IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 897
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 2 of 10
Within QueenslandDecile 2 of 10
For state-level context, explore the Queensland economy.
Housing
Bowen
Queensland · Census 2021
Median house price not tracked for this suburb
Bowen is an inner-city suburb of Whitsunday.
Household income
$1,343/wk37th pctile
of 3,112 QLD suburbs
Amenity score
100/10098th pctile
of 1,584 rated QLD suburbs
Median house price
No median price series for Bowen yet.
Valuer-General pricing is unavailable for this suburb.
How it compares
Household income / wk37th percentile
<$575ABS Census 2021$3,778+
Percentiles rank this suburb against Queensland suburbs that carry the metric — never across states, and never against suburbs where it is missing. The state and national figures are the average of the latest suburb medians in that area, not a transaction-weighted median.
People & housing
Population
11,205
Median age
42 yrs
Income / person / wk
$710
Household income / wk
$1,343
▼ 17% vs QLD
Median rent / wk
$270
Mortgage / month
$1,500
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 926
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 2 of 10
Within QueenslandDecile 2 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 946
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 2 of 10
Within QueenslandDecile 2 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 862
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 1 of 10
Within QueenslandDecile 1 of 10
Scores are standardised across Australia to a mean of 1,000 and a standard deviation of 100. Deciles run from 1 (most disadvantaged) to 10 (least disadvantaged).
Source: ABS SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
Terrain & hazard exposure
Median elevation
58 m
range 0–1043 m
Land below 5 m
7.7%
4.1% below 2 m
Shares are the proportion of the suburb's land area. Land where Landsat saw water in at least 1% of clear passes since 1987, excluding permanent water and filtered by DEA's confidence layer. Satellites miss flood peaks, so this is a floor, not a risk estimate; dense high-rise cores can still register tower shadow as water. Elevation is orthometric height from a 30 m model; no hydrology or drainage is modelled. No open statutory flood or bushfire layer is published for Queensland yet.
Local amenities
Schools
5
Supermarkets
2
Pubs & bars
7
Parks
44
Libraries
1
GP clinics
2
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
2
Nearest supermarket
19.8 km
Nearest train
16.4 km
Nearest hospital
20.1 km
Distance to coast
16.7 km
NBN
SATELLITE
Grocery mix: 1 Woolworths · 1 IGA. 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).
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 37%
- Top language at home
- Mandarin · 0%
- No religion
- 37%
- Born overseas
- 16%
- English only at home
- 91%
Schools by sector
- Government / Catholic / Indep.
- 4 / 2 / 0
- Primary / Secondary
- 4 / 2
- Nearest secondary
- 19.9 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Whitsunday
- Population / area
- 37,041 · 23,819 km²
- Density
- 2/km²
- Federal grants
- $5.81M/yr · $157/resident
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Dawson
- Federal MP
- Andrew Willcox (LNP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 62% 2PP
- State electorate
- Burdekin
- State MP
- Dale Last (LNP)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); ACARA School Locations (CC BY 4.0); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Australian Electoral Commission (CC BY 4.0); Geoscience Australia 1 Second DEM-S (CC BY 4.0); DEA Water Observations Statistics, Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0); Wikipedia state-member tables (CC BY-SA 4.0). Not financial advice.