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cowes
Victoria · Census 2021
$748k
-8.3% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Cowes is an inner-city suburb of Bass Coast.
Median house price
People
Population
6,593
Median age
55 yrs
Income / person / wk
$586
Household income / wk
$1,026
Housing
Median rent / wk
$331
Mortgage / month
$1,550
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 46%
- Top language at home
- Italian · 0%
- No religion
- 46%
- Born overseas
- 21%
- English only at home
- 91%
Local amenities
Amenity score
91/100
Schools
2
Supermarkets
4
Pubs & bars
5
Parks
15
Libraries
1
GP clinics
4
Pharmacies
2
Hospitals
1
Nearest supermarket
1.7 km
Nearest train
10.8 km
Nearest hospital
2.2 km
Distance to coast
2.4 km
NBN
Satellite
Grocery mix: 1 Coles · 1 Woolworths · 1 Aldi · 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).
Schools by sector
Government
1
Catholic
1
Independent
0
Primary
2
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
3.4 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Bass Coast
- Council population
- 40,513
- Council area
- 866 km²
- Density
- 47/km²
- Federal grants
- $9.15M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $226/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $1,727
- Operating result
- -6.3%
- Asset renewal
- 66%
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Financials: VIC Local Government Performance Reporting 2024-25, Local Government Victoria. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Monash
- Federal MP
- Mary Aldred (LP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 54% 2PP
- State electorate
- Bass
- State MP
- Jordan Crugnale (ALP)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.