West Kempsey

20.7% of West Kempsey's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

1,211 family households lived in West Kempsey; 26.5% were couple families and 36.3% were one-parent families.

39.9% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

West Kempsey had 5,073 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.4% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Separate houses made up 88.5% of occupied private dwellings in West Kempsey.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 9.0% of occupied private dwellings.

34.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

25.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

40.7% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in West Kempsey had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 34.0% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 33.1%, while 19.9% had four or more usual residents.

2.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

69.7% 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 3.8% walked or cycled.

11.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 46.0% of the total.

43.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.8% reported a different address.

5.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

86.8% of residents used only English at home.

3.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

5.7% of West Kempsey's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.3% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.7% of ancestry responses in West Kempsey.

Australian ancestry made up 39.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

13.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 8.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 26.3% of workers, and education and training employed 7.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 40.2%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

18.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 11.3%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

43.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

15.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.4% reported asthma, 13.3% arthritis and 7.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.6%.

Median household income was $925 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,170.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $290 per week.

Working from home was 2.9% in West Kempsey, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 34.0% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 40.7% in West Kempsey, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.