Bowenfels, NSW
Suburb profile from official open data — demographics, market signals, schools and safety.
At a glance
- Population
- 2,049
- Median age
- 41
- Household income
- $917/wk
- Owner-occupied
- 52%
- Renting
- 45%
- Socio-economic advantage
- Decile 1/10 in NSW
- Nearest train station
- Lithgow Station · 2.4 km
- Nearest emergency dept
- Lithgow Hospital · 1.7 km
Sources: ABS Census 2021 & SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0); distances are straight-line from the suburb's address centroid.
Property market — real sales
Median house (5 yr)
$485k
Median unit (5 yr)
$358k
Sales (5 yr)
155
Sales (12 mths)
23
Recorded transactions, NSW Valuer General Property Sales Information (CC BY 4.0). Recent weeks may not be registered yet.
Community safety
422 recorded incidents in 2025 · down 0.9% vs 2024
School catchments (suburb centre)
Primary
Lithgow PS
Secondary
Lithgow HS
Zones at the suburb's address centroid — individual addresses can differ; check any address on PropertyCheck for its exact zones. Source: state education departments (CC BY).
Growth & supply · Lithgow
District population (2025)
12,124
-7% over 10 years
New homes approved (12 mths to May 2026)
38
houses 25 · other 13
ABS statistical district (SA2) containing the suburb centre (CC BY 4.0).
Sold prices by street
Every recorded transaction, free — the most-traded streets in Bowenfels:
- Hillcrest Avenue (109)
- Great Western Highway (94)
- James O'Donnell Drive (83)
- Thornton Avenue (63)
- Landa Street (42)
- Outer Crescent (36)
- Stewart Street (31)
- Chivers Close (26)
- Robertson Street (24)
- Inner Crescent (23)
- Shawcross Close (22)
- Cameron Place (21)
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All figures from official open data with attribution; estimates and medians are statistical outputs, not valuations. Suburb boundaries follow ABS Suburbs and Localities (SAL) 2021.