Burnt Bridge is a small, quiet locality in New South Wales within the Kempsey local government area (postcode 2440). It is home to about 110 residents, with a younger, working-age population and a median age of 30. Households earn a median income of $63K per year, with an average household size of 3.2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.4% year-on-year at the LGA level. NSW employment has moved +1.2% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 35 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 67 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, clerical & administrative, machinery operators & drivers. The top ancestries reported are Aboriginal Australian, Australian, Irish.
The current median weekly rent is $485. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,300.
The crime rate in the Kempsey LGA is moderate at 7,302 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.4% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.