Kempsey
31,950 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 3,376 km², 55 suburbs. Council website: kempsey.nsw.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
31,950
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.4% in a year
Density
9.5/km²
3,376 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$590k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$272
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
3.5 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
2 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
55
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 48
- Median household income
- $1,085/week
- Median rent
- $300/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,301/month
- Households renting
- 24.0%
- Average household
- 2.4 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 2 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 2 of 10
Suburbs
55 suburbs where Kempsey holds most residents. Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.
| Suburb | Population | In this council | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Kempsey | 5,073 | All | $460kDec 2025 | – / 56% | 1 |
| South West Rocks | 5,058 | All | $750kDec 2025 | – / 78% | 2 |
| South Kempsey | 2,604 | All | $440kDec 2025 | – / 95% | 1 |
| Crescent Head | 1,633 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 99% | 5 |
| Frederickton | 1,452 | All | $540kDec 2025 | – / 90% | 1 |
| Aldavilla | 1,443 | All | $705kDec 2025 | – / 89% | |
| East Kempsey | 1,336 | All | $553kDec 2025 | – / 66% | 1 |
| Yarravel | 1,182 | All | $721kDec 2025 | – / 95% | 2 |
| Stuarts Point | 766 | All | $611kDec 2025 | – / 94% | 1 |
| Greenhill (NSW) | 757 | All | $628kDec 2025 | – / 91% | 1 |
| Dondingalong | 712 | All | $688kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 2 |
| Collombatti | 681 | All | $755kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 2 |
| Smithtown | 625 | All | $440kDec 2025 | – / 52% | 1 |
| Kundabung | 616 | All | $980kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 3 |
| Kempsey | 483 | All | $431kDec 2025 | – / 73% | 1 |
| Arakoon | 445 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 99% | 6 |
| Gladstone (NSW) | 437 | All | $646kDec 2024 | – / 88% | 2 |
| Hat Head | 365 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 98% | 3 |
| Euroka | 348 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 97% | 7 |
| Bellbrook | 339 | All | $485kDec 2024 | – / 100% | 1 |
| Verges Creek | 298 | All | $893kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 5 |
| Kinchela | 286 | All | $779kDec 2024 | – / 98% | 3 |
| Belmore River | 268 | All | $775kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 3 |
| Temagog | 268 | All | $615kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 3 |
| Clybucca | 214 | All | $860kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 3 |
| Yarrahapinni | 196 | All | – / 91% | 3 | |
| Willawarrin | 183 | All | $634kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 1 |
| Turners Flat | 169 | All | $772kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 3 |
| Barraganyatti | 150 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Austral Eden | 145 | All | – / 90% | 3 | |
| Sherwood (Kempsey - NSW) | 145 | All | $808kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 3 |
| Fishermans Reach | 144 | All | $803kDec 2025 | – / 76% | 3 |
| Mungay Creek | 133 | All | $703kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 1 |
| Jerseyville | 132 | All | $590kDec 2025 | – / 80% | 2 |
| Hickeys Creek | 128 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Moparrabah | 123 | All | $455kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 1 |
| Millbank (NSW) | 113 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Yessabah | 111 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Burnt Bridge | 110 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Deep Creek (Kempsey - NSW) | 100 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Skillion Flat | 93 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Summer Island | 93 | All | – / 94% | 3 | |
| Pola Creek | 86 | All | – / 95% | 5 | |
| Grassy Head | 85 | All | – / 99% | 3 | |
| Rainbow Reach | 84 | All | – / 88% | 3 | |
| Bellimbopinni | 82 | All | – / 96% | 3 | |
| Hampden Hall | 74 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Mooneba | 71 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Seven Oaks | 56 | All | – / 91% | 3 | |
| Wittitrin | 56 | All | $705kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 1 |
| Toorooka | 47 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Old Station | 32 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Willi Willi | 28 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Comara | 27 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Corangula | 22 | All | – / 100% | 2 |
Hazards
Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.
Suburb prices
Across the 33 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2024 to Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $431k
- Median of suburb medians
- $705k
- Highest suburb median
- $1.2M
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 3 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 3,912
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 848
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 3,964
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 6,398
- per 100k · NSW 2025
Representation
Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).
Federal electorates
- Cowper · Pat CONAGHAN (NP)100%
State districts
- Oxley · Michael Kemp (NAT)100%
Neighbouring councils
Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.
Compare it with every New South Wales council on the council map or the New South Wales council list.
Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Suburb prices: state Valuer-General. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Crime: state police statistics. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.