Narrabri

20.2% of Narrabri's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

1,904 family households lived in Narrabri; 37.8% were couple families and 17.0% were one-parent families.

36.2% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Narrabri had 7,327 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 87.0% of occupied private dwellings in Narrabri.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 11.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.8% of occupied private dwellings.

34.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

32.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

32.9% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Narrabri had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 29.0% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 35.9%, while 21.5% had four or more usual residents.

8.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

67.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

2.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.5% walked or cycled.

6.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

One-car households formed 33.5% of the total.

60.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.3% reported a different address.

4.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

88.8% of residents used only English at home.

3.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

4.9% of Narrabri's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 95.1% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.9% of ancestry responses in Narrabri.

Australian ancestry made up 49.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

15.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 12.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.4% of workers, and education and training employed 8.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.7%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

39.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.7%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

53.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.6% reported asthma, 10.3% arthritis and 5.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.4%.

Median household income was $1,590 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,448.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $260 per week.

Working from home was 8.6% in Narrabri, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 34.3% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 32.9% in Narrabri, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.