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What's going on in Bowen

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Top rank

#49 of 530 in Queensland

for % Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (10.8%)

Rank 2

#51 of 530 in Queensland

for % of adults with no post-school qualification (60.2%)

Rank 3

#147 of 530 in Queensland

for % of households renting (39.6%)

The three dimensions where Bowen picks up its best ranks, state or national whichever is sharper.

Snapshot

Five fixed dimensions covered for every SA2. Rank shown is whichever of state or national gives the lower number — i.e. the most "top X" framing.

Median household income (weekly)
$1,322 / week
#407 of 530 in Queensland

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Median age
42 years
#163 of 530 in Queensland

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

% of households renting
39.6%
#147 of 530 in Queensland

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Unemployment rate
5.0%
#251 of 530 in Queensland

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Average persons per bedroom
0.80
#307 of 530 in Queensland

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Walk the ranking

Bowen's sharpest rank is for % Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. These are the places sitting either side of it nationally — each one carries its own neighbours, so the walk keeps going.

↑ #153 · one rank above Kurri Kurri - Abermain New South Wales ↓ #155 · one rank below Ravenswood Tasmania

Next door

Boundary: ABS ASGS Edition 3 (2021) SA2. Each source row links to a plain-language summary on About and to the data provider's portal — never a direct download.