Median house price
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SA · Karoonda East Murray Council
Bowhill, 5238
Est. population · Jun 2025
122
Growth (1 yr)
+0.8%
Growth (5 yr)
+5.2%
Median age
54
Median income
$1,156/wk
Employment rate
52.3%
Languages at home
Mostly English at home
2021 Census · usual residence
- Green suburb
- Excellent transport
Suburb profile
Bowhill is a quieter smaller community in Karoonda East Murray Council, where peace, space and a country-town pace still dominate. Retirees and empty-nesters are well represented here, with multiple generations sharing the same neighbourhood. Local shops, markets and community spots keep everyday life grounded in the town itself.
Green space punches above what many comparable suburbs offer, with parks and playgrounds woven through the suburb. A car helps for most daily errands, though buses still link the suburb further afield. Purchase and rent costs sit on the more affordable side of the local range.
Crime trends have improved of late compared with the previous period. Light infill development is updating a few streets while the wider area stays largely unchanged.
At a glance
Bowhill snapshot
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median rent
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No data available
Population (ERP)
122
+0.8% annual growth
Dwelling vacancy
74.3%
Census unoccupied dwellings
How it compares
Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles
Safety
21st
percentile in state (higher = safer)
Pop. growth
67th
percentile in SA
Advantage (IRSAD)
3/10
national SEIFA decile
Population growth
Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years
Housing mix
Dwelling types from the 2021 Census
Risks & flags
Quick scan — open a section below for full context
Living here
Population
Estimated resident population
122(June 2025)
+0.8% annual · +5.2% over 5 years · 67th percentile in SA
Growth figures & methodology
- Annual growth
- +0.8%
- 5-year growth
- +5.2%
- Change in 1 year
- +1
- Change in 5 years
- +6
- Growth rank in SA
- 67th percentile
ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to this suburb from SA2-level data. Not an official ABS suburb count.
Methodology
Figures are allocated from ABS Estimated Resident Population at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), using 2021 Census share within overlapping SA2 regions. Where Census data is unavailable, area overlap is used instead.
The dashed chart line is a simple growth-trend estimate to June 2030 (~150), extrapolated at +1.2% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 127
- Median age
- 54
- Median household income / week
- $1,156
- Dwelling vacancy
- 74.3%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 156 of 210
- Median monthly mortgage
- $657
- Employment rate
- 52.3%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 42 / 5 / 0
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Employment, household income and age diversity (2021 Census)
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
- Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries
Community & culture
No 2021 Census cultural diversity data for this suburb yet.
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Crime & safety
Reported offences decreased compared with the previous period.
Offence counts & rates
- Total offences (2024–25)
- 2
- Against the person
- 1
- Against property
- 1
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 16.4
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 127 residents
- State safety percentile
- 21.1th (lower crime is better)
- Family & domestic abuse offences
- 52
- Decrease (daily rate)
- -66.6%
Most common offence types
- Common Assault1
- Sct - Residence1
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Crime rate and year-on-year trend
Data sources & freshness
- SAPOL reported crime statistics — South Australia Police — OpenData · 2023-24 → 2024-25; 2024-25 · Updated · Financial-year releases
Family & Lifestyle
Public transport
1 public transport stops in this suburb
- Chucka Bend Rd - East side (Bowhill General Store)
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Public transport stop coverage
Data sources & freshness
- Adelaide Metro GTFS stops — Department for Infrastructure and Transport (SA) · current · Updated
Amenities
No OpenStreetMap amenities mapped for this suburb yet.
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Food, shopping, recreation and sport (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Green cover
- Parks & woodland (OSM)
- 3
- Parks (OSM)
- 3
OpenStreetMap parks and natural woodland features mapped within the suburb boundary.
Contributes to desirability score · Environment (10%)
Parks and green cover (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap green cover — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Health access
- Nearest hospital
- Karoonda and District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital (24.7 km)
- Nearest hospital type
- Public Hospital
- Nearest hospital emergency
- Emergency department
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Hospitals and GP clinics
Data sources & freshness
- Hospitals & GP Plus clinics (SA) — SA Health · current · Updated
NDIS participation
- NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
- 4
- Participants per 1,000 residents
- 32.8
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.
Data sources & freshness
- NDIS participants by SA2 — National Disability Insurance Agency · 2026-Q1 · Updated · Quarterly SA2 counts allocated to suburb boundaries
Weather
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.
