IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 945
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 3 of 10
Within South AustraliaDecile 4 of 10
For state-level context, explore the South Australia economy.
Housing
Bower
South Australia · Census 2021
Median house price not tracked for this suburb
Bower is a bushland suburb of Goyder.
Household income
$866/wk10th pctile
of 1,632 SA suburbs
Amenity score
2/1006th pctile
of 711 rated SA suburbs
Median house price
No Valuer-General median for Bower.
South Australia's open Valuer-General suburb median feed covers metropolitan Adelaide only. We have no median for Bower from this feed. ABS median established-house price, Greater Adelaide: $980k; Rest of SA: $595k.
How it compares
Household income / wk10th percentile
<$450ABS Census 2021$3,749+
Percentiles rank this suburb against South Australia suburbs that carry the metric — never across states, and never against suburbs where it is missing. Price references are ABS median established-house transfer prices for the Mar 2026 quarter (CC BY 4.0); the suburb figure is a Valuer-General median over a different window, so read the gap as indicative. Income references are the Census 2021 median of the middle suburb in South Australia and nationally, not a household-weighted median.
People & housing
Population
41
Median age
56 yrs
Income / person / wk
$425
Household income / wk
$866
▼ 40% vs SA
Mortgage / month
$375
Housing stock
14 occupied private dwellings
ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 979
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 4 of 10
Within South AustraliaDecile 4 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 996
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 4 of 10
Within South AustraliaDecile 5 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 963
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 5 of 10
Within South AustraliaDecile 5 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
163 m
range 109–254 m
Land below 5 m
0%
0% 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. Not yet assessed: the Code applies its precautionary Evidence Required overlay to most of this suburb. Not yet assessed: the Code applies its precautionary Regional or Outback bushfire overlay to most of this suburb. Elevation is orthometric height from a 30 m model; no hydrology or drainage is modelled.
Planning & zoning
In a heritage area
0%
conservation area / Heritage Overlay
Show on map →Listed heritage places
0
local & State places in the Code
Planning instrument: Planning and Design Code. Zones are grouped into ten families so states compare; the council's own scheme is the authority for any one lot. Listed-place counts follow each state's own list, so they do not compare across states. Source: SA Planning and Design Code zones; SA Code heritage & character overlays.
Local amenities
Schools
0
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
1
Libraries
0
GP clinics
0
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
22.5 km
Nearest train
53.4 km
Nearest hospital
22.2 km
Distance to coast
101 km
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
- Nearest secondary
- 22.6 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Goyder
- Population
- 4,141 (2025) · -0.1% in a year
- Area / density
- 6,715 km² · 1/km²
- Council medians (2021)
- age 51 · $916/wk household income · $190/wk rent
- Council-wide house median (2023-24)
- $330k
- Federal grants
- $3.43M in 2025-26 · $829/resident
- Website
- goyder.sa.gov.au
Council boundaries and the suburb split: ABS ASGS LGA 2024, allocated by 2021 mesh block and weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS Estimated Resident Population 2025. Medians: ABS Census 2021. House median: ABS Data by Region, established-house transfers across the whole council, financial year 2023-24. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. ABS and Dept of Infrastructure data CC BY 4.0; council website from Wikidata (CC0).
Representation
- Federal division
- Grey
- Federal MP
- Tom Venning (LP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 55% 2PP
- State electorate
- Ngadjuri
- State MP
- —
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); 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); Planning and Design Code overlays (Hazards — Flooding, and Flooding — General), Government of South Australia (CC BY 3.0 AU); Planning and Design Code overlays (Hazards — Bushfire), Government of South Australia (CC BY 3.0 AU); Planning and Design Code Zones, Government of South Australia (PlanSA) (CC BY 3.0 AU); Planning and Design Code Overlays (heritage and character), Government of South Australia (PlanSA) (CC BY 3.0 AU). Not financial advice.