Narrabri
12,797 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 13,015 km², 29 suburbs. Council website: narrabri.nsw.gov.au/Home.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
12,797
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · -0.3% in a year
Density
1.0/km²
13,015 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$375k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$786
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
1.1 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
4 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
29
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 40
- Median household income
- $1,498/week
- Median rent
- $250/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,343/month
- Households renting
- 29.1%
- Average household
- 2.4 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 4 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 4 of 10
Suburbs
29 suburbs where Narrabri holds most residents. Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.
| Suburb | Population | In this council | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Narrabri | 7,327 | All | $468kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 3 |
| Wee Waa | 2,034 | All | $319kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 2 |
| Boggabri | 1,203 | 97% | $375kDec 2025 | – / 96% | 1 |
| Bellata | 266 | 90% | $210kDec 2023 | – / 100% | 5 |
| Bohena Creek | 214 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Jacks Creek | 180 | All | $315kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 2 |
| Pilliga | 175 | 79% | $152kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 3 |
| Baan Baa | 166 | All | $203kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 7 |
| Bullawa Creek | 130 | All | $617kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 4 |
| Merah North | 129 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Gwabegar | 124 | All | $90kDec 2024 | – / 100% | 2 |
| Tarriaro | 102 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Edgeroi | 96 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Maules Creek | 87 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Eulah Creek | 84 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Turrawan | 83 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Spring Plains | 73 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Yarrie Lake | 73 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Nowley | 50 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Harparary | 47 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Cuttabri | 37 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Wean | 34 | 55% | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Couradda | 29 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Bulyeroi | 28 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Boolcarroll | 25 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Drildool | 23 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Kaputar | 4 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Jews Lagoon | All | – / 100% | |||
| The Pilliga | 98% | – / 100% |
Hazards
Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.
Suburb prices
Across the 9 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2023 to Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $90k
- Median of suburb medians
- $315k
- Highest suburb median
- $617k
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 2 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 1,345
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 285
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 2,632
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 4,569
- per 100k · NSW 2025
Representation
Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).
Federal electorates
- Parkes · Jamie CHAFFEY (NP)100%
State districts
- Barwon · Roy Butler (IND)100%
Neighbouring councils
Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.
Compare it with every New South Wales council on the council map or the New South Wales council list.
Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Suburb prices: state Valuer-General. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Crime: state police statistics. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.