Suburb profile

Cowwarr VIC 3857

Cowwarr is located in the Gippsland region of Victoria, postcode 3857. It has 218 properties across 26 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Cowwarr, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Cowwarr

Cowwarr, VIC 3857, sits in the Gippsland region and neighbours Dawson, Heyfield, Seaton and Toongabbie. Its 26 streets hold 218 properties, all of them houses.

Census figures are for the Rosedale area, which covers part of Cowwarr. At the 2021 Census Rosedale had 4,928 residents, a median age of 39 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income was $1,487 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month and the median rent $236 a week. Of 1,466 dwellings, 1,432 were separate houses, 13 semi-detached and 13 other; 584 were owned outright, 561 owned with a mortgage and 204 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Cowwarr

  • 4,928Peoplelive in the area
  • 39Median ageyears
  • $1,487Median household incomea week
  • $236Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,432
  • Townhouses and semis13
  • Other13

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,300a month
  • Household size2.5people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 584Owned with a mortgage 561Rented 204Other 117

Schools in Cowwarr

  • Cowwarr Primary School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Cowwarr

Neighbouring suburbs

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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.

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