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Gowrie, Australian Capital Territory

Field	Value
type	suburb
name	Gowrie
city	Canberra
state	act
lga	Tuggeranong
stategov	Brindabella
fedgov	Bean
est	1981
gazetted	5 August 1975
postcode	2904
area	1.9
pop	3,140
pop_year
pop_footnotes
elevation	610
alternative_location_map	Australia ACT districted Canberra
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Canberra
coordinates
dist1	20
dir1	S
location1	Canberra CBD
dist2	14
dir2	SW
location2	Queanbeyan
dist3	104
dir3	SW
location3	Goulburn
dist4	301
dir4	SW
location4	Sydney
near-nw	Wanniassa
near-ne	Fadden
near-se	Chisholm
near-s	Richardson
near-sw	Isabella Plains
near-w	Monash

Gowrie is a suburb of Canberra, Australia, located in the northern end of the Tuggeranong Valley. Tuggeranong suburbs are the southernmost of Australia's capital city. Gowrie is named after Brigadier-General Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie (1872–1955), Governor-General of Australia from 1936 to 1944.

Many (but not all) of Gowrie's streets are named after members of the Australian Defence Force who won decorations, including the Victoria Cross. Gowrie is the former site of the Athllon Homestead.

Demographics

At the , Gowrie had a population of 3,140 people. The median age of people in Gowrie was 38 years, compared to a median age of 35 for Canberra. The median individual income for Gowrie in 2021 was $1,207, almost equal with the ACT median of $1,203, while the median household income was $2,228. In 2021, the median monthly housing loan repayment in Gowrie was $2,674.

The residents of Gowrie are predominantly Australian born, with 77.4% being born in Australia. The main countries of birth for those born overseas were England (3.3%), India (2.0%), New Zealand (1.2%), Philippines (1.2%) and Italy (0.7%). The most popular religious affiliations in descending order are no religion, Catholic, Anglican and Islam.

Suburb amenities

The Gowrie local shopping centre is located on Jeffries Street. The centre includes a supermarket, pharmacy, hairdresser and the Common Grounds cafe. Jeffries Street is also the site of a child care centre and the Gowrie Preschool. The Erindale Scout Hall is in Finlay Place. The Gowrie District Playing fields also are located in the suburb.

Education

Gowrie Primary School, located on Jeffries Street, opened in 1983. The school's design has a rural theme, and each of the buildings are named after properties in the Tuggeranong Valley. The Catholic Holy Family Parish Primary School and the Holy Family Church, both part of the South Tuggeranong Corpus Christi Parish, are located on Bugden Avenue.

Churches

Tuggeranong Presbyterian Church meets at Gowrie Primary School in Jeffries Street.

Transport

Gowrie is serviced by several ACTION bus routes. Routes 76 and 77 connect Gowrie to Tuggeranong Town Centre and Erindale Centre. Route R5 travels along Ashley Drive with several bus stops along it.

Governance

2025 federal election	2024 ACT election{{cite web	url=https://www.elections.act.gov.au/elections_and_voting/past_act_legislative_assembly_elections/2024-election/2024-election-results/polling-place-results/brindabella/gowrie?electorate=Brindabella
		Labor
		Independent
		Liberal
		Greens
publisher=ACT Electoral Commission	access-date=4 January 2026}}
		Labor
		Liberal
		Greens
		Independent

|} Gowrie is located within the federal electorate of Bean, which is represented by David Smith in the House of Representatives. In the ACT Legislative Assembly, Gowrie is part of the electorate of Brindabella, which elects five members on the basis of proportional representation, currently two Liberal, two Labor and one Greens.{{cite web|publisher= ACT Legislative Assembly |url= https://www.elections.act.gov.au/elections/previous-assembly-elections/2024-election/2020-list-of-elected-candidates |title=List of elected candidates - 2024 Election|access-date=4 January 2026}} Polling place statistics are shown to the right for the Gowrie polling place at Gowrie Primary School in the 2025 federal and 2024 ACT elections.

Geology

The west of Gowrie is built on Deakin Volcanics green-grey and purple rhyodacite. In the east, Gowrie is built on green-grey, purple and cream rhyolite. These rocks are 414 million years old from the Silurian period.

References

{{Census 2021 AUS
(1992). "Canberra's suburb and street names : origins and meanings". Department of the Environment, Land and Planning.
Erindale Scout Group (2006) [http://www.act.scouts.asn.au/ACTScouts/Sites/ERINDALE/Home.asp Home]. Retrieved 1 July 2006
"Gowrie Primary School: Our School". Gowrie Primary School.
"Holy Family School in Gowrie". Gowrie Primary School.
"Tuggeranong Presbyterian Church". Tuggeranong Presbyterian Church.
"Route 76". Transport Canberra.
"Route 77". Transport Canberra.
"Route R5". Transport Canberra.
(8 May 2025). "Federal Election 2025 – Polling Place Gowrie". [[Australian Electoral Commission]].
Henderson G A M and Matveev G, Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs 1:50000 1980.

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