Gowrie is located in the northern end of the Tuggeranong Valley. Tuggeranong suburbs are the southernmost of Australia's capital city.
Gowrie is named after Brigadier-General Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie (1872–1955), Governor-General of Australia from 1936–1944. Gowrie's streets are all named after members of the Australian Defence Force who won decorations, including the Victoria Cross. Gowrie is the former site of the Athllon Homestead. (source)
Median property value for Gowrie 2904 (source)
2001 | $190k |
2011 | $517k |
| 2016 | $540k |
Statistics about Gowrie (source)
Area of Gowrie | 1.9 sq Kms |
People | 3,056 |
Male | 1,473 |
Female | 1,583 |
Median age | 38 |
Families | 880 |
Average children per family | 1.8 |
All private dwellings | 1,158 |
Average people per household | 2.7 |
Median weekly household income | 2,228 |
Median monthly mortgage repayments | 2,167 |
Median weekly rent | 388 |
Average motor vehicles per dwelling | 2 |
The most common ancestries in Gowrie were
English | 27.2% |
Australian | 25.8% |
Irish | 10.1% |
Scottish | 8.1% |
German | 3.5% |
