East Kempsey Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

East Kempsey (2440) is a suburb of North Coast, Mid North Coast, New South Wales. It is about 346 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. East Kempsey is in the federal electorate of Cowper.

In the 2011 census the population of East Kempsey was 1,320 and is comprised of approximately 53.3% females and 46.7% males.

The median/average age of the population of East Kempsey is 38 years of age.

89.5% of people living in the suburb of East Kempsey were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.0% England, 0.8% Philippines, 0.6% New Zealand, 0.5% United States of America, 0.5% Malaysia, 0.5% Malta, 0.4% Denmark, 0.4% Scotland, 0.2% Germany.

93.8% of people living in East Kempsey speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.5% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.6% Other, 0.5% Mandarin, 0.5% Other, 0.4% Cantonese, 0.4% Arabic, 0.4% Tagalog, 0.3% German, 0.2% Australian Indigenous Languages .

The religious makeup of East Kempsey is 25.5% Anglican, 25.1% Catholic, 18.9% No religion, 7.4% Uniting Church, 6.7% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.6% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.5% Christian, nfd, 2.3% Seventh-day Adventist, 2.0% Jehovah's Witnesses, 1.1% Baptist.

38.1% of people are married, 37.5% have never married and 11.8% are divorced and 4.6% are separated. There are 82 widowed people living in East Kempsey.

50.4% of the people living in East Kempsey over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 33.7% are working on a part time basis. East Kempsey has an unemployment rate of 9.6%.

The main occupations of people living in East Kempsey are 16.2% Professionals, 14.4% Community & personal service workers, 13.6% Labourers, 13.4% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.4% Technicians & trades workers, 10.9% Sales workers, 10.3% Managers, 6.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.2% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from East Kempsey work in are 19.0% Health care and social assistance, 15.2% Retail trade, 9.3% Education and training, 8.1% Accommodation and food services, 7.9% Manufacturing, 7.5% Construction, 5.7% Public administration and safety, 5.7% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.3% Other services.

34.8% of homes are fully owned, and 27.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 35.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $463 per week and the median household income is $783 per week.

The median rent in East Kempsey is $200 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1300 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for East Kempsey postcode 2440