Glenrowan, VIC
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Glenrowan is a small town in north-eastern Victoria, about 16 kilometres south-west of Wangaratta and 236 kilometres north-east of Melbourne, below the Warby Ranges. It was named after the brothers James and George Rowan, who farmed in the area in the mid-nineteenth century. The settlement grew with the railway, which reached it in 1874. Glenrowan is famous as the place where the bushranger Ned Kelly made his last stand: in 1880 the Kelly Gang was besieged in the town's hotel and Kelly was captured after a shootout with police. That history now drives local tourism, marked by a towering Ned Kelly statue on the main street. The surrounding slopes also form the Glenrowan wine region, where grapes have been grown since the 1860s.
Around the national middle
Glenrowan is more socio-economically advantaged than about 51% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 989, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Glenrowan at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 1,049
- Median age
- 45
- Median weekly household income
- $1,543
- SEIFA score
- 989
- Coordinates
- -36.4790, 146.2149
Glenrowan demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Glenrowan using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is mid-life (45–64) at 28%, 8% of homes are rented, and 8% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 199 | 19% |
| Youth (15–24) | 94 | 9% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 225 | 22% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 295 | 28% |
| Seniors (65+) | 231 | 22% |
Share of the 1,044 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 167 | 45% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 165 | 44% |
| Rented | 30 | 8% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 374 | 99% |
| Townhouses & semis | 0 | 0% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 377 occupied private dwellings in Glenrowan.
- Median weekly rent
- $280
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,387
- Average household size
- 2.6 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,735
- Median weekly personal income
- $749
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 77 (8%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 31 (3%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 18 (2%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 357 (44%)
- Labour-force participation
- 62.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.9%
- Employed full-time
- 307
- Employed part-time
- 184
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
Common questions about Glenrowan
Where is Glenrowan?
Glenrowan is a suburb of Victoria, Australia.
What is the population of Glenrowan?
At the 2021 Census, Glenrowan had a population of about 1,049.
Is Glenrowan an advantaged area?
Glenrowan has an ABS SEIFA score of 989, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 51 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 51% of Australian suburbs.
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