Jacks Creek vs Narrabri

Narrabri is the younger of the two, with a median age of 39 against 47 in Jacks Creek. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Jacks Creek, most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Narrabri: a median of $470,000, against $315,000 in Jacks Creek, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Jacks Creek tends to suit couples and buyers on a tighter budget.

Jacks Creek is a very small rural community of 180 people, while Narrabri is a larger regional town of 7327. Narrabri offers significantly higher median household income at $82,680 compared to Jacks Creek's $63,648, along with higher rental costs ($260/week versus $150/week) and median house prices ($450,000 versus $315,000). Jacks Creek has a notably lower crime risk score of 66 compared to Narrabri's 89, and faces minimal bushfire risk, whereas Narrabri rates 47. Jacks Creek suits those seeking a quiet, affordable rural setting, while Narrabri better fits buyers wanting more services, employment opportunities, and a more established community, despite higher costs and risk exposure.

Written by an AI language model from the figures below. Every number in it is checked against those figures before it is published.

Which one suits you?

There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.

Families with school-age kids

Narrabri

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (9 vs 0)
  • has more childcare (8 vs 0)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (4 vs 0)
  • But Jacks Creek is already more of a family suburb (67% vs 54%)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

They split

one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here

  • Jacks Creek has cheaper houses ($315,000 vs $470,000)
  • Narrabri leaves households under less mortgage stress (21% vs 27%)

Weighs house prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

They split

one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here

  • Jacks Creek has cheaper rent ($150/wk vs $260/wk)
  • Narrabri has a bigger rental market to choose from (33% vs 8%)

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

They split

one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here

  • Jacks Creek sits closer to the CBD (526.5 km vs 535.7 km)
  • Narrabri has a shorter drive in (384 min vs 399 min)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Jacks Creek

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more residents already 65 and over (25% vs 19%)
  • carries lower crime risk (75/100 vs 90/100)
  • But Narrabri has more GPs (4 vs 0)

Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

Jacks Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (33.3% vs -3.7%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Jacks Creek and Narrabri drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Jacks Creek Narrabri
Hides rows where both suburbs match

Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.

Side by side, out of 100

Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.

Jacks Creek Narrabri
Walkability 0 / 0
Jacks Creek — Walkability: 0/100 Narrabri — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 25 / 10
Jacks Creek — Safety: 25/100 Narrabri — Safety: 10/100
Low fire risk 24 / 54
Jacks Creek — Low fire risk: 24/100 Narrabri — Low fire risk: 54/100

Demographics

Narrabri has more residents (7,327 vs 180); Narrabri rents higher ($260/wk vs $150/wk).

Jacks Creek Narrabri
Population 180 7,327
+3971% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +33.3% -3.7%
Median age 47 39
Median household income $63,648/yr $82,680/yr
+30% vs other
Median weekly rent $150/wk $260/wk
+73% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Jacks Creek Narrabri
0-4 8.3% / 5.9%
Jacks Creek — 0-4: 8.3% Narrabri — 0-4: 5.9%
5-14 9.4% / 14.3%
Jacks Creek — 5-14: 9.4% Narrabri — 5-14: 14.3%
15-19 7.2% / 5.3%
Jacks Creek — 15-19: 7.2% Narrabri — 15-19: 5.3%
20-24 2.8% / 5.7%
Jacks Creek — 20-24: 2.8% Narrabri — 20-24: 5.7%
25-34 8.3% / 13.2%
Jacks Creek — 25-34: 8.3% Narrabri — 25-34: 13.2%
35-44 12.2% / 11.3%
Jacks Creek — 35-44: 12.2% Narrabri — 35-44: 11.3%
45-54 12.8% / 11.8%
Jacks Creek — 45-54: 12.8% Narrabri — 45-54: 11.8%
55-64 15.0% / 13.7%
Jacks Creek — 55-64: 15.0% Narrabri — 55-64: 13.7%
65-74 17.8% / 10.2%
Jacks Creek — 65-74: 17.8% Narrabri — 65-74: 10.2%
75-84 4.4% / 6.3%
Jacks Creek — 75-84: 4.4% Narrabri — 75-84: 6.3%
85+ 2.8% / 2.3%
Jacks Creek — 85+: 2.8% Narrabri — 85+: 2.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.8%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Jacks Creek 55.6% couple families
Jacks Creek — Couple Families: 55.6% Jacks Creek — Lone Person: 33.3% Jacks Creek — One Parent Families: 11.1% Jacks Creek — Group Household: 0.0% Jacks Creek — Other Families: 0.0%
Narrabri 37.0% couple families
Narrabri — Couple Families: 37.0% Narrabri — Lone Person: 40.8% Narrabri — One Parent Families: 16.6% Narrabri — Group Household: 4.1% Narrabri — Other Families: 1.5%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Jacks Creek 8.5% renting
Jacks Creek — Owned Outright: 55.9% Jacks Creek — Mortgage: 35.6% Jacks Creek — Renting: 8.5%
Narrabri 32.9% renting
Narrabri — Owned Outright: 34.3% Narrabri — Mortgage: 32.8% Narrabri — Renting: 32.9%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Where residents were born

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.

