybrook - Balingup statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Lowden 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: 28.9% 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 | 28.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 48.5% |
Demographics
Population by age in Lowden
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 13 |
| 15-19 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 23 |
| 45-54 | 22 |
| 55-64 | 34 |
| 65-74 | 30 |
| 75-84 | 21 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Lowden
| House | 64 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Lowden
| <$650 | 9 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 21 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 7 |
| $3,000+ | 10 |
Top ancestries in Lowden
| English | 75 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 58 |
| Irish | 24 |
| Scottish | 18 |
| Ancestry NS | 9 |
| Other | 8 |
Housing tenure in Lowden
| Owned | 28 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 22 |
| Rented | 9 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Lowden
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 14 |
| 2 | 18 |
| 3 | 21 |
| 4+ | 11 |
Commute to work in Lowden
| Car | 50 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 26 |
Top countries of birth in Lowden
| England | 8 |
|---|---|
| Ireland | 6 |
Languages used at home in Lowden
| Afrikaans | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
142 bird observations recorded near Lowden — most often seen:
- Forest Red-tailed Black-cockatoo (22)
- Short-billed Black-cockatoo (14)
- Laughing Kookaburra (6)
- Red Wattlebird (6)
- Australian Magpie (5)
- Australian Ringneck (5)
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (5)
- Red-winged Fairy-wren (5)
- Australasian Grebe (4)
- Australian Raven (4)
- Australian Wood Duck (4)
- Eurasian Coot (4)
- Long-billed Black-cockatoo (4)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Lowden
- New Holland Honeyeater (4)
- Pacific Black Duck (4)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (4)
- South-western Spotted Scrubwren (4)
- Straw-necked Ibis (4)
- Twenty-eight Parrot (4)
- Brown Honeyeater (3)
- Gilbert's Honeyeater (3)
- Magpie-lark (3)
- Red-capped Parrot (3)
- Red-rumped Tit (3)
- Scarlet Robin (3)
- Splendid Fairy-wren (3)
- Western Rosella (3)
- Australasian Darter (2)
- Australian Shelduck (2)
- Black Swan (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 Lowden:
- Yabberup (4.4 km)
- Queenwood (6 km)
- Wellington Forest (7.2 km)
- Charley Creek (7.5 km)
- Thomson Brook (9.3 km)
- Glen Mervyn (9.5 km)
- Wellington Mill (10 km)
- Beelerup (11 km)
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Streets
- Atherton Road (8)
- Attwood Road (8)
- Charlton Road (5)
- Donnybrook-boyup Brook Road (20)
- Ferguson Road (15)
- Gerde View (1)
- Katrina Heights (2)
- Lowden-grimwade Road (16)
- Oldmeadow Road (6)
- Preston Park Road (4)
- Pugsley Road (4)
- Rosedene Lane (2)
- Snelling Road (1)
