Kempsey Nambucca Regional Profile - Legal Aid NSW · Regional Profile . Overview •Regional Legal Assistance Services Slide 3 •Headline Data Slide 7 •Law and Justice Foundation

Kempsey NambuccaRegional Profile

Regional legal assistance servicescurrent as at August 2020 – subject to change

Mid North Coast Community Legal Centre – civil law advice

BY PHONE

Wednesday weekly

10:00am – 12:30pm

Kempsey Neighbourhood Centre5 Kemp Street, West KempseyPhone: 6580 2111

Legal Aid NSW – civil law advice

BY PHONE

Thursdays fortnightly

10:00am – 12:30pm

Appointment required

Durri Aboriginal Corporation Medical Service15-19 York Lane, KempseyPhone: 02 5525 1600

Legal Aid NSW – family law adviceBY PHONE

Wednesday weekly1:30pm – 3:30pmAppointment required

Kempsey Neighbourhood Centre5 Kemp Street, West KempseyPhone: 5525 1600

Legal Aid NSW – criminal law advice at Court

BY PHONE and FACE TO FACE

Monday weekly2pmDrop-in service

Kempsey Courthouse 2 Sea Street, West Kempsey Phone: 5525 1600

Many Rivers Family Violence Prevention Legal Service

BY PHONE

39 Elbow Street West KempseyPhone: 6562 5856

Kempsey

Mid North Coast Community Legal Centre

BY PHONE and AVL

Thursday, fortnightlyAppointment required.Ask SAPO to book your appointment.

Mid North Coast Correctional Centre370 Aldavilla Road, AldavillaPhone: 6580 2111

Legal Aid NSW – civil law advice

BY PHONE and AVL

Thursday, fortnightlyAppointment required.Ask SAPO to book your appointment.

Mid North Coast Correctional Centre370 Aldavilla Road, AldavillaPhone: 6651 7899

Mid-North Coast

Correctional Centre

Legal Aid NSW – family law adviceBY PHONE

2nd and 4th Thursday of the month10:00am – 12:30pmAppointment required

Lifetime Connect 23 Wallace Street, MacksvillePhone: 6651 7899

Legal Aid NSW – civil law adviceBY PHONE

1st and 3rd Thursday of the month1:30pm – 4:00pmAppointment preferred

Lifetime Connect23 Wallace Street MacksvillePhone: 6651 7899

Legal Aid NSW – criminal law advice at Court

BY PHONE

Every Thursday from 2:00pmAppointment required

Macksville Local CourtRiver Street, MacksvillePhone: 6651 7899

Macksville


1st and 3rd Thursday of the month10:00am – 12:30pmAppointment required

MiiMi Aboriginal Corporation90 High Street, BowravillePhone: 6651 7899

Bowraville

Mid North Coast Community Legal Centre

PHONE FIRSTBy appointment

Mid North Coast CLC30 Murray Street Phone: 6580 2111

Legal Aid NSW – civil, family and criminal law advice

Monday – Friday 9:00am – 5:00pm

Legal Aid NSW107 William Street, Port MacquariePhone: 5525 1600

Legal Aid NSW - family law adviceBY PHONE

Tuesday monthly10:00am – 12:00pm

Werin Aboriginal Medical Service12/14 Lake Road, Port MacquariePhone: 1800 551 589

Legal Aid NSW – child support specialist advice service

BY PHONE By appointment

Port Macquarie Legal Aid107 William Street, Port MacquariePhone: 4929 5482

Legal Aid NSW – divorce clinicBY PHONE

Last Tuesday of each month2:00pm – 4:00pm

Port Macquarie Legal Aid107 William Street, Port MacquariePhone: 5525 1600

Port Macquarie


4th Thursday of the month1:30pm – 4:00pmAppointment preferred

Key Employment38 Bowra Street, NambuccaPhone: 6651 7899

Nambucca Aboriginal civil law advice service (Legal Aid NSW)

BY PHONE

2nd and 4th Thursday of the month10:00am – 12:00pmAppointment preferred

Muurrbay Aboriginal Language and Culture Cooperative14 Bellwood Road, NambuccaPhone: 6651 7899

