Cowan Sydney, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Pacific Highway passing through Cowan | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 33°35′27″S 151°10′10″E / 33.59072°S 151.16956°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
Population | 631 (2021 census)[2] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 72.5/km2 (187.8/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 2081 | ||||||||||||||
Elevation | 207 m (679 ft) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 8.7 km2 (3.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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LGA(s) | Hornsby Shire | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Hornsby[3] | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Berowra[4] | ||||||||||||||
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Cowan is a small outer suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Hornsby Shire. Cowan shares the postcode of 2081 with Berowra. Brooklyn, which lies 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) to the north-east of Cowan, is considered the northernmost suburb of the Greater Sydney Metropolitan Area.
Arcadia, Asquith, Berowra, Berowra Creek, Berowra Heights, Berowra Waters, Berrilee, Brooklyn, Canoelands, Castle Hill, Cherrybrook, Cowan, Dangar Island, Dural, Fiddletown, Forest Glen, Galston, Glenhaven, Glenorie, Hornsby, Hornsby Heights, Laughtondale, Maroota, Middle Dural, Milsons Passage, Mount Colah, Mount Kuring-Gai, Pennant Hills, Singletons Mill, West Pennant Hills, Wisemans Ferry.
Berowra covers an area from Hawkesbury River in the north, to the M2, Pennant Hills Road and North Rocks Road in the South. Osborn and Normanhurst Rd and Main Northern Railway and Belmont Parade, Cockle and Cowan Creeks in the east, Hawkesbury, Bellbird and Cattai Creeks, Boundary Road, Taylor Street, High Road, Castle Hill Road, Main Northern Railway, Old Northern Road, Gilbert Road, Merrick Way, Gawin Court and Linksley Avenue in the west. Suburbs include Annangrove, Arcadia, Berowra, Brooklyn, Cattai, Cherrybrook, Cowan, Dangar Island, Galston, Glenorie, Hornsby (part), Maroota, Middle Dural, Mount Colah (part), Mount Kuring-gai, Pennant Hills, Westleigh, West Pennant Hills and Wisemans Ferry.