Bowelling vs Cardiff

In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Bowelling, most households are couple families. In Cardiff, about half of households are people living alone. On these figures, Bowelling tends to suit couples, while Cardiff suits people living alone and older residents.

Which one suits you?

There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.

Families with school-age kids

Bowelling

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (3 vs 0)
  • is already more of a family suburb (67% vs 50%)
  • carries lower crime risk (64/100 vs 80/100)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

Bowelling

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (14% vs 30%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Cardiff

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($233/wk vs $275/wk)

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

Cardiff

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • sits closer to the CBD (218.1 km vs 242.4 km)
  • has a shorter drive in (158 min vs 168 min)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here

  • Bowelling carries lower crime risk (64/100 vs 80/100)
  • Cardiff has more residents already 65 and over (23% vs 13%)

Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

Cardiff

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (10.3% vs 1.2%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Bowelling and Cardiff drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Bowelling Cardiff
Hides rows where both suburbs match

Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.

Side by side, out of 100

Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.

Bowelling Cardiff
Walkability 0 / 0
Bowelling — Walkability: 0/100 Cardiff — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 36 / 20
Bowelling — Safety: 36/100 Cardiff — Safety: 20/100
Low fire risk 33 / 27
Bowelling — Low fire risk: 33/100 Cardiff — Low fire risk: 27/100
Low flood risk 100 / 100
Bowelling — Low flood risk: 100/100 Cardiff — Low flood risk: 100/100

Demographics

Cardiff has more residents (118 vs 84); Bowelling has higher household incomes ($82,836 vs $61,724).

Bowelling Cardiff
Population 84 118
+40% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +1.2% +10.3%
Median age 48 50
Median household income $82,836/yr
+25% vs other
 $61,724/yr
Median weekly rent $275/wk
+15% vs other
 $233/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Bowelling Cardiff
0-4 — / 2.5%
Bowelling — 0-4: not among its largest Cardiff — 0-4: 2.5%
5-14 17.9% / 14.4%
Bowelling — 5-14: 17.9% Cardiff — 5-14: 14.4%
15-19 — / 2.5%
Bowelling — 15-19: not among its largest Cardiff — 15-19: 2.5%
20-24 — / 5.9%
Bowelling — 20-24: not among its largest Cardiff — 20-24: 5.9%
25-34 — / 7.6%
Bowelling — 25-34: not among its largest Cardiff — 25-34: 7.6%
35-44 7.1% / 8.5%
Bowelling — 35-44: 7.1% Cardiff — 35-44: 8.5%
45-54 25.0% / 16.1%
Bowelling — 45-54: 25.0% Cardiff — 45-54: 16.1%
55-64 14.3% / 18.6%
Bowelling — 55-64: 14.3% Cardiff — 55-64: 18.6%
65-74 9.5% / 17.8%
Bowelling — 65-74: 9.5% Cardiff — 65-74: 17.8%
75-84 3.6% / 5.1%
Bowelling — 75-84: 3.6% Cardiff — 75-84: 5.1%
85+ — / —
Bowelling — 85+: not among its largest Cardiff — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (25.0%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Bowelling 66.7% couple families
Bowelling — Couple Families: 66.7% Bowelling — Lone Person: 33.3%
Cardiff 50.0% couple families
Cardiff — Couple Families: 50.0% Cardiff — Lone Person: 50.0%
Couple Families Lone Person

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Bowelling 15.2% renting
Bowelling — Owned Outright: 54.5% Bowelling — Mortgage: 30.3% Bowelling — Renting: 15.2%
Cardiff 14.9% renting
Cardiff — Owned Outright: 48.9% Cardiff — Mortgage: 36.2% Cardiff — Renting: 14.9%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Bowelling 100.0% houses
Bowelling — Houses: 100.0% Bowelling — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Cardiff 97.8% houses
Cardiff — Houses: 97.8% Cardiff — Flats / Apartments: 2.2%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Bowelling Cardiff
Certificate III & IV 14.3% / 22.0%
Bowelling — Certificate III & IV: 14.3% Cardiff — Certificate III & IV: 22.0%
Bachelor Degree 3.6% / 2.5%
Bowelling — Bachelor Degree: 3.6% Cardiff — Bachelor Degree: 2.5%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma — / 3.4%
Bowelling — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: not among its largest Cardiff — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 3.4%
Postgraduate Degree — / 2.5%
Bowelling — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Cardiff — Postgraduate Degree: 2.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.0%).

Property market

Bowelling Cardiff
Median house price — $499,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both

Development activity

Bowelling Cardiff
New dwellings approved 3
across West Arthur
 36
across Collie
Approvals change year on year — +0%

Ranking within WA

Bowelling Cardiff
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 45% of WA Higher than 19% of WA
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 2% of WA Higher than 12% of WA
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 13% of WA
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 1% of WA Higher than 7% of WA

Liveability

Bowelling Cardiff
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 9/10
 below-average income
decile 2/10

Risk profile

Cardiff carries more crime risk (80 vs 64).

Bowelling Cardiff
Bushfire Moderate
67/100
 High
73/100
Crime Moderate
64/100
 High
80/100
Flood None
0/100
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Bowelling Cardiff
Inside the suburb 0
same for both
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Amenities in the suburb

Bowelling Cardiff
Parks & reserves 3 0
Waterways 3 8

Mobility

Bowelling sits further from the CBD (242.4 km vs 218.1 km).

Bowelling Cardiff
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Perth 242.4 km
+10% vs other
 218.1 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 168 min 158 min
Electric vehicle share 0.2%
postcode 6225
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 55
postcode 6225
same for both

How people get to work

Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.

Bowelling Cardiff
Car (driver) 45.5% / 71.1%
Bowelling — Car (driver): 45.5% Cardiff — Car (driver): 71.1%
Worked from Home 54.5% / 7.9%
Bowelling — Worked from Home: 54.5% Cardiff — Worked from Home: 7.9%
Car (passenger) — / 10.5%
Bowelling — Car (passenger): not among its largest Cardiff — Car (passenger): 10.5%
Bus — / 10.5%
Bowelling — Bus: not among its largest Cardiff — Bus: 10.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (71.1%).

Setting

Bowelling Cardiff
Elevation 261 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 198 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Bowelling Cardiff
Connectivity score 15/100
same for both
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster)
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
22 premises
 0%
34 premises

Climate

Bowelling Cardiff
Annual rainfall 765 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Federal electorate

Bowelling Cardiff
Division O'connor
same for both
Member Rick Wilson
same for both
Party Liberal
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Bowelling Cardiff
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $800,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Bowelling

Rural

Cardiff

Rural

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