Located in Queensland within the Brisbane local government area, Cowan Cowan is a quiet locality (postcode 4025). With a population of 27, the suburb has an older demographic with a median age of 62. Households earn a median income of $72K per year, with an average household size of 1.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.6% year-on-year at the LGA level. QLD employment has moved +1.5% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. QLD also had 35 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 16 underway, and 30 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are technicians & trades, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward accommodation & food and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Dutch.
The median weekly rent is $208 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $900.
The crime rate in the Brisbane LGA is moderate at 6,299 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +1.6% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.