Jacks Creek Narrabri
England 3.9% / 0.7%
Jacks Creek — England: 3.9% Narrabri — England: 0.7%
Philippines 1.7% / 0.7%
Jacks Creek — Philippines: 1.7% Narrabri — Philippines: 0.7%
New Zealand — / 0.5%
Jacks Creek — New Zealand: not among its largest Narrabri — New Zealand: 0.5%
Nepal — / 0.2%
Jacks Creek — Nepal: not among its largest Narrabri — Nepal: 0.2%
India — / 0.2%
Jacks Creek — India: not among its largest Narrabri — India: 0.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.9%).

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Jacks Creek Narrabri
Certificate III & IV 18.3% / 16.6%
Jacks Creek — Certificate III & IV: 18.3% Narrabri — Certificate III & IV: 16.6%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.9% / 5.3%
Jacks Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.9% Narrabri — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.3%
Bachelor Degree 2.8% / 7.2%
Jacks Creek — Bachelor Degree: 2.8% Narrabri — Bachelor Degree: 7.2%
Postgraduate Degree — / 1.8%
Jacks Creek — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Narrabri — Postgraduate Degree: 1.8%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 0.9%
Jacks Creek — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Narrabri — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.3%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Jacks Creek 93.5% houses
Jacks Creek — Houses: 93.5% Jacks Creek — Townhouses: 0.0% Jacks Creek — Flats / Apartments: 6.5%
Narrabri 87.1% houses
Narrabri — Houses: 87.1% Narrabri — Townhouses: 11.4% Narrabri — Flats / Apartments: 1.5%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Jacks Creek Narrabri
Median house price $315,000 $470,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $290,000 $260,000
Typical days to sell (houses) — 60 days
from 54 sales

Zoning mix

Jacks Creek has more rural and farming land (100% vs 89%).

Jacks Creek Narrabri
Rural and farming 100% 89%
Environmental 0% 7%
Residential 0% 3%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09.

Development activity

Jacks Creek Narrabri
New dwellings approved 14
across Narrabri
same for both

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Jacks Creek Narrabri
Houses — 5.0%
$570/wk on $588K
Units — 5.7%
$350/wk on $320K

Ranking within NSW

Jacks Creek Narrabri
House price Higher than 8% of NSW Higher than 14% of NSW
Income Higher than 26% of NSW Higher than 50% of NSW
Schools — Higher than 58% of NSW
Walkability Higher than 3% of NSW Higher than 40% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 92% of NSW Higher than 90% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 6% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 2% of NSW Higher than 77% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 97% of NSW
Rental yield (units) — Higher than 90% of NSW

Liveability

Jacks Creek Narrabri
Grade — D
Score — 25/100
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 2/10
 below-average income
decile 3/10

Risk profile

Jacks Creek carries more bushfire risk (76 vs 46); Narrabri carries more crime risk (90 vs 75).

Jacks Creek Narrabri
Bushfire High
76/100
 Moderate
46/100
Crime High
75/100
 High
90/100
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Jacks Creek Narrabri
Inside the suburb 0 4
Rated above peers 0 1
Rated at peers 0 2
Rated below peers 0 1

Schools in Jacks Creek

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Schools in Narrabri

  • Narrabri West Public School Government · Primary above peers
  • Narrabri Public School Government · Primary at peers
  • St Francis Xavier's Primary School Catholic · Primary at peers
  • Narrabri High School Government · Secondary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Jacks Creek Narrabri
Supermarkets 0 2
Cafes & restaurants 0 4
Parks & reserves 0 9
Childcare 0 8
GPs 0 4
Pharmacies 0 2
Hospitals 0 1
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 7
Fuel stations 0 6
Waterways 2 50

Mobility

Narrabri sits further from the CBD (535.7 km vs 526.5 km).

Jacks Creek Narrabri
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Sydney 526.5 km 535.7 km
+2% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 399 min 384 min
Electric vehicle share 0.1%
postcode 2390
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 84
postcode 2390
same for both

How people get to work

Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.

Jacks Creek Narrabri
Car (driver) 84.1% / 77.2%
Jacks Creek — Car (driver): 84.1% Narrabri — Car (driver): 77.2%
Worked from Home 11.1% / 9.9%
Jacks Creek — Worked from Home: 11.1% Narrabri — Worked from Home: 9.9%
Car (passenger) 4.8% / 5.8%
Jacks Creek — Car (passenger): 4.8% Narrabri — Car (passenger): 5.8%
Walked Only — / 3.4%
Jacks Creek — Walked Only: not among its largest Narrabri — Walked Only: 3.4%
Bus — / 2.9%
Jacks Creek — Bus: not among its largest Narrabri — Bus: 2.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (84.1%).

Setting

Jacks Creek Narrabri
Elevation 289 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 226 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Jacks Creek Narrabri
Connectivity score 15/100 70/100
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster) Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
42 premises
 39%
3,625 premises

Air quality (annual mean)

Jacks Creek Narrabri
PM2.5 3.9 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 7.4 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ —
same for both

Council rates

Jacks Creek Narrabri
Average residential rate $1,140/yr
same for both
Council Narrabri
same for both

Federal electorate

Jacks Creek Narrabri
Division Parkes
same for both
Member Jamie Chaffey
same for both
Party The Nationals
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Jacks Creek Narrabri
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Jacks Creek

Affordable Retirees Rural

Narrabri

Affordable Rural

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