CensusAtlas

Compare

Gilgandra vs Narromine

Urban Centre comparison ≈ 71 km apart · Gilgandra profile · Narromine profile

Gilgandra Narromine

Narromine and Gilgandra are two New South Wales towns with similar populations, but they differ in age and layout. Residents are far older in Gilgandra, where the typical age is 47 compared to 39 in Narromine. Narromine has more large homes, with 80.6% having three or more bedrooms, and is more accessible, as 87.4% of homes are within a 10-minute walk of public transport compared to only 36.3% in Gilgandra. Gilgandra has a much higher share of recent overseas arrivals at 25.3%, while Narromine has a larger Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population at 24.9%.

Both towns are almost identical when it comes to the share of people born overseas, at around 3.9%. While they share many common traits, the gap in typical age has widened since 2011, growing from no difference to an 8-year gap. At the same time, several other differences have shifted; for example, the lead in the share of recent overseas arrivals and the number of large homes has flipped between these two places since 2011.

Open map →

Where they differ most

Median age: 8 yrs older in Gilgandra Needs assistance: 5.1 pts higher in Gilgandra Population: 1,090 larger in Narromine Recent arrivals: 10.8 pts higher in Gilgandra 3+ bedrooms: 10.7 pts higher in Narromine

Demographics & Identity

Population in Gilgandrain Narromine +1,090 larger in Narromine gap steady
2,417 74th pct 3,507 81st pct
Median age in Gilgandrain Narromine +8 yrs older in Gilgandra gap widening
47 yrs 57th pct 39 yrs 29th pct
First Nations in Gilgandrain Narromine +4.7 pts higher in Narromine gap narrowing
20.2% 87th pct 24.9% 88th pct
Aged 65+ in Gilgandrain Narromine +3.6 pts higher in Gilgandra gap narrowing
26.5% 64th pct 22.9% 52nd pct
Under 15 in Gilgandrain Narromine +3.8 pts higher in Narromine gap steady
17.8% 51st pct 21.6% 77th pct
De facto in Gilgandrain Narromine +1.0 pts higher in Gilgandra gap narrowing
12.2% 39th pct 11.2% 28th pct

Age structure

26.5% Seniors (65+) ◂ +3.6 pts 22.9%
25.3% Older adults (45–64) ◂ +3.3 pts 22.0%
20.4% Young adults (25–44) +1.6 pts ▸ 22.0%
17.8% Children (0–14) +3.8 pts ▸ 21.6%
9.8% Youth (15–24) +1.7 pts ▸ 11.5%

Marital status

37.0% Married +4.3 pts ▸ 41.3%
38.3% Never married ◂ +1.5 pts 36.8%
10.2% Divorced ◂ +0.8 pts 9.5%
10.1% Widowed ◂ +1.8 pts 8.3%
4.2% Separated +0.1 pts ▸ 4.3%

Age & sex structure

Gilgandra Narromine

Bars show the share of each area's own population, so differently sized areas stay comparable.

Ancestry & Birthplace

Born overseas in Gilgandrain Narromine +0.2 pts higher in Narromine gap narrowing
3.8% 8th pct 3.9% 8th pct

Country of birth

84.0% Australia ◂ +3.7 pts 80.3%
0.7% England +0.2 pts ▸ 0.9%
0.6% Philippines ◂ +0.2 pts 0.3%
0.5% India ◂ +0.1 pts 0.4%
0.4% New Zealand ◂ +0.1 pts 0.3%
0.2% South Africa +0.1 pts ▸ 0.2%
0.1% China even 0.2%
0.1% Nepal ◂ +0.1 pts 0.0%
0.0% Italy +0.1 pts ▸ 0.1%
0.0% Vietnam even 0.0%

