Bowes bushfire risk
Of Bowes’s 71 mapped properties, 39.4% are in a mapped bushfire-prone area. Flood mapping for this area is coming soon.
For context, Bowes’s bushfire exposure is above the WA average of 21.7%.
Check a specific Bowes address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Bowes
Flood and bushfire areas across Bowes. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Bowes
Bowes sits in the Mid West-Gascoyne police district, which recorded 14,998 reported offences in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 14,998 total. Figures are for the whole Mid West-Gascoyne police district (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Zoning in Bowes
Bowes is mostly rural residential. The most common zones:
Rural residential — acreage-style homes on large lots; semi-rural living.
Zone: Rural residential
Who lives in Bowes
At the 2021 Census, 9.6% of Bowes’s 104 residents were born overseas.
Top ancestries
Top countries of birth
Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Shire Of Northampton
Compare Bowes with the rest of the council area, largest first.
Figures are indicative only — verify any specific property with the relevant council. Sources: council/state planning schemes & flood mapping, Geoscape G-NAF, state police crime statistics, ABS.