Narrabri

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,890 people in Narrabri of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 12.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Narrabri was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.9% of the population.

Of people in Narrabri aged 15 years and over, 45.3% were married and 11.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Narrabri was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Narrabri, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Narrabri was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Narrabri 28.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.4% were in primary school, 18.8% in secondary school and 15.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Narrabri were Australian 40.4%, English 29.9%, Irish 7.7%, Scottish 5.7% and German 3.0%.

In Narrabri, 88.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 0.8%, Philippines 0.5%, New Zealand 0.3%, United States of America 0.3% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.2%.

In Narrabri, 89.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Narrabri were Anglican 37.5%, Catholic 27.7%, No Religion 12.1%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3% and Uniting Church 4.0%.

In Narrabri 92.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Filipino 0.3%, Cantonese 0.3%, Spanish 0.2%, Mandarin 0.1% and French 0.1%.

Employment

There were 2,722 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Narrabri. Of these 61.1% were employed full time, 26.2% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Narrabri, 9.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Narrabri was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Narrabri included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.0%, Professionals 14.3%, Labourers 13.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.9%, Sales Workers 11.2%, Managers 10.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.0% and Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%.

Of the employed people in Narrabri, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.0%, Local Government Administration 3.1% and Accommodation 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Narrabri was $526.

In Narrabri, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.6%, Car, as passenger 7.7%, Walked only 5.3%, Truck 1.9% and Bus 1.3%. On the day, 1.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Narrabri, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.6% provided care for children and 10.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.5% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Narrabri, 24.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Narrabri, 39.7% were couple families with children, 40.1% were couple families without children and 18.7% were one parent families.

In Narrabri 21.1% of single parents were male and 78.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Narrabri, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,073 and those without children was $1,694.

Employment status of couple families

In Narrabri, of couple families with children, 24.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 21.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Narrabri, 89.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Narrabri, 82.9% were separate houses, 1.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 14.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

In Narrabri, of occupied private dwellings 5.1% had 1 bedroom, 19.3% had 2 bedrooms and 48.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Narrabri, 32.6% were owned outright, 28.0% were owned with a mortgage and 34.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Narrabri, of all households, 68.4% were family households, 28.5% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Narrabri, 30.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.1% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Narrabri, 35.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Narrabri, there were 705 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 328 (or 46.5%) were male and 377 (or 53.5%) were female. The median age was 21 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Narrabri, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Narrabri, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,365.