Bowral
New South Wales · Southern Highlands · Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven
This profile uses the ABS Bowral statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Bowral is a locality in the Southern Highlands area of New South Wales. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Bowral SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Bowral SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Bowral Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Bowral.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Bowral (NSW catchment data).
See the catchment on the mapFee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone — they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.
We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Primary catchment zone shown where matched to official government data. School pins are approximate (ACARA geocoded location).
Schools in Bowral
- Secondary · Independent · Years 7-12Enrolment951ICSEA1081
- Combined · Independent · Years K-12Enrolment827ICSEA1153
- Secondary · Government · Years 7-12Enrolment564ICSEA956
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment484ICSEA1090
- Combined · Independent · Years K-12Enrolment363ICSEA1068
- Primary · Catholic · Years K-6Enrolment219ICSEA1103
- Combined · Independent · Years K-12Enrolment131ICSEA1052
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All NSW schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSGumnut Bowral Memorial Preschool IncorporatedCentre-Based Care · 40 places · Bowral
- Meeting NQSBowral Public School - VillageOSHCCentre-Based Care · 60 places · Bowral
- Meeting NQSBambinos Kindergarten BowralCentre-Based Care · 59 places · Bowral
- Meeting NQSBowral Street ChildcareCentre-Based Care · 52 places · Bowral
- Meeting NQSLittle Peoples Early Learning Centre BowralCentre-Based Care · 48 places · Bowral
- Meeting NQSAurora Out of School Hours CareCentre-Based Care · 45 places · Bowral
- Meeting NQSBambinos Kindergarten Bowral St, BowralCentre-Based Care · 30 places · Bowral
- Meeting NQSKamalei Children's CentreCentre-Based Care · 30 places · Bowral
- Meeting NQSOxley College TheirCareCentre-Based Care · 30 places · Burradoo
- Meeting NQSMount Gibraltar PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 29 places · Bowral
- Not yet ratedHarbison Early LearningCentre-Based Care · 30 places · Burradoo
- Not yet ratedBowral Little School PTY LTDCentre-Based Care · 20 places · Bowral
+ 1 more services in this area's postcodes.
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Safety — recorded incidents
- Incidents, latest year
- 353
- vs previous year
- -13%
- vs 2021
- 443
- Theft 82
- Assault 53
- Malicious damage to property 42
- Intimidation, stalking and harassment 38
- Against justice procedures 34
Police-recorded incident counts (Calendar years; latest = Jan-Dec 2025). These are not population-adjusted and are not a judgement about the suburb — larger, busier areas record more incidents. More on safety →
Amenities
- GPs / clinics
- 3
- Supermarkets
- 2
- Parks
- 27
- Train stations
- 2
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Bowral SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.
Climate & hazards
- Bushfire overlay
- Within the designated Bush Fire Prone Land
This shows whether the Bowral SA2 intersects an official New South Wales government hazard overlay. It is the published overlay extent — not a risk rating, hazard score, or insurance assessment, and we compute none. A single property inside the SA2 may or may not be affected. Not financial or insurance advice — check the current planning scheme and your insurer for any specific address.
Property & rent
- Median house price
- $1,525,000
- House price YoY
- -17.6%
- Median 3BR house rent
- $805/wk
Where did the loss come from?
-71Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
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