Bowenfels, 2790

Flats / units (January to March 2026)

$335

Houses (January to March 2026)

$450

All types (January to March 2026)

$450

Rental bonds lodged (January to March 2026)

114

Median house price (October to December 2025)

$563,000

Median price change

+4.2%

6.4% of adults have a university degree, compared with 27.8% across New South Wales. 18.3% have a trade or vocational qualification.

• University qualified6.4% · 27.8% NSW
• Diploma qualified5.5% · 9.3% NSW
• Trade / vocational18.3% · 15% NSW
• Year 12 or below69.8% · 47.9% NSW

Median taxable income (2023–24)

$54,836

45th percentile in NSW · -7% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)

$62,764

50th percentile in NSW · -3% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments

11.0%

21st percentile in NSW · -20% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)

$73,095

54th percentile in NSW · +15% vs Australia

Residents with business income

10.0%

42nd percentile in NSW · -4% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 2790 — not a suburb-level official statistic. Rental investment is the share of local taxpayers reporting rental income or loss, not the share of local properties owned by investors.

5.8% speak a language other than English at home; 9.7% born overseas

Language at home

1,688 English only · 103 other

Non-English at home

5.8%

Born overseas

172 (9.7%)

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander

234 (11.4%)

Australian citizens

1,757

Languages spoken at home (other than English)

8

2021 Census — languages spoken at home, birthplace, Indigenous status, and religious affiliation (usual residence). Religion is optional on the Census form.

Offence counts are estimated for this suburb from postcode 2790, which is shared with other suburbs.

Reported offences decreased compared with the previous period.

1 childcare service from OpenStreetMap

• Gowrie NSW Lithgow Early Education and CareLanda Streetchildcare

93 public transport stops in this suburb

• 24 Hillcrest Av
• Hillcrest Av After Robertson St
• Landa St At Tweed Rd
• Lockyer St After Stewart St
• Thornton Av At Hillcrest Av

5 mapped amenities

1 caravan parks · 2 campgrounds

8 parks and public open space in this suburb

• Emora ParkPark
• Outer Crescent ParkPark
• Page Street ReservePark
• Park or reserveNature reserve
• Quota ParkPark
• Stewart Street ParkPark
• Thompson Street ReservePark

Green cover of suburb area

4.9%

Woodland / forest cover

4.7%

Parks & woodland features (OSM)

30

Parks (OSM)

8

Typical summer maximum

24°C

Green cover is the share of this suburb's boundary overlapping OpenStreetMap parks, woodland and forest polygons — not a satellite tree-canopy product. Summer maximum is the WorldClim / Open-Meteo seasonal normal already collected for Weather.

Hospitals & GP clinics in suburb

2

Nearest hospital

Lithgow Private Hospital (2.7 km)

Nearest hospital type

Hospital

Nearest hospital emergency

Emergency department

Emergency department in suburb

On site

GP clinics in suburb

0

Aged-care services

1

Residential aged-care places

62

GP clinic counts from OpenStreetMap. Bulk-billing figures only include clinics tagged in OSM (sparse and unofficial — not a Medicare list).

• Lithgow HospitalHospital
• Lithgow Private HospitalHospital

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)

81

Participants per 1,000 residents

39.3

Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.

For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.

Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.

Development applications from NSW Planning Portal.

