Suburb profile
Dowerin WA 6461
Dowerin is located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, postcode 6461. It has 510 properties across 40 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Dowerin, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Dowerin
Dowerin, WA 6461, sits in the Wheatbelt region and neighbours Minnivale, Hindmarsh, Koomberkine and Ucarty. Its 40 streets hold 510 properties, 483 of them houses and 27 units.
At the Census Dowerin had 3,801 residents, a median age of 47 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $1,202 a week, the median mortgage repayment $867 a month and the median rent $163 a week. Of 1,557 dwellings, 1,477 were separate houses, 52 semi-detached and 22 other; none were flats. Of the same 1,557 households, 742 owned outright, 325 owned with a mortgage and 352 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Dowerin
- 3,801Peoplelive in the area
- 47Median ageyears
- $1,202Median household incomea week
- $163Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses1,477
- Townhouses and semis52
- Other22
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$867a month
- Household size2.2people on average
How homes are held
Schools in Dowerin
Dowerin District High School
GovernmentPrimary and secondary
Dowerin District High School
GovernmentPrimary and secondary
Streets in Dowerin
- Anderson Street26 properties
- Cook Road2 properties
- Cottrell Street50 properties
- Couper Street8 properties
- Dowerin-Kalannie Road2 properties
- Dowerin-Meckering Road3 properties
- East Street25 properties
- Erhardt Street1 property
- Fraser Street10 properties
- Goldfields Road62 properties
- Goomalling-Wyalkatchem Road7 properties
- Griffiths Street6 properties
- Hatwell Road1 property
- Hayter Street6 properties
- Hilda Street16 properties
- Hindmarsh Back Road3 properties
- Hindmarsh Road8 properties
- Irvine Road1 property
- Jackson Street2 properties
- Jones Street22 properties
- Koombekine North Road1 property
- Maisey Street19 properties
- Meckering Road16 properties
- Memorial Avenue35 properties
- Metcalf Street8 properties
- Nambling North Road4 properties
- Norris Road7 properties
- Norris Street7 properties
- O'Loghlen Street20 properties
- Pickering Road2 properties
- Place Street14 properties
- Rifle Range Road1 property
- Robinson Road1 property
- Sanders Road2 properties
- Spark Road1 property
- Stacy Street49 properties
- Stewart Street58 properties
- Thomas Road1 property
- Uberin Road2 properties
- Windsor Road1 property
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.