Narrandera Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Narrandera (2700) is a suburb of Regional NSW, Murray & Riverina, New South Wales. It is about 438 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Narrandera is in the federal electorate of Riverina.

In the 2011 census the population of Narrandera was 4,471 and is comprised of approximately 51.7% females and 48.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Narrandera is 42 years of age.

86.5% of people living in the suburb of Narrandera were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 1.2% England, 0.3% New Zealand, 0.3% Philippines, 0.3% Scotland, 0.3% China , 0.3% Italy, 0.2% Netherlands, 0.2% India, 0.2% El Salvador, 0.2% Tonga, 0.1% Japan, 0.1% Brazil, 0.1% Ireland, 0.1% Spain.

90.7% of people living in Narrandera speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 7.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.4% Other, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% Mandarin, 0.2% Italian, 0.2% Japanese, 0.2% Tagalog, 0.1% Greek, 0.1% Arabic.

The religious makeup of Narrandera is 29.7% Anglican, 27.0% Catholic, 13.8% No religion, 9.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 9.1% Uniting Church, 3.5% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.0% Pentecostal, 1.9% Christian, nfd, 0.8% Jehovah's Witnesses, 0.5% Baptist.

46.6% of people are married, 32.2% have never married and 6.7% are divorced and 4.3% are separated. There are 359 widowed people living in Narrandera.

56.7% of the people living in Narrandera over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 30.2% are working on a part time basis. Narrandera has an unemployment rate of 5.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Narrandera are 19.9% Labourers, 16.0% Technicians & trades workers, 12.3% Professionals, 11.5% Community & personal service workers, 10.8% Managers, 10.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 8.8% Machinery operators & drivers, 7.9% Sales workers, 2.2% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Narrandera work in are 13.1% Health care and social assistance, 11.8% Manufacturing, 11.2% Retail trade, 8.7% Accommodation and food services, 8.3% Education and training, 8.1% Public administration and safety, 6.6% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 6.6% Construction, 6.3% Transport, postal and warehousing.

37.6% of homes are fully owned, and 31.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 26.7% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $453 per week and the median household income is $804 per week.

The median rent in Narrandera is $150 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1079 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Narrandera postcode 2700