Ancestry

42.2% Australian ◂ +0.7 pts 41.5%
36.6% English ◂ +1.5 pts 35.1%
9.7% Irish ◂ +0.5 pts 9.2%
7.4% Scottish +1.1 pts ▸ 8.6%
3.7% German ◂ +0.6 pts 3.1%
0.8% Dutch ◂ +0.4 pts 0.5%
0.3% Italian +0.5 pts ▸ 0.8%
0.7% Filipino ◂ +0.3 pts 0.5%
0.7% Indian ◂ +0.2 pts 0.5%
0.5% Chinese ◂ +0.2 pts 0.3%
0.2% Greek ◂ +0.2 pts 0.0%
0.0% Vietnamese even 0.0%

Language

Other language in Gilgandrain Narromine +0.7 pts higher in Gilgandra gap narrowing
2.3% 26th pct 1.6% 14th pct
Limited English in Gilgandrain Narromine even gap narrowing
0.1% 48th pct 0.1% 46th pct

Language used at home

85.9% English only ◂ +2.2 pts 83.7%
0.2% Greek ◂ +0.2 pts 0.0%
0.2% Cantonese ◂ +0.1 pts 0.1%
0.2% Punjabi ◂ +0.2 pts 0.0%
0.0% Hindi +0.1 pts ▸ 0.1%
0.1% Mandarin even 0.1%
0.0% Tagalog +0.1 pts ▸ 0.1%
0.0% Arabic even 0.0%
0.0% Vietnamese even 0.0%
0.0% Italian even 0.0%

Religion

No religion in Gilgandrain Narromine +4.4 pts higher in Gilgandra gap narrowing
27.8% 12th pct 23.4% 9th pct

Religious affiliation

58.4% Christianity +1.6 pts ▸ 60.0%
27.8% No religion ◂ +4.4 pts 23.4%
13.0% Not stated +2.8 pts ▸ 15.8%
0.0% Other religions +0.5 pts ▸ 0.5%
0.5% Buddhism ◂ +0.5 pts 0.0%
0.1% Hinduism +0.3 pts ▸ 0.4%
0.2% Islam ◂ +0.2 pts 0.0%
0.0% Judaism even 0.0%

Education & Qualifications

Year 12 in Gilgandrain Narromine +4.6 pts higher in Narromine gap narrowing
27.5% 14th pct 32.1% 28th pct
Bachelor+ in Gilgandrain Narromine +2.0 pts higher in Narromine gap narrowing
7.7% 23rd pct 9.7% 38th pct

Highest year of school

27.5% Year 12 +4.6 pts ▸ 32.1%
30.9% Year 10 ◂ +0.6 pts 30.3%
20.8% Year 9 or below ◂ +4.5 pts 16.3%
6.7% Year 11 ◂ +0.9 pts 5.9%

Highest qualification level

38.5% Certificate III / IV ◂ +3.0 pts 35.6%
12.1% Bachelor degree +2.8 pts ▸ 14.9%
9.7% Advanced diploma / diploma +0.6 pts ▸ 10.3%
1.9% Certificate I / II +0.8 pts ▸ 2.7%
2.0% Postgraduate degree ◂ +0.5 pts 1.5%
1.0% Graduate diploma / certificate +0.3 pts ▸ 1.3%

Field of qualification

12.1% Engineering & related +1.8 pts ▸ 13.9%
12.1% Society & culture ◂ +3.2 pts 8.9%
10.0% Management & commerce +1.2 pts ▸ 11.3%
8.7% Education +1.3 pts ▸ 10.0%
10.0% Health ◂ +0.9 pts 9.0%
3.9% Agriculture & environment +1.5 pts ▸ 5.4%
4.7% Architecture & building ◂ +0.4 pts 4.3%
3.4% Food, hospitality & personal services even 3.5%
1.5% Creative arts ◂ +0.3 pts 1.2%
0.4% Information technology +0.5 pts ▸ 0.9%
0.0% Natural & physical sciences +0.7 pts ▸ 0.7%

Income

Personal income in Gilgandrain Narromine +$62 higher in Narromine gap narrowing
$592 35th pct $654 48th pct
Household income in Gilgandrain Narromine +$137 higher in Narromine gap narrowing
$1,022 26th pct $1,159 40th pct
Family income in Gilgandrain Narromine +$279 higher in Narromine gap narrowing
$1,287 24th pct $1,566 49th pct
High earners in Gilgandrain Narromine +1.1 pts higher in Narromine gap narrowing
4.1% 27th pct 5.2% 39th pct
High-income homes in Gilgandrain Narromine +3.3 pts higher in Narromine gap narrowing
6.2% 24th pct 9.6% 44th pct

