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south bowenfels
New South Wales · Census 2021
$873k
+6.7% yr · median house · Dec 2025
South Bowenfels is a bushland suburb of Lithgow.
Median house price
People
Population
1,326
Median age
48 yrs
Income / person / wk
$727
Household income / wk
$1,608
Housing
Median rent / wk
$370
Mortgage / month
$2,167
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 28%
- Top language at home
- German · 0%
- No religion
- 28%
- Born overseas
- 11%
- English only at home
- 96%
Local amenities
Amenity score
13/100
Schools
0
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
1
Parks
5
Libraries
0
GP clinics
2
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
5.3 km
Nearest train
6.2 km
Nearest hospital
28.5 km
Distance to coast
90 km
NBN
Fixed Wireless
Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
0
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
0
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
3.4 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Lithgow
- Council population
- 21,136
- Council area
- 4,512 km²
- Density
- 5/km²
- Federal grants
- $6.79M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $321/yr
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Calare
- Federal MP
- Andrew Gee (IND)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 62% 2PP
- State electorate
- Bathurst
- State MP
- Paul Toole (NAT)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.