Kempsey

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 10,374 people in Kempsey of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 19.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Kempsey was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.0% of the population.

Of people in Kempsey aged 15 years and over, 36.7% were married and 15.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kempsey was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Kempsey, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kempsey was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Kempsey 32.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.2% were in primary school, 19.5% in secondary school and 9.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kempsey were Australian 36.8%, English 29.7%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 4.9% and Australian Aboriginal 3.1%.

In Kempsey, 88.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.7%, New Zealand 0.6%, Philippines 0.4%, Germany 0.2% and Scotland 0.2%.

In Kempsey, 85.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kempsey were Catholic 28.1%, Anglican 24.2%, No Religion 14.7%, Uniting Church 7.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.0%.

In Kempsey 89.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.2%, Tagalog 0.2%, Mandarin 0.1%, Arabic 0.1% and Filipino 0.1%.

Employment

There were 3,245 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kempsey. Of these 48.5% were employed full time, 34.1% were employed part-time and 11.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kempsey, 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kempsey was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Kempsey included Community and Personal Service Workers 17.3%, Labourers 14.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.0%, Sales Workers 12.2%, Professionals 11.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.4% and Managers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in Kempsey, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 5.6%, School Education 5.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9% and Road Freight Transport 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kempsey was $380.

In Kempsey, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.1%, Car, as passenger 8.4%, Walked only 4.6%, Truck 2.1% and Bus 0.8%. On the day, 0.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kempsey, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.2% provided care for children and 13.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.6% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Kempsey, 20.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kempsey, 30.0% were couple families with children, 35.5% were couple families without children and 32.7% were one parent families.

In Kempsey 15.1% of single parents were male and 84.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kempsey, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,646 and those without children was $1,396.

Employment status of couple families

In Kempsey, of couple families with children, 12.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 16.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kempsey, 91.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kempsey, 86.1% were separate houses, 6.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.6% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

In Kempsey, of occupied private dwellings 4.8% had 1 bedroom, 21.2% had 2 bedrooms and 50.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kempsey, 34.8% were owned outright, 24.9% were owned with a mortgage and 36.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Kempsey, of all households, 65.7% were family households, 31.4% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Kempsey, 43.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.8% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Kempsey, 43.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kempsey, there were 2,017 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 1,029 (or 51.0%) were male and 988 (or 49.0%) were female. The median age was 22 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Kempsey, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $664.

In Kempsey, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $170 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $867.