Summer (Dec–Feb)
- Usual max / min
- 31° / 13°
- Rainfall
- 56 mm · ~7 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
- Usual max / min
- 24° / 9°
- Rainfall
- 72 mm · ~9 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
- Usual max / min
- 16° / 5°
- Rainfall
- 114 mm · ~14 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
- Usual max / min
- 23° / 8°
- Rainfall
- 102 mm · ~13 rainy days
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Temperature and humidity comfort
Data sources & freshness
- Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated
Future & Planning
Planning & development
Development applications from PlanSA register and EPA licensed activities.
2026· 15 proposals
August 2026
- River structure (pontoon), retaining wall and associated excavation and filling in a flood plainLOT 1 SCHMIDT LANE BOWHILL SA 5238;LOT 700 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238Under Assessment
July 2026
- Agricultural Building (machinery store)LOT 11 HUNDRED LINE RD BOWHILL SA 5238Decision Made
- Retaining walls, replacement jetty and associated excavation and filling in a flood plain85 SCHMIDT LANE BOWHILL SA 5238;LOT 700 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238Under Assessment
- Retaining walls, mooring post, steps and associated excavation and filling in a floodplain89 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238;LOT 700 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238Under Assessment
- Riverbank retaining wall and associated excavation and filling in a flood plain29 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238;LOT 700 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238Under Assessment
June 2026
- Construction of a domestic outbuilding76 SCHMIDT LANE BOWHILL SA 5238Under Assessment
- Outbuilding (shed) and associated excavation and filling in a flood plain40 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238Decision Made
- Outbuilding addition and incidental excavation and filling in a flood plain92B PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238Under Assessment
May 2026
- Construction of an elevated detached dwelling with an attached covered balcony, and an undercroft wet area, storage area, and staircase enclosure74 TERRENCE PL BOWHILL SA 5238Under Assessment
- Dwelling additions in the form of elevated decking addition, staircase and associated incidental excavation and filling in a flood plain24 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238Under Assessment
February 2026
- Additions to dwelling consisting of a deck and verandah, with associated excavation and filling in a flood plain40 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238Decision Made
- Elevated detached dwelling, outbuilding, retaining walls and associated excavation and filling in a flood plain135 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238Decision Made
January 2026
- Industrial Workshop68 WEBER RD BOWHILL SA 5238Decision Made
- Construction of an elevated detached dwelling with an attached balcony, external staircase, and an undercroft boat shed, storage area and wet area9 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238Decision Made
- Riverbank retaining wall (sandbag retaining) and associated excavation and filling in a floodplain26 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238;LOT 700 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238Decision Made
2025· 15 proposals
November 2025
- Construction of jetty and riverbank retaining walls with associated earthworks in a flood plain131 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238;LOT 700 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238Decision Made
- Elevated detached dwelling with part ground floor enclosure, retaining walls and associated excavation and filling in a flood plain30 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238Under Assessment
- Installation of a sandbagging riverbank retaining wall27 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238;LOT 700 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238Decision Made
October 2025
- Installation of a sandbag riverbank retaining wall28 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238;LOT 700 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238Decision Made
- River Structure (Jetty) and associated excavation and filling in a flood plain92B PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238Decision Made
- VERANDAH : 4000mm Wide x 7000mm Long x 2600mm High Roof Pitch Degree - 1 degree (Flat Roof)68 SCHMIDT LANE BOWHILL SA 5238Decision Made
- Domestic outbuilding245 LOWAN RD BOWHILL SA 5238Decision Made
August 2025
- Agricultural building (machinery store)2237 HUNDRED LINE RD BOWHILL SA 5238Decision Made
- Residential Outbuilding (Shed)17 CHUCKA BEND RD BOWHILL SA 5238Decision Made
June 2025
- Demolition of an existing dwelling and the construction of an elevated detached dwelling with a covered balcony, external staircase, and an undercroft garage and wet areas and associated retaining walls52 SCHMIDT LANE BOWHILL SA 5238Decision Made
May 2025
- Construction of a carport in association with an existing dwellingLOT 39 CHUCKA BEND RD BOWHILL SA 5238Decision Made
- Outbuilding (garage and carport) and associated excavation and filling in a flood plain7 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238Decision Made
March 2025
- Additions and alterations to an existing dwelling including the enclosure of an external stairway, extension of covered balcony and installation of an elevator, shed extension and the construction of a retaining wall.36 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238Under Assessment
February 2025