2 active roadworks / incidents

• Allow extra travel time. Expect delays. During times of increased traffic, the following roads may be temporarily closed at short notice:<ul><li>Cooerwull Road, from Great Western Highway to Barton Street </li><li>Cooerwull Road Access Road, from Great Western Highway to Cooerwull Road</li><li>Lockyer Street, from Great Western Highway to Andrew Street</li><li>George Coates Avenue, between Main Street and Barton Street </li><li>James Street / Young , between Main Street and Sandford Avenue </li><li>Bridge Street, from Main Street to Church Street </li><li>Lee Street, from Great Western Highway to Musket Parade </li><li>Bayonet Street, from Great Western Highway to Musket Parade </li><li>Rabaul Street, from Great Western Highway to Amiens Street</li><li>First Street, from Great Western Highway to Second Street</li><li>Bent Street, from Lithgow Street to Eskbank Street </li><li>Short Street, from Bent Street to Bridge Street </li><li>Hartley Valley Road Local, from Chifley Road to Mort Street</li><li>Gas Works Lane, from Clwydd Street to Bridge Street </li><li>Maple Crescent, Elm Street to Elm Street (entire circle) </li><li>Mort Street Local, from High Street to Chifley Road</li><li>Johnson Street, from High Street to Eddy Street </li><li>Eddy Street, from Johnson Street to Whitton Street</li><li>Whitton Street, from Eddy Street to Wentworth Street</li></ul>Access to local roads will be maintined for emergency services, local residents and public transport servicesCooerwull Road, Great Western Highway17 Sep 2026 – 14 Oct 2026
• Allow extra travel time. Expect delays. During times of increased traffic, the following roads may be temporarily closed at short notice:<ul><li>Cooerwull Road, from Great Western Highway to Barton Street </li><li>Cooerwull Road Access Road, from Great Western Highway to Cooerwull Road</li><li>Lockyer Street, from Great Western Highway to Andrew Street</li><li>George Coates Avenue, between Main Street and Barton Street </li><li>James Street / Young , between Main Street and Sandford Avenue </li><li>Bridge Street, from Main Street to Church Street </li><li>Lee Street, from Great Western Highway to Musket Parade </li><li>Bayonet Street, from Great Western Highway to Musket Parade </li><li>Rabaul Street, from Great Western Highway to Amiens Street</li><li>First Street, from Great Western Highway to Second Street</li><li>Bent Street, from Lithgow Street to Eskbank Street </li><li>Short Street, from Bent Street to Bridge Street </li><li>Hartley Valley Road Local, from Chifley Road to Mort Street</li><li>Gas Works Lane, from Clwydd Street to Bridge Street </li><li>Maple Crescent, Elm Street to Elm Street (entire circle) </li><li>Mort Street Local, from High Street to Chifley Road</li><li>Johnson Street, from High Street to Eddy Street </li><li>Eddy Street, from Johnson Street to Whitton Street</li><li>Whitton Street, from Eddy Street to Wentworth Street</li></ul>Access to local roads will be maintined for emergency services, local residents and public transport servicesCooerwull Road, Great Western Highway15 Sep 2026 – 14 Oct 2026

2 heritage places

• Bowenfels Rail ViaductsMain Western Railway BowenfelsSHR
• Bowenfels Railway Station and Stationmaster's HouseMain Western railway, BowenfelsSHR

Bushfire planning zone

Overlay applies

Flood / inundation overlay

No mapped inundation on suburb boundary

Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via NSW bush fire prone land mapping. Flood cover uses NSW flood planning polygons against the suburb boundary.

Federal electorate

Calare

Member of Parliament

Andrew GEE (Independent)

Results from

2025 federal election

Electorate enrolment (2025)

124,664

Turnout (2025)

92.7%

Swing since 2022 (2025)

+3.2 pp toward Labor

Nearest polling places

• Lithgow Tweed MillsLabor 40.5% · Coalition 59.5% TPP (2025)2.5 km away
• Lithgow CooerwullLabor 48.1% · Coalition 51.9% TPP (2025)3.2 km away
• Lithgow BowenfelsLabor 30.4% · Coalition 69.7% TPP (2025)3.6 km away
• Lithgow HermitageLabor 45.6% · Coalition 54.4% TPP (2025)4.0 km away
• Lithgow CentralLabor 51.7% · Coalition 48.3% TPP (2025)4.9 km away

Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.

IRSAD decile (2021)

1/10

IRSD decile (2021)

1/10

ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).