28 Narromine Shire Council SNAPSHOTSNAPSHOT PROFILE The Narromine Shire is ideally situated in the heart of the rich Macquarie Name: Narromine Shire Population: 6,523 Valley. Narromine, on the banks of the Macquarie River, offers a quality Size of Shire: 5,242km+ rural lifestyle and yet is just 39 kms away from the regional city of Dubbo. Towns and Villages: Narromine, Trangie, Tomingley Climate: Mean daily temperature (min – max) Summer 18°C – 32.43°C Winter 5°C – 15°C Mean yearly rainfall 500mm Elevation: 236.5 metres (Narromine) Main Industry: Agriculture – wheat, cotton, fat lambs, summer crops, citrus orchards Industry No. Employed 1. Agriculture, forestry, fishing 842 2. Retail trade 255 3. Wholesale trade 168 The largest commercial lime orchard in Australia, 4. Education 168 5. Health and community services 166 Industry Today raw form is encouraging for 6. Construction 140 Crops such as wheat, barley, future value adding 7. Property and business services 118 oats, canola, soy bean, lucerne, opportunities. 8. Transport and storage 105 and both dryland and irrigated 9. Manufacturing 104 cotton contribute significantly The Narromine 10. Government administration and defence 93 to agricultural output. Other Advantage farm enterprises include stone Narromine offers numerous Labour Force No. of People fruit, citrus fruit, the largest opportunities to potential Total employed: 2542 commercial lime orchard in investors and the pro-active Total labour force: 2884 Australia, pecan nuts, olive trees Shire Council will assist Not in labour force: 1828 and market gardens. The Shire wherever possible. The planned Labour force participation rate: 61.2% also produces prime lambs, future direction of the Shire is to cattle and poultry, and a piggery encourage industrial Employment by Occupation (%) and crayfish farm add diversity. development and to provide a Managers and Administrators 23.7 Yates have a large Seed Research rural quality of life with the Labourers and related workers 13.2 Station at Narromine and an advantages of the city. The Shire Tradespersons and related workers 12.1 Agricultural Research Station is is centrally located in the State Professionals 10.4 based at Trangie. and has excellent links to the Intermediate clerical, sales and services workers 10.0 Narromine Transplants sell tube capital cities, the Newcastle port Intermediate production and transport workers 9.6 trees of many different species and of course the regional city of Associate professionals 7.7 all over Australia and Swane’s Dubbo. The Shire has a good Elementary clerical, sales and services workers 6.1 Rose nursery has established an and stable climate, an Advanced clerical and services workers 3.5 export market for flowers. The abundance of raw materials, an newly established Narromine established irrigation industry Doing Business: Business assistance is provided by banks, Iris Farm fills mail orders to and relatively cheap land. The a credit union, accountants and secretarial services. The three states year round. The rose Shire also has an excellent Shire is serviced by the Job Network and a number of nursery and iris farm are also labour base including capable government departments are represented in the Shire. The important tourist attractions. tradesmen in virtually every Narromine Small Business Traders Group and Unlimited industry. The local and regional Narromine are community groups pursuing opportunities for Value Adding network of suppliers and positive growth within the Shire. Both Namoi Cotton and Auscott support industry is also Land Availability: Residential land is available at affordable Ltd. have new cotton gins at Gin excellent. prices. Commercial premises are available for sale or rent. Gin and Trangie respectively. Available industrial land recently sold. These represent an investment Industrial Estate of some $30 million in the Shire Narromine has an established STATISTICS PROVIDED BY SHIRE COUNCIL FROM ABS DATA and combined employ around fully serviced Industrial Estate FOR ALL ENQUIRIES PLEASE CONTACT: 60 people. Delta Pine has which houses a wide variety of The General Manager, Narromine Shire Council successfully established the only industries including farm PO Box 115, Narromine NSW 2821 Australian cotton delinting plant machinery, kitchen/cabinet Phone: 02 6889 1322, Fax: 02 6889 2579 in Narromine. The large amount maker, engineering, automotive Email: [email protected] Website: www.narromine.nsw.gov.au of cotton produced and ginned and farm machinery repairs, in the Shire and the amount and flour mill, timber mill, orange variety of local produce in its juice factory, fuel depot, engine NARROMINE SHIRE COUNCIL 29 Radio and instrument repair service. reconditioning, transport annual Easter FlyIn results in River, or three to 20 acres within operators and a recycling around two to three hundred three kilometres of town. business. Narromine also has visiting aircraft. A new Aviation several rural industrial Museum complex is under Education and businesses including Narromine construction to display the Health and Lifestyle Seed Cleaners and Pioneer history of flight in Narromine. A relaxed rural lifestyle, stable Seeds. There is no shortage of Businesses located at the community with very little land suitable for industrial/ aerodrome include a radio and crime make the Narromine Shire commercial purposes in instrument repair service, a great place to live. Schools are Narromine Shire, which could located in the towns of be developed for industry. All Narromine and Trangie and services and facilities are readily both towns have hospitals, aged available, including ample water, care hostel/nursing home, sewerage, and power. Recent community health services and exciting developments for the the support of an extensive Shire bringing both economic regional professional medical and non economic benefits to network. The Shire boasts residents, businesses and excellent sporting fields and industry include the active sports clubs, an indoor construction of the Central sporting centre and gymnasium, West/Orana natural gas pipeline water sports, art and cultural which passes through Radio and instrument repair service. groups, clubs and hotels, annual Narromine and improved shows and special events and telecommunications with the Ultralights, Crop Spraying, many parks and recreation establishment of internet access Charter Flights and areas. In fact the Shire has at a local call rate. International Gliding Business. everything for the family. Rail services, Narromine. Narromine Skypark Residential Aerodrome Development Narromine is considered the Council has a residential best gliding area in Australia and Skypark at Narromine one of the three best in the Aerodrome where pilots can world and Narromine Council build a home on Aerodrome aims to make it the leading land and hangar their aircraft in sports aviation centre in their own backyard with access Australia. Pilots from many directly onto the taxiway. This is overseas countries visit a first for Australia. The Narromine every year and the residential estate is fully serviced State and National and five lots have already been Championships are held here on sold. Fully serviced blocks are a regular basis. The National also available in a town Ultralight Federation decision to residential estate, a prestigious descend on Narromine for its block along the Macquarie Large grain storage facility, Narromine..