East Kempsey

19.7% of East Kempsey's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

349 family households lived in East Kempsey; 32.4% were couple families and 25.2% were one-parent families.

38.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

East Kempsey had 1,336 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.0% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 84.3% of occupied private dwellings in East Kempsey.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 9.3% of occupied private dwellings.

35.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

29.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

35.2% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in East Kempsey had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 36.6% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 32.5%, while 16.8% had four or more usual residents.

6.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

67.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.8% walked or cycled.

6.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 44.2% of the total.

50.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.2% reported a different address.

6.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

90.3% of residents used only English at home.

3.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

6.1% of East Kempsey's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.9% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.8% of ancestry responses in East Kempsey.

Australian ancestry made up 44.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

13.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 8.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 24.2% of workers, and education and training employed 10.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.1%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

26.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.7%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

48.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.2% reported asthma, 12.5% arthritis and 6.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 48.5%.

Median household income was $1,116 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,252.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 6.3% in East Kempsey, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 35.2% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 35.2% in East Kempsey, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.