South Kempsey

20.9% of South Kempsey's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

625 family households lived in South Kempsey; 33.9% were couple families and 27.0% were one-parent families.

38.9% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

South Kempsey had 2,604 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.4% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 90.4% of occupied private dwellings in South Kempsey.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.0% of occupied private dwellings.

36.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

29.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

34.5% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in South Kempsey had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 26.5% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 35.3%, while 24.6% had four or more usual residents.

6.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

67.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.9% walked or cycled.

7.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 33.9% of the total.

58.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.1% reported a different address.

5.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

86.0% of residents used only English at home.

2.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

5.8% of South Kempsey's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.2% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.6% of ancestry responses in South Kempsey.

Australian ancestry made up 40.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

16.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 7.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.8% of workers, and education and training employed 9.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 45.1%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

19.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 10.1%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

45.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.7% reported asthma, 11.6% arthritis and 6.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.0%.

Median household income was $1,074 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $270 per week.

Working from home was 6.9% in South Kempsey, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 36.0% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 34.5% in South Kempsey, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.