Household income distribution

33.7% $650–$1,499 ◂ +3.9 pts 29.8%
28.3% Under $650 ◂ +4.1 pts 24.2%
21.8% $1,500–$2,999 +3.8 pts ▸ 25.6%
3.7% $3,000–$3,999 +1.3 pts ▸ 5.0%
2.5% $4,000 or more +2.0 pts ▸ 4.5%

Personal income distribution

46.6% Under $650 ◂ +4.4 pts 42.2%
29.4% $650–$1,499 +0.7 pts ▸ 30.1%
8.1% $1,500–$2,999 +3.1 pts ▸ 11.2%
1.2% $3,000 or more even 1.2%

Health & Disability

Health condition in Gilgandrain Narromine +3.9 pts higher in Gilgandra
36.1% 66th pct 32.2% 45th pct
Mental health in Gilgandrain Narromine +2.1 pts higher in Gilgandra
10.3% 56th pct 8.3% 32nd pct
Needs assistance in Gilgandrain Narromine +5.1 pts higher in Gilgandra gap widening
10.1% 86th pct 5.0% 33rd pct

Long-term health conditions reported

14.1% Arthritis ◂ +3.0 pts 11.1%
10.3% Asthma ◂ +0.2 pts 10.1%
10.3% Mental health ◂ +2.1 pts 8.3%
9.8% Other condition ◂ +3.5 pts 6.3%
6.7% Diabetes ◂ +0.9 pts 5.8%
6.4% Heart disease ◂ +0.4 pts 6.0%
3.5% Cancer +0.3 pts ▸ 3.8%
3.1% Lung condition +0.3 pts ▸ 3.4%
1.4% Stroke ◂ +0.5 pts 0.9%
1.2% Dementia ◂ +0.7 pts 0.5%

Number of long-term health conditions

49.6% None +0.3 pts ▸ 50.0%
22.1% One condition ◂ +2.0 pts 20.0%
8.4% Two conditions ◂ +0.6 pts 7.8%
5.5% Three or more ◂ +1.3 pts 4.2%

Community Participation

Volunteering in Gilgandrain Narromine +0.2 pts higher in Gilgandra gap narrowing
17.4% 52nd pct 17.1% 50th pct
Unpaid carers in Gilgandrain Narromine +2.0 pts higher in Gilgandra gap steady
13.6% 57th pct 11.6% 28th pct
Unpaid child care in Gilgandrain Narromine +0.8 pts higher in Narromine gap narrowing
22.5% 40th pct 23.3% 44th pct
Defence service in Gilgandrain Narromine +0.5 pts higher in Narromine
2.0% 13th pct 2.5% 22nd pct
Housework 15h+ in Gilgandrain Narromine +0.1 pts higher in Narromine gap narrowing
20.7% 23rd pct 20.8% 24th pct

Family & Households

Household size in Gilgandrain Narromine +0.2 larger in Narromine gap narrowing
2.2 36th pct 2.4 57th pct
One-parent in Gilgandrain Narromine +7.1 pts higher in Gilgandra gap widening
30.5% 93rd pct 23.4% 86th pct
Living alone in Gilgandrain Narromine +4.4 pts higher in Gilgandra gap narrowing
35.5% 74th pct 31.1% 57th pct

Family composition

35.0% Couples with children +11.8 pts ▸ 46.8%
33.0% Couples without children ◂ +4.3 pts 28.6%
30.5% One-parent families ◂ +7.1 pts 23.4%
1.8% Other families ◂ +0.6 pts 1.2%

Household size

37.0% 2 people ◂ +2.1 pts 34.8%
35.5% 1 person ◂ +4.4 pts 31.1%
12.9% 3 people +0.9 pts ▸ 13.8%
8.8% 4 people +1.4 pts ▸ 10.2%
4.6% 5 people +2.0 pts ▸ 6.7%
1.8% 6 or more +1.8 pts ▸ 3.6%

