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Kelso NSW 2795

5,672 addresses · 224 streets

Calare Electorate › Bathurst Regional LGA › Kelso · 156 km from Sydney

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Living Here

Kelso is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 10,039 people, with a median age of 36. The typical household earns around $1,737 a week, with median rent near $360 a week. Most homes are houses. About 71% of households own their home and 28% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

10,039Population
36Median age
$1,737Median household income / wk
$360Median rent / wk
2.7Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Bathurst - East statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Kelso itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Bathurst, 3.2 km south-west · Bus interchange: Mountain Shuttle Bus, 7.5 km south-west · Airport: Bathurst Airport, 4 km east.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources4/10
Education & jobs3/10

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 1.8% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Kelso

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Kelso NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20201.8%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20214.1%

Demographics

Unemployment 4.4% · Labour-force participation 62%

Population by age in Kelso
Population by age, Kelso NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-4689
5-141,562
15-19704
20-24590
25-341,310
35-441,201
45-541,236
55-641,065
65-74898
75-84549
85+242
Dwelling types in Kelso
Dwelling types, Kelso NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House3,229
Townhouse219
Apartment24
Other9
Households by weekly income in Kelso
Households by weekly income, Kelso NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$650511
$650-1,499906
$1,500-2,9991,155
$3,000+655
Top ancestries in Kelso
Top ancestries, Kelso NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Australian4,420
English4,275
Irish1,293
Scottish984
Aboriginal861
Other537
Housing tenure in Kelso
Housing tenure, Kelso NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned1,109
Mortgage1,326
Rented965
Other42
Cars per household in Kelso
Cars per household, Kelso NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0183
11,021
21,468
3488
4+274
Commute to work in Kelso
Commute to work, Kelso NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car3,425
Train0
Bus4
Tram/ferry3
Walked69
Bicycle12
Home462
Top countries of birth in Kelso
Top countries of birth, Kelso NSW (ABS Census 2021)
England143
New Zealand87
India60
Philippines54
Netherlands38
Scotland38
Languages used at home in Kelso
Languages used at home, Kelso NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Arabic47
Punjabi42
Nepali41
Tagalog29
Cantonese21
Urdu20

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

29,872 bird observations recorded near Kelso — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Kelso

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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