Bowen Hills

Bowen Hills is a residential inner city suburb in the City of Brisbane. It's home to 3,226 people as of the 2016 census.

Demographics
In the 2016 census, Bowen Hills recorded a population of 3,226 people, 45.6% female and 54.4% male. The median age of the Bowen Hills population was 30 years, 8 years below the national median. 49.0% of people living in Bowen Hills were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand (3.9%), England (2.9%), India (2.9%), China (2.7%) and Colombia (2.1%).

Bowen Hills is a predominantly non-family suburb with 39.1% of households being family households. Of these family households, 22.8% have children. The other households are single-person households (45.8%) and group households (15.2%).

Employment and wealth
In 2016, Gordon Park had an unemployment rate of 7.2%, 0.3% higher than the national rate. The top industries were hospitals (except psychiatric hospitals) (6.4%), cafes and restaurants (5.6%), computer system design and related services (4.4%), accommodation (3.0%) and State Government administration (2.7%).

The weekly median household income was $1,353 (annually $70,356) and the weekly median personal income was $857 (annually $44,564).

Catchments
Bowen Hills is separated into three different catchments for public primary schools. Most of the suburb is in the catchment of Brisbane Central State School, the northern part is in the catchment of Windsor State School and a small part of Cowlishaw Street is in the catchment of New Farm State School. As for public secondary schools, Bowen Hills is in the catchment of Kelvin Grove State College.

Crime and safety
See: Category:Bowen Hills crime rates

In 2020, a total of 2,023 reported offences occurred in Bowen Hills. Out of these offences, 56 were violent crimes. Excluding the possibilities of repeated victimisation and victims not being residents, the chance of being a victim of violent crime in Bowen Hills is 1.7%.