Nambucca

Mid North Coast Community Legal Centre – civil law

BY PHONE

1st and 3rd Thursday of the month12:30pm – 3:00pmAppointment required

South West Rocks Information and Community CentreCorner Gregory Street and Ocean Avenue, South West RocksPhone: 6580 2111

McNeilly Lawyers on behalf of Legal Aid NSW – family law advice

BY PHONE

1st and 3rd Thursday of the month9:00am – 12:00pmAppointment required

South West Rocks Information and Community CentreCorner Gregory Street and Ocean Avenue, South West RocksPhone: 6562 1888

South West Rocks

Coffs Harbour Mid North Coast Community Legal Centre – civil law advice

PHONE FIRST

By appointment Mid North Coast Community Legal CentreShop 6/13-15 Park AvenuePhone: 6580 2111

Legal Aid NSW – civil, family and criminal law advice

Monday – Friday 9:00am – 5:00pm

Legal Aid NSW41 Little StreetPhone: 6651 7899

Legal Aid NSW – homeless legal advice service

BY PHONE

Tuesday weekly11:00am – 1:00pmDrop-in

Uniting Church (The Soup Kitchen)21 Gordon StreetPhone: 6652 7044

Legal Aid NSW – family law advice

BY PHONE

Monday weekly9:30am – 12:30pmAppointment required

Family Relationship Centre24 Park Avenue Phone: 6651 7899

Where do people live in the Kempsey Nambucca CLSD region? Population number by postcode

LGAs: Kempsey, Nambucca, Port Macquarie-Hastings

Source: ABS 2016 CensusFebruary 2019

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Major roadsLocal Court

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Source: ABS 2016 Census

Where do Aboriginal people live in the Kempsey Nambucca CLSD region? Population number by postcode




February 20197

Kempsey Nambucca CLSD – Index of relative socio-economic disadvantage (SEIFA) by postcodeLGAs: Kempsey, Nambucca, Port Macquarie-Hastings



Areas are assigned a score based on how relatively disadvantaged that area is compared with others. A low score indicates relatively greater disadvantage in general, whereas a high score indicates a relative lack of disadvantage in general.Areas are then ordered from lowest to highest score and divided into four groups, or ‘quartiles’.

Highly Advantaged

Mildly Advantaged

Mildly Disadvantaged

Highly Disadvantaged

SEIFA indicator by postcode

Highly Disadvantaged: 25% of areas with the lowest scores (1st quartile)Mildly Disadvantaged: 2nd quartile, Mildly Advantaged: 3rd quartileHighly Advantaged: 25% of areas with the highest scores (4th quartile)

February 20198

Need for Legal Assistance Services (NLAS) indicators in the Kempsey Nambucca CLSD region – population numbers and percentages by LGA


Note: These are minimum counts based on persons declaring these characteristics to the Census.Red cells indicate the LGA has a higher proportion of the priority group than the state average. Green cells indicate it is lower.Percentages for NLAS(Capability) and NLAS($52K) are based on the 15-64 population.Percentages for NLAS(ATSI) and NLAS(CALD) are based on the 15+ population.Percentages for NLAS (65+) are based on the 65+ population. Source: ABS 2016 Census

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Indicator / PopulationKempsey Nambucca

Port Macquarie-Hastings

CLSD Region

NSW

N N N N NNLAS(Capability) 2,688 1,613 4,628 8,929 414,200NLAS(ATSI) 1,137 570 1,015 2,722 68,769NLAS(CALD) 272 182 780 1,234 734,493NLAS($52K) 4,285 2,500 7,986 14,771 718,720NLAS(65+) 1,029 671 1,948 3,648 159,534Population (all) 28,886 19,210 78,541 126,637 7,480,230Population (15 and over) 23,914 16,041 65,442 105,397 6,093,897Population (15-64) 17,010 10,743 43,684 71,437 4,876,257Population (65 and over) 6,912 5,298 21,759 33,969 1,217,642