Housing & Dwellings

Rent in Gilgandrain Narromine +$47 higher in Narromine gap narrowing
$203 24th pct $250 43rd pct
Mortgage in Gilgandrain Narromine +$178 higher in Narromine gap narrowing
$905 17th pct $1,083 29th pct
People / bedroom in Gilgandrain Narromine even gap steady
0.70 14th pct 0.70 14th pct
Renting in Gilgandrain Narromine +5.4 pts higher in Gilgandra gap narrowing
33.1% 78th pct 27.6% 67th pct
Owned outright in Gilgandrain Narromine +1.9 pts higher in Narromine gap narrowing
37.6% 44th pct 39.5% 50th pct
Separate houses in Gilgandrain Narromine +1.1 pts higher in Narromine gap narrowing
90.0% 33rd pct 91.1% 38th pct
3+ bedrooms in Gilgandrain Narromine +10.7 pts higher in Narromine gap narrowing
69.9% 24th pct 80.6% 62nd pct

How homes are owned or rented

37.6% Owned outright +1.9 pts ▸ 39.5%
33.1% Rented ◂ +5.4 pts 27.6%
21.5% Owned with a mortgage +7.2 pts ▸ 28.7%
4.3% Not stated ◂ +2.4 pts 1.9%
3.7% Other tenure ◂ +2.3 pts 1.4%

Types of homes

90.0% Separate house +1.1 pts ▸ 91.1%
3.7% Townhouse / semi-detached +2.6 pts ▸ 6.3%
5.0% Flat or apartment ◂ +3.3 pts 1.6%
1.0% Other dwelling ◂ +0.7 pts 0.2%

Bedrooms per home

43.7% 3 bedrooms +3.7 pts ▸ 47.4%
22.9% 4 bedrooms +5.1 pts ▸ 28.0%
21.4% 2 bedrooms ◂ +7.9 pts 13.5%
3.3% 5 or more +2.0 pts ▸ 5.3%
4.3% 1 bedroom ◂ +1.2 pts 3.1%
0.4% Studio / none even 0.4%

Weekly rent distribution

55.9% $200–$349 +4.6 pts ▸ 60.5%
38.3% Under $200 ◂ +15.9 pts 22.4%
1.6% $350–$549 +7.8 pts ▸ 9.4%
0.0% $750 or more +1.1 pts ▸ 1.1%
0.0% $550–$749 even 0.0%

Monthly mortgage distribution

54.9% Under $1,000 ◂ +16.4 pts 38.5%
34.3% $1,000–$1,799 +8.9 pts ▸ 43.2%
6.4% $1,800–$2,999 +6.2 pts ▸ 12.6%
0.0% $3,000 or more +3.6 pts ▸ 3.6%

Transport & Vehicles

No car in Gilgandrain Narromine +2.5 pts higher in Gilgandra gap narrowing
8.9% 86th pct 6.5% 72nd pct
Work from home in Gilgandrain Narromine +2.2 pts higher in Narromine gap steady
3.7% 18th pct 5.9% 35th pct
PT commute in Gilgandrain Narromine +0.9 pts higher in Gilgandra gap narrowing
1.5% 84th pct 0.6% 70th pct

How people get to work

63.2% Car (driver) +7.1 pts ▸ 70.3%
7.1% Walked ◂ +1.3 pts 5.8%
3.7% Worked at home +2.2 pts ▸ 5.9%
5.4% Car (passenger) +0.2 pts ▸ 5.5%
1.5% Bus ◂ +0.9 pts 0.6%
0.8% Bicycle ◂ +0.3 pts 0.5%
0.0% Train even 0.0%

Motor vehicles per home

41.7% 1 vehicle ◂ +1.6 pts 40.1%
34.0% 2 vehicles +1.3 pts ▸ 35.3%
11.5% 3 vehicles ◂ +0.2 pts 11.3%
8.9% No vehicle ◂ +2.5 pts 6.5%
3.7% 4 or more +2.9 pts ▸ 6.6%

