Kempsey ^{NSW 2440}

Kempsey's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $375,000, about 2% below where it sat a year earlier.

Houses in Kempsey rent for around $522 a week on average, based on 4 houses listed for rent in the past six months.

4 rentals advertised against an estimated 107 rented homes (3.7%) in the last 6 months.

Short-Stay Rentals

1 active Airbnb listing: 1 whole home and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 0.4% of the suburb's homes.

Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months. The share is against private dwellings at the 2021 Census.

The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,447 a year through Kempsey based on 2024 figures.

Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.

In the year to August 2026, 144 new dwellings were approved across Kempsey. That mix is 83 houses and 61 units. Approvals are up 380.0% on the same period a year earlier.

Aboriginal Land Council

Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Kempsey Local Aboriginal Land Council.

Local Aboriginal Land Councils are statutory bodies under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, responsible for land claims and land management for their members. Their boundaries are administrative and are not a statement of whose Country this is. NSW does not publish a register of Aboriginal parties by area — they are registered for each project.

Elevation

-1 m

above sea level, at the suburb centre

Distance to the ocean

16.5 km

Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.

• SUPAGAS Kempsey

  Gas Supply

  Top reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds
  2.0 km
• West Kempsey Sewage Treatment Works

  Sewerage and Drainage Services

  Top reported: Ammonia (total)
  2.5 km
• South Kempsey Petroleum Depot

  Petroleum Product Wholesaling

  Top reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · n-Hexane · Toluene (methylbenzene)
  4.4 km
• South Kempsey Sewage Treatment Works

  Sewerage and Drainage Services

  Top reported: Ammonia (total)
  4.6 km

$10,000 for new homes priced up to $600,000.

Off-the-plan or contracted-build value cap is $750,000 (vs $600,000 for completed new homes). Stamp duty concessions are a separate scheme (First Home Buyers Assistance).

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Currently held by Pat Conaghan The Nationals

Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.

Currently held by Michael Kemp The Nationals

Next state election: 13 March 2027.

Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: © State of New South Wales through the NSW Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0, adapted.