Question 1

Is Narrogin a nice place to live?

Accepted Answer

Narrogin is a Wheatbelt service town that functions as a hub for surrounding farms and smaller communities. The town centre is compact, with shops and heritage buildings set among weatherboard and brick cottages, classic country homes and newer suburban blocks. Everyday life moves at a relaxed, practical pace around local sporting clubs, agricultural events and community facilities, while the surrounding wheat and sheep country gives way to pockets of native eucalypt woodland and reserves such as Dryandra Woodland.

About 3,927 people live in Narrogin and the median age is 43; the community is weighted towards couple families and most homes are owner-occupied. Local services include a redeveloped regional hospital with expanded inpatient and specialist services, a leisure centre and a compact retail strip, and there are ongoing public works across leisure, accommodation, roads, footpaths, the airport and the railway precinct. If you want an established regional centre with community activity and good regional connections, Narrogin fits that description; whether it suits you depends on what you want from a town.

Question 2

Is it expensive to live in Narrogin?

Accepted Answer

Buying a house in Narrogin sits noticeably above local incomes. The median house price of $450,000 works out to about 7.0 times a typical local household's annual income at the last Census, which places purchasing well above what people locally earned at the last Census.

Renting a house at around $470 a week would use about 38.1% of a typical local household's weekly income at the last Census, a sizeable share of income, so if you're renting rather than buying that rent share is the figure that matters when weighing costs.

Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.

Question 3

Is Narrogin a good place to invest?

Accepted Answer

Median house values in Narrogin climbed 34.2% over the past 12 months, a strong rise, while median house rents increased 10.6% over the same period, also a strong gain. For someone weighing Narrogin up as an investment, the value change is the capital growth signal and the rent change is the rental income signal — over the year capital growth for houses has outpaced growth in the rents they earn, so which figure matters most depends on your own goals.

This information has been prepared without taking your objectives, needs and overall financial situation into account. It is not meant to be a substitute for professional financial advice. For this reason, you should consider the appropriateness of the information and, if necessary, seek appropriate professional advice.

	Houses	Units
Median price Past 3 months	$450K	N/A
Change in value Past 12 months	34.2%	N/A
Sold Past 3 months	22	N/A
Median days on market Past 12 months	18	N/A
Average rent Past 12 months	$470	N/A
Change in rent Past 12 months	10.6%	N/A

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