Narrabeen Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Narrabeen (2101) is a suburb of Sydney, Northern Beaches, New South Wales. It is about 18 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Narrabeen is in the federal electorate of Mackellar.

In the 2011 census the population of Narrabeen was 7,474 and is comprised of approximately 51.9% females and 48.1% males.

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

71.3% of people living in the suburb of Narrabeen were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.4% England, 2.6% New Zealand, 1.1% South Africa, 1.0% Brazil, 0.6% Germany, 0.5% Philippines, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.5% United States of America, 0.5% Scotland, 0.5% Canada, 0.4% Italy, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% India, 0.3% Thailand.

79.9% of people living in Narrabeen speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 11.6% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.4% Other, 1.0% Portuguese, 0.8% German, 0.7% Italian, 0.7% Spanish, 0.5% Dutch, 0.5% French, 0.3% Japanese.

The religious makeup of Narrabeen is 25.8% Catholic, 25.7% Anglican, 20.7% No religion, 9.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.1% Uniting Church, 3.3% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.2% Christian, nfd, 1.6% Pentecostal, 1.4% Baptist, 1.2% Buddhism.

40.3% of people are married, 31.8% have never married and 11.2% are divorced and 3.0% are separated. There are 897 widowed people living in Narrabeen.

68.2% of the people living in Narrabeen over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 24.7% are working on a part time basis. Narrabeen has an unemployment rate of 3.1%.

The main occupations of people living in Narrabeen are 25.4% Professionals, 16.1% Managers, 16.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 15.4% Technicians & trades workers, 9.0% Sales workers, 8.9% Community & personal service workers, 4.3% Labourers, 3.6% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.3% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Narrabeen work in are 11.4% Health care and social assistance, 10.7% Construction, 10.1% Professional, scientific and technical services, 9.0% Retail trade, 7.8% Education and training, 7.8% Wholesale trade, 7.6% Manufacturing, 5.1% Financial and insurance services, 4.9% Accommodation and food services.

25.3% of homes are fully owned, and 24.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 40.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $774 per week and the median household income is $1331 per week.

The median rent in Narrabeen is $425 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2500 per month.

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