Bowning vs Kangiara
Bowning is the younger of the two, with a median age of 45 against 48 in Kangiara. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Kangiara, most households are couple families. On these figures, Kangiara tends to suit couples.
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
They split
one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here
- Bowning carries lower crime risk (35/100 vs 97/100)
- Kangiara is already more of a family suburb (100% vs 64%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Kangiara
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (13% vs 20%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Kangiara
ahead on 2 of the 2 things we measure here
- leaves renters under less rental stress (5% vs 18%)
- has cheaper rent ($120/wk vs $330/wk)
Weighs rent and rental stress.
Commuting to the city
Bowning
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a shorter drive in (185 min vs 205 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (289.2 km vs 306 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Bowning
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (35/100 vs 97/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Too close to call
Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Bowning and Kangiara drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.
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.
Demographics
Bowning has more residents (619 vs 50); Bowning rents higher ($330/wk vs $120/wk).
| Bowning | Kangiara | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 619 +92% vs other | 50 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +8.0% | +4.2% |
| Median age | 45 | 48 |
| Median household income | $98,176/yr | $117,000/yr +19% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $330/wk +64% vs other | $120/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.0%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (14.1%).
Property market
| Bowning | Kangiara | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $595,000 | — |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
| Bowning | Kangiara | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 98% | 99% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 1% same for both | |
| Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09. | ||
Development activity
| Bowning | Kangiara | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 121 across Yass Valley same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +14% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Bowning | Kangiara | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 35% of NSW | — |
| Income | Higher than 67% of NSW | Higher than 82% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 21% of NSW | Higher than 39% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 76% of NSW | — |
| EV adoption | Higher than 88% of NSW same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 56% of NSW | Higher than 33% of NSW |
Liveability
| Bowning | Kangiara | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | C | — |
| Score | 38/100 | — |
| Socio-economic band | advantaged area decile 7/10 | very advantaged area decile 10/10 |
Risk profile
Kangiara carries more crime risk (97 vs 35); Bowning carries more bushfire risk (51 vs 28).
| Bowning | Kangiara | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 51/100 | Low 28/100 |
| Crime | Low 35/100 | High 97/100 |
| Flood | Not mapped no mapped data here 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
| Bowning | Kangiara | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 1 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Bowning
- Bowning Public School Government · Primary
Schools in Kangiara
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Bowning | Kangiara | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 1 | 0 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 1 | 0 |
| Fuel stations | 1 | 0 |
| Waterways | 65 | 9 |
Mobility
Kangiara sits further from the CBD (306 km vs 289.2 km).
| Bowning | Kangiara | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Sydney | 289.2 km | 306 km +6% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 185 min | 205 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 1.4% postcode 2582 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 66 postcode 2582 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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (69.2%).
Setting
| Bowning | Kangiara | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 587 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 551 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Bowning | Kangiara | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 30/100 | 23/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 284 premises | 0% 28 premises |
Climate
| Bowning | Kangiara | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 889 mm | 541 mm |
| Summer max (Jan) | 30.7°C | — |
| Winter min (Jul) | 3.9°C | — |
Council rates
| Bowning | Kangiara | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,162/yr same for both | |
| Council | Yass Valley same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Bowning | Kangiara | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Riverina same for both | |
| Member | Michael Mccormack same for both | |
| Party | The Nationals same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Bowning | Kangiara | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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