Narembeen, WA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Narembeen is a wheatbelt town in Western Australia, roughly 286km east of Perth and the main centre of its shire. Its name comes from an Aboriginal word said to mean 'place of female emus', and the surveyor John Septimus Roe, passing through in 1836, likewise called a nearby rise Emu Hill. Pastoralists took up the country from the 1850s for grazing, wheat and sandalwood, but the town itself dates from 1922, when land beside a new railway siding was bought and subdivided. Grain still drives the district, gathered through the local Cooperative Bulk Handling depot, and a surviving stretch of the historic rabbit-proof fence runs nearby.
Less advantaged than the national average
Narembeen is more socio-economically advantaged than about 22% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 934, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Narembeen at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 423
- Median age
- 54
- Median weekly household income
- $1,319
- SEIFA score
- 934
- Coordinates
- -32.0616, 118.3952
Narembeen demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Narembeen using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is seniors (65+) at 33%, 28% of homes are rented, and 15% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 69 | 17% |
| Youth (15–24) | 22 | 5% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 76 | 18% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 111 | 27% |
| Seniors (65+) | 139 | 33% |
Share of the 417 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 79 | 51% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 30 | 19% |
| Rented | 44 | 28% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 139 | 89% |
| Townhouses & semis | 18 | 11% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 157 occupied private dwellings in Narembeen.
- Median weekly rent
- $160
- Median monthly mortgage
- $867
- Average household size
- 2.1 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,625
- Median weekly personal income
- $808
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 52 (15%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 25 (7%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 17 (4%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 120 (34%)
- Labour-force participation
- 49.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.7%
- Employed full-time
- 107
- Employed part-time
- 51
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
Common questions about Narembeen
Where is Narembeen?
Narembeen is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia.
What is the population of Narembeen?
At the 2021 Census, Narembeen had a population of about 423.
Is Narembeen an advantaged area?
Narembeen has an ABS SEIFA score of 934, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 22 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 22% of Australian suburbs.
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