Area profile
A quick snapshot of Narromine Shire, drawn from official ABS estimates and the NSW Government's council data. Narromine sits on the Macquarie River (dual-named Wambuul) about 40km west of Dubbo, in the Central West's Macquarie Valley. It is a big shire with a small population — around 6,400 people spread over 5,261 km² — and its economy runs on irrigated and broadacre agriculture, with gold mining at Tomingley and a nationally significant aviation and gliding sector at the Narromine Aerodrome.
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- Local Government Area (LGA)
- The official area a council governs.
- Estimated Resident Population (ERP)
- The official population count for an area.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
- The national statistics agency behind population figures.
The area at a glance
- Population (ERP, 2023–24)
- 6,432ABS Estimated Resident Population, per OLG time-series data. Council's Community Strategic Plan 2035 cites 6,443 (ABS ERP 2023) and notes the NSW Department of Planning projects growth to about 6,621 by 2041.
- Area
- 5,261.5 km²
- Population density
- ~1 person per km²
- Region
- Central West / Orana, NSW — the Macquarie Valley, about 40km west of Dubbo
- Council classification
- Large Rural (OLG group 10)
- Main centres
- Narromine (council seat), Trangie and TomingleyAgriculture is the largest industry: cotton, broadacre cereals, sheep, cattle and wool, plus commercial nurseries and vegetable-seed operations. Auscott, Enza Zaden, Narromine Transplants and NDF are among the larger local employers, and Alkane Resources' Tomingley Gold Operations is in the south of the shire. The Trangie Agricultural Research Centre is one of Australia's largest broadacre agricultural research centres. Council's CSP records 2,188 jobs and a gross regional product of about $557 million.
- Narromine Aerodrome
- One of Australia's best-known gliding centresOperating since 1919 and used as an RAAF Elementary Flying Training School from 1940, the aerodrome is home to the oldest aero club in regional Australia, gliding and flying schools, an aviation business park and the Narromine Aviation Museum (opened 2002, with a replica Wright Model A Flyer launched by Buzz Aldrin in 2005). Council's tourism site describes Narromine's thermals as among the best gliding conditions in the world; the town hosted the 37th FAI World Gliding Championships in December 2023, and holds Narromine Cup Week each November. Council has a dedicated Aerodrome Strategic and Master Plan and rates an 'Aerodrome Business Park' category.
Suburbs & postcodes
- Narromine2821
- Trangie2823
- Tomingley2869
- Burroway2821
- Gin Gin2823
- Bundemar2823
- Dandaloo2823
On the map
The shaded area is the official Local Government Area boundary.
The locality list and postcodes are a selection of the places in the Narromine Shire LGA; the three towns with kerbside services are Narromine, Trangie and Tomingley. The shaded area on the map is the official Local Government Area boundary (OpenStreetMap administrative boundary for Narromine Shire Council). The Wiradjuri people are the traditional owners of this Country; Council's Community Strategic Plan records an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population of about 1,300 residents (21% of the shire).
Sources — check it yourself
- Office of Local Government — Time-Series Data 2023–24 (population, area, classification) · 2023–24
- Narromine Shire Council — Community Strategic Plan 2035 · 2025–2035
- Narromine Shire Council — Welcome to Narromine Shire (economy) · 2026
- Narromine Region (Narromine Shire Council) — Aviation · 2026
- Narromine Shire Council — Aerodrome Strategic & Master Plan
- Narromine Shire (Wikipedia)
Figures are current as at the dates shown and may change — always confirm with the linked source. See the notice at the bottom of the page for full details and how to report a correction.