Narrabeen real estate

Bedroom counts in Narrabeen are low by state standards. 74% of homes have two bedrooms or fewer, above 30% across New South Wales. Three bedrooms are found in 16% of homes, below the state's 35%, and four or more in 10%, below 34%. The figures suggest homes with fewer bedrooms than is common across New South Wales.

16% of occupied homes are separate houses, below 66% across the state, while townhouses, terraces and semi-detached houses make up 19%, above the state's 12%. On Census night, 8% of private dwellings were unoccupied, below the 9% statewide.

The median rent in Narrabeen is $565 a week, above $420 across New South Wales, while median household income is $1,780 a week, below the state's $1,829. Worked out on this page from those two medians, the rent equals 32% of the median weekly income of all households, renters or not, above the 23% the same comparison gives for the state.

38% of households rent, above 33% statewide, and 72% of those renting households rent from a landlord the ABS records as a real estate agent, above the state's 69%. Paying off a mortgage is less common, at 22% of households against 33%, though the median repayment of $2,600 a month sits above the state's $2,167. Outright owners make up 28%, below 32%.

The median age in Narrabeen is 48 years, above 39 across New South Wales, which suggests an older population than the state. The suburb of Narrabeen was home to 8,255 people at the 2021 Census, with 2 people in an average household, below the state's 2.6, which suggests fewer people sharing each home.

Among people aged five and over in Narrabeen, 45% lived at the same address five years earlier, below 54% across the state. The figure comes from one 2021 question about where each person lived in 2016.