IndicatorKempsey Nambucca


CLSD Region

NSW

% % % % %NLAS(Capability) 15.8 15.0 10.6 12.5 8.5NLAS(ATSI) 4.8 3.6 1.6 2.6 1.1NLAS(CALD) 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 12.1NLAS($52K) 25.2 23.3 18.3 20.7 14.7NLAS(65+) 14.9 12.7 9.0 10.7 13.1

NLAS indicators in the Kempsey Nambucca CLSD region – percentagesLGAs: Kempsey, Nambucca, Port Macquarie-Hastings

Note: These are minimum counts based on persons declaring these characteristics to the Census.Percentages for NLAS(Capability) and NLAS($52K) are based on the 15-64 population.Percentages for NLAS(ATSI) and NLAS(CALD) are based on the 15+ population.Percentages for NLAS (65+) are based on the 65+ population. Source: ABS 2016 Census

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Kempsey Nambucca CLSD – Need for legal assistance services NLAS(Capability)Population number by postcode



NLAS(Capability): a count of people aged 15 to 64 who are likely to need legal assistance should they experience a problem due to their low level of personal income and educational attainment.• personal income < $500/week or < $25,990/year• highest year of school completion is Year 12 for those aged

15-39, Year 11 for those aged 40-49, Year 10 for those aged 50-64

• not currently a full time or part time student• do not have a non-school qualification.Note: These are minimum counts based on persons declaring these characteristics to the Census.



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Priority group profile of the Kempsey Nambucca CLSD region – population numbersLGAs: Kempsey, Nambucca, Port Macquarie-Hastings

Note: These are minimum counts based on persons declaring these characteristics to the Census. Source: ABS 2016 Census

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Population / Priority GroupKempsey Nambucca


CLSD Region

NSW

N N N N NPopulation (all) 28,886 19,210 78,541 126,637 7,480,230Population (15 and over) 23,914 16,041 65,442 105,397 6,093,897Population (15-64) 17,010 10,743 43,684 71,437 4,876,257People with a personal income <$26K (15 and over) 10,978 7,875 27,711 46,564 2,286,827People with a personal income <$52K (15 and over) 16,913 11,870 45,045 73,828 3,674,857People with an equivalised household income <$26K (all ages) 8,493 6,079 18,061 32,633 1,343,031People with a lower education (15-64) 4,956 2,918 9,736 17,610 952,621Unemployed people (15 and over) 886 643 2,146 3,675 225,552Single parents (15 and over) 1,668 997 3,530 6,195 310,906Children and youth (0-24) 7,960 4,945 20,625 33,530 2,324,426Disengaged youth (15-24) 162 116 309 587 31,701Older people (65 and over) 6,912 5,298 21,759 33,969 1,217,642People with a disability (14 and under) 189 108 520 817 34,224People with a disability (15-64) 1,083 653 1,913 3,649 147,096ATSI peoples (14 and under) 1,178 534 1,149 2,861 74,269ATSI peoples (15 and over) 2,169 929 2,019 5,117 141,902ATSI peoples with personal income <$52K (15 and over) 1,551 751 1,607 3,909 103,673CALD people (15 and over) 529 328 1,924 2,781 1,584,606People with poor English proficiency (15 and over) 77 20 164 261 274,032People who do not access internet from dwelling (15 and over) 4,627 2,907 8,912 16,446 603,051People experiencing homelessness (all ages) 139 67 280 486 37,711People living in rural or remote areas (all ages) 13,498 19,210 2,431 35,139 468,992

Priority group profile of the Kempsey Nambucca CLSD region – percentagesLGAs: Kempsey, Nambucca, Port Macquarie-Hastings

Note: These are minimum counts based on persons declaring these characteristics to the Census.Red cells indicate the LGA has a higher proportion of the priority group than the state average. Green cells indicate it is lower.Percentages are based on total population.


