Average rent in Bowen, QLD — 2026

Bowen sits below the Queensland median, with the typical renter paying $270/week — 25% less than the state-wide $359/week baseline (ABS Census 2021). The suburb skews owner-occupied: 57% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 40% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (81%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 9,874, the median age is 42, and the most common occupation is Labourers. 15% of residents were born overseas. Bowen is 961km from Brisbane, often putting it outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date. Your reported figure above gives the live read; the Census number anchors the historical baseline.