Narrogin Valley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 259 people in Narrogin Valley of these 54.8% were male and 45.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Narrogin Valley was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.8% of the population.

Of people in Narrogin Valley aged 15 years and over, 69.4% were married and 6.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Narrogin Valley was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Narrogin Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Narrogin Valley was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Narrogin Valley 31.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.5% were in primary school, 19.0% in secondary school and 10.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Narrogin Valley were Australian 35.1%, English 33.2%, Irish 5.4%, Scottish 4.9% and German 4.6%.

In Narrogin Valley, 76.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.4%, South Africa 3.5%, New Zealand 2.3%, Germany 1.5% and Canada 1.2%.

In Narrogin Valley, 64.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Narrogin Valley were Anglican 29.2%, No Religion 22.2%, Catholic 14.4%, Uniting Church 12.1% and Christian, nfd 5.4%.

In Narrogin Valley 88.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Afrikaans 3.1%, Italian 1.5% and German 1.2%.

Employment

There were 146 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Narrogin Valley. Of these 67.1% were employed full time, 24.0% were employed part-time and 2.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Narrogin Valley, 6.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 57.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Narrogin Valley was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Narrogin Valley included Managers 27.6%, Professionals 22.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.3%, Labourers 9.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.2% and Sales Workers 2.8%.

Of the employed people in Narrogin Valley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 26.4%, School Education 5.4%, Road Freight Transport 4.7%, Residential Building Construction 2.7% and Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 2.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Narrogin Valley was $692.

In Narrogin Valley, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 59.0%, Walked only 9.0%, Truck 5.6% and Car, as passenger 4.2%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Narrogin Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.9% provided care for children and 6.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 37.3% 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 Narrogin Valley, 31.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Narrogin Valley, 59.7% were couple families with children, 40.3% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Narrogin Valley 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Narrogin Valley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,535 and those without children was $2,349.

Employment status of couple families

In Narrogin Valley, of couple families with children, 32.9% had both partners employed full-time, 5.7% had both employed part-time and 25.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Narrogin Valley, 80.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Narrogin Valley, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Narrogin Valley, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 4.5% had 2 bedrooms and 35.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Narrogin Valley, 38.9% were owned outright, 32.2% were owned with a mortgage and 25.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Narrogin Valley, of all households, 83.9% were family households, 16.1% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Narrogin Valley, 21.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.0% 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 Narrogin Valley, 10.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 48.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Narrogin Valley, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 54 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 Narrogin Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $250.

In Narrogin Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.