Bowna (postcode 2644) is a sparsely populated locality in New South Wales within the Greater Hume Shire local government area. It is home to about 115 residents, with a settled mid-life population and a median age of 40. Households earn a median income of $114K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 people. NSW employment has moved +0.3% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 37 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 5 underway, and 75 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, professionals, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
Bowna has a median house price of $555,000, holding roughly steady year-on-year. The current median weekly rent is $380. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 3.6%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,191.
Public transport access includes 9 bus stops. The crime rate in the Greater Hume Shire LGA is below average at 2,298 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Gross rental yield sits at around 3.6% (moderate yield). Property prices sit below the state median ($555K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 4.9x is considered affordable. House prices have moved +0.0% year-on-year.