Narrabri Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Narrabri (2390) is a suburb of Regional NSW, North West Slopes, New South Wales. It is about 416 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Narrabri is in the federal electorate of Parkes.

In the 2011 census the population of Narrabri was 7,392 and is comprised of approximately 50.6% females and 49.4% males.

The median/average age of the population of Narrabri is 38 years of age.

88.9% of people living in the suburb of Narrabri were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 0.8% England, 0.4% Philippines, 0.4% New Zealand, 0.2% United States of America, 0.2% Netherlands, 0.2% China , 0.2% India, 0.1% Scotland, 0.1% Fiji, 0.1% Germany, 0.1% Sri Lanka, 0.1% Ireland, 0.1% Nigeria, 0.1% Korea, Republic of .

93.0% of people living in Narrabri speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.2% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.4% Other, 0.3% Cantonese, 0.2% Filipino , 0.1% Tagalog, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Mandarin, 0.1% German, 0.1% Arabic.

The religious makeup of Narrabri is 37.8% Anglican, 26.9% Catholic, 12.3% No religion, 8.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.0% Presbyterian and Reformed, 4.0% Uniting Church, 1.6% Pentecostal, 1.0% Christian, nfd, 0.6% Salvation Army, 0.5% Other religious affiliation .

49.3% of people are married, 32.6% have never married and 7.0% are divorced and 3.5% are separated. There are 444 widowed people living in Narrabri.

62.1% of the people living in Narrabri over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 26.4% are working on a part time basis. Narrabri has an unemployment rate of 4.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Narrabri are 16.9% Technicians & trades workers, 13.9% Professionals, 13.7% Managers, 12.7% Labourers, 12.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 10.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 10.1% Sales workers, 8.2% Community & personal service workers, 2.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Narrabri work in are 11.9% Retail trade, 10.8% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 10.3% Health care and social assistance, 7.8% Accommodation and food services, 6.7% Transport, postal and warehousing, 6.3% Education and training, 6.2% Construction, 5.9% Manufacturing, 5.6% Professional, scientific and technical services.

34.5% of homes are fully owned, and 29.6% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 30.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $553 per week and the median household income is $1047 per week.

The median rent in Narrabri is $150 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1358 per month.

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