- Variation of Development Application 24012309 Add concrete sleeper stairs to the Concrete Sleeper Retaining Wall on already approved retaining wall.73 GERHARD PL BOWHILL SA 5238;LOT 700 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238Decision Made
- Construction of an elevated detached dwelling with with an attached covered deck, external staircase, and under croft storage areas/wet area62 SCHMIDT LANE BOWHILL SA 5238Decision Made
2024· 14 proposals
December 2024
- Alterations to an existing elevated detached dwelling comprising the enclosure of one undercroft wall to enable the installation of an outdoor bbq and bench top11 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238Under Assessment
- Construction of an elevated detached dwelling with an attached deck, external staircase, and an undercroft wet area/store126 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238Decision Made
November 2024
- Additions and alterations to an existing dwelling including an extension to the upper level, reconfiguration of the internal layout, renovation of external cladding and the partial demolition of an existing shed.100 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238Under Assessment
- Retaining wall, seating, fire pit and associated excavation and filling in a flood plain73 GERHARD PL BOWHILL SA 5238;LOT 700 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238Decision Made
- Alterations and additions to an existing elevated detached dwelling and the construction of a domestic outbuilding and associated retaining wall.73 GERHARD PL BOWHILL SA 5238Decision Made
- Construction of a jetty (replacement) and a sandbag retaining wall to the riverbank21 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238;LOT 700 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238Decision Made
October 2024
- Construction of riverbank sandbag retaining walls31 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238;32 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238;33 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238;34 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238;35 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238Decision Made
- Construction of an elevated detached dwelling with an attached deck, external staircase, and an undercroft wet area/store118 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238Decision Made
- Elevated detached dwelling with part ground floor enclosure, retaining walls and associated excavation and filling in a flood plain45 SCHMIDT LANE BOWHILL SA 5238Decision Made
September 2024
- Elevated detached dwelling with associated retaining walls and excavation and filling in a flood plain39 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238Decision Made
- Elevated detached dwelling with part ground floor enclosure and associated excavation and filling in a flood plain15 CHUCKA BEND RD BOWHILL SA 5238Decision Made
- Construction of an elevated detached dwelling with an attached covered balcony, external staircase and an undercroft store/wet area129 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238Decision Made
- Construction of an elevated detached dwelling with associated balcony and stairs (UMR)5 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238Decision Made
July 2024
- Elevated detached dwelling with part ground floor enclosure and associated excavation and filling in a flood plain43 PROVIDENCE DR BOWHILL SA 5238Under Assessment
Contributes to desirability score · Future Growth (7%)
Development and planning activity
Data sources & freshness
- PlanSA development applications & EPA licences — Government of South Australia — PlanSA · 2026 · Updated
Hazards
- Bushfire planning zone
- Overlay applies
Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid against all current SA Planning risk layers (high, medium, general, urban interface, regional, outback). Safer places from CFS designated locations.
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Bushfire hazard overlays
Data sources & freshness
- Bushfire & hazard overlays (SA) — Government of South Australia · current · Updated
Politics & representation
- Federal electorate
- Barker
- Member of Parliament
- Tony PASIN (Liberal)
- Results from
- 2025 federal election
- Electorate enrolment (2025)
- 127,045
- Turnout (2025)
- 92.6%
- Swing since 2022 (2025)
- +3.6 pp toward Labor
Two-party preferred (2025)
Coalition 63.0%Labor 37.0%
Estimated suburb voting profile
Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 37.7 km away).
Coalition 69.2%Labor 30.8%
6.2 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: +7.6 pp toward Labor
Nearest polling places
- PurnongLabor 24.0% · Coalition 76.0% TPP (2025)11.8 km away
- Walker FlatLabor 45.3% · Coalition 54.7% TPP (2025)23.3 km away
- KaroondaLabor 26.6% · Coalition 73.4% TPP (2025)25.8 km away
- MypolongaLabor 37.4% · Coalition 62.6% TPP (2025)30.1 km away
- NildottieLabor 29.9% · Coalition 70.1% TPP (2025)30.5 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.
Data sources & freshness
- Federal election results — Australian Electoral Commission · Updated · 2025 election with by-election overlays
Socio-economic
- IRSAD decile (2021)
- 3/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 3/10
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).
What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?
IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.
IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.
A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD decile)
Data sources & freshness
- SEIFA 2021 (IRSAD / IRSD) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
More in Karoonda East Murray Council
Other suburbs in the same local government area.
Comparable suburbs
Similar population and socio-economic profile in other parts of South Australia.