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Cowan NSW 2081

Cowan is located in the North Shore and Hornsby region of New South Wales, postcode 2081. It has 292 properties across 11 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Cowan, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Cowan

Cowan, NSW 2081, sits in the North Shore and Hornsby region and neighbours Bar Point, Berowra, Berowra Heights and Brooklyn. Its 11 streets hold 292 properties, 288 of them houses and 4 units.

Census figures are for the Berowra - Brooklyn - Cowan area, which had 11,790 residents, a median age of 42 and an average household of 2.9 people. Median household income was $2,497 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,528 a month and the median rent $560 a week. Of 3,992 dwellings, 3,751 were separate houses, 170 semi-detached, 52 flats and 10 other; 1,581 were owned outright, 1,879 owned with a mortgage and 487 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Cowan

  • 11,790Peoplelive in the area
  • 42Median ageyears
  • $2,497Median household incomea week
  • $560Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses3,751
  • Townhouses and semis170
  • Flats and apartments52
  • Other10

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,528a month
  • Household size2.9people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,581Owned with a mortgage 1,879Rented 487Other 45

Schools in Cowan

  • Cowan Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Cowan

  1. Alberta Avenue31 properties
  2. Bujwa Bay Road5 properties
  3. Carissa Place7 properties
  4. Chandler Avenue25 properties
  5. Fraser Road40 properties
  6. Glendale Road1 property
  7. Gresham Street3 properties
  8. Old Peats Ferry Road8 properties
  9. Pacific Highway121 properties
  10. Park Road22 properties
  11. View Street29 properties

Neighbouring suburbs

Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.

Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.