Migration & Movement

Recent movers in Gilgandrain Narromine +1.7 pts higher in Narromine gap widening
28.2% 21st pct 29.9% 27th pct
Recent arrivals in Gilgandrain Narromine +10.8 pts higher in Gilgandra gap narrowing
25.3% 91st pct 14.5% 80th pct

Jobs & Industry

Unemployment in Gilgandrain Narromine +1.3 pts higher in Gilgandra gap narrowing
7.2% 76th pct 5.8% 65th pct
Participation in Gilgandrain Narromine +3.8 pts higher in Narromine gap narrowing
46.3% 31st pct 50.1% 41st pct
Full-time in Gilgandrain Narromine +6.2 pts higher in Narromine gap widening
56.0% 49th pct 62.2% 79th pct

Industries people work in

18.6% Health care & social assistance ◂ +3.0 pts 15.6%
11.0% Education & training +0.5 pts ▸ 11.5%
11.2% Public administration & safety ◂ +5.6 pts 5.6%
6.4% Agriculture, forestry & fishing +3.7 pts ▸ 10.1%
10.0% Retail trade ◂ +0.6 pts 9.5%
7.9% Accommodation & food ◂ +2.6 pts 5.3%
6.0% Construction +1.4 pts ▸ 7.3%
3.6% Transport & warehousing +1.5 pts ▸ 5.2%
4.7% Other services +0.3 pts ▸ 4.9%
2.3% Manufacturing +1.8 pts ▸ 4.2%
1.8% Wholesale trade +1.6 pts ▸ 3.3%
1.8% Professional & technical +1.0 pts ▸ 2.8%

Occupations people work in

18.6% Community & personal service ◂ +3.9 pts 14.7%
14.4% Technicians & trades +0.5 pts ▸ 14.9%
13.8% Labourers +0.2 pts ▸ 14.0%
13.2% Professionals +0.5 pts ▸ 13.7%
8.8% Machinery operators & drivers +2.4 pts ▸ 11.2%
8.6% Clerical & administrative +2.1 pts ▸ 10.7%
10.3% Sales workers ◂ +2.6 pts 7.7%
9.7% Managers +0.2 pts ▸ 9.9%

Walkability

Walk score in Gilgandrain Narromine +0.4 higher in Narromine
5.6 76th pct 6.0 84th pct
Types ≤15 min in Gilgandrain Narromine +0.2 more in Narromine
6.0 76th pct 6.3 81st pct
15-min city in Gilgandrain Narromine +0.4 pts higher in Narromine
75.1% 65th pct 75.5% 65th pct
Walk to shops in Gilgandrain Narromine +9.3 pts higher in Gilgandra
72.5% 62nd pct 63.2% 53rd pct
Walk to transit in Gilgandrain Narromine +51.0 pts higher in Narromine
36.3% 43rd pct 87.4% 80th pct
Walk to school in Gilgandrain Narromine +8.1 pts higher in Narromine
73.6% 54th pct 81.6% 65th pct
Walk to a park in Gilgandrain Narromine +5.6 pts higher in Narromine
86.7% 38th pct 92.2% 49th pct
Walk to health in Gilgandrain Narromine +12.5 pts higher in Narromine
71.2% 76th pct 83.7% 84th pct
Amenities/1k in Gilgandrain Narromine +7.0 more in Gilgandra
23.6 62nd pct 16.5 45th pct
Intersections/km² in Gilgandrain Narromine +7 higher in Gilgandra
30 48th pct 23 35th pct
Mean slope in Gilgandrain Narromine +0.8 pts higher in Gilgandra
2.7% 14th pct 1.9% 0th pct

Compare Gilgandra with nearby areas

Gulargambone Mendooran Dubbo Firgrove Wongarbon Narromine Geurie Binnaway

Compare Narromine with nearby areas

Trangie Dubbo Firgrove Peak Hill Wongarbon Geurie Yeoval Gilgandra

Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Gilgandra vs Narromine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/ucl/UCL115065/gilgandra/vs/UCL115111/narromine