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Priority Group Kempsey Nambucca


CLSD Region

NSW

% % % % %People with a personal income <$26K (15 and over) 38.0 41.0 35.3 36.8 30.6People with a personal income <$52K (15 and over) 58.6 61.8 57.4 58.3 49.1People with an equivalised household income <$26K (all ages) 29.4 31.6 23.0 25.8 18.0People with a lower education (15-64) 17.2 15.2 12.4 13.9 12.7Unemployed people (15 and over) 3.1 3.3 2.7 2.9 3.0Single parents (15 and over) 5.8 5.2 4.5 4.9 4.2Children and youth (0-24) 27.6 25.7 26.3 26.5 31.1Disengaged youth (15-24) 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.4Older people (65 and over) 23.9 27.6 27.7 26.8 16.3People with a disability (14 and under) 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5People with a disability (15-64) 3.7 3.4 2.4 2.9 2.0ATSI peoples (14 and under) 4.1 2.8 1.5 2.3 1.0ATSI peoples (15 and over) 7.5 4.8 2.6 4.0 1.9ATSI peoples with personal income <$52K (15 and over) 5.4 3.9 2.0 3.1 1.4CALD people (15 and over) 1.8 1.7 2.4 2.2 21.2People with poor English proficiency (15 and over) 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 3.7People who do not access internet from dwelling (15 and over) 16.0 15.1 11.3 13.0 8.1People experiencing homelessness (all ages) 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5People living in rural or remote areas (all ages) 46.7 100.0 3.1 27.7 6.3

Priority group profile of the Kempsey Nambucca CLSD region – percentagesLGAs: Kempsey, Nambucca, Port Macquarie-Hastings

Note: Percentages are based on total population.

Source: ABS 2016 CensusFebruary 2019

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People with a personal income <$26K (15 and over)

People with a personal income <$52K (15 and over)

People with an equivalised household income <$26K (all ages)

People with a lower education (15-64)

Unemployed people (15 and over)

Single parents (15 and over)

Children and youth (0-24)

Disengaged youth (15-24)

Older people (65 and over)

People with a disability (14 and under)

People with a disability (15-64)

ATSI peoples (14 and under)

ATSI peoples (15 and over)

ATSI peoples with personal income <$52K (15 and over)

CALD people (15 and over)

People with poor English proficiency (15 and over)

People who do not access internet from dwelling (15 and…

People experiencing homelessness (all ages)

People living in rural or remote areas (all ages)

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Incidents Offenders Victims

LGA Year to March count

Year to March rate

2 year trend

Year to March count

Year to March rate

2 year trend

Year to March count

Year to March rate

2 year trend

NSW 16,634 208 Up 13% 10,621 152 Up 15% 18,397 230 Up 13%

Kempsey 101 341 Stable 66 252 Stable 104 351 Stable

Nambucca 46 233 Stable 23 130 - 49 248 Stable


173 208 Stable 107 144 stable 188 226 Stable

Source: BOCSAR

DV-related harassment & threatening behaviour Year to March 2020 by LGA, number & rate/100,000

16Source: BOCSAR

Recorded DV-related assault Year to March 2020 by LGA, number & rate/100,000



Year to March rate

2 year trend

Year to March count

Year to March rate

2 year trend

Year to March count

Year to March

rate

2 year trend

NSW 31,457 394 Up 4% 21,512 309 Up 4% 33,684 422 Up 4%


Nambucca 125 632 Stable 58 329 Stable 134 678 Stable


326 392 Stable 221 298 Stable 350 421 Up 21%

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Breach of DV related AVOs Year to March 2020 by LGA, number & rate/100,000



Year to March rate

2 year trend

Year to March count

Year to March rate

2 year trend

Year to March count

Year to March rate

2 year trend

NSW 18,449 231 Up 12% 15,138 217 Up 14% 17,835 223 Up 13%


Nambucca 109 551 Up 56% 72 408 Up 60% 107 541 Up 37%


240 289 Stable 194 262 Stable 238 286 Stable

Source: BOCSAR

April 2018 - March 2019 April 2019 - March 2020

Domestic Personal Total Domestic Personal Total

Young people under 18 years

Kempsey 5 0 5 0 0 0Macksville 0 0 0 1 0 1

Port Macquarie 0 1 1 5 0 5

Final AVO order by court

April 2018 - March 2019 April 2019 - March 2020

Domestic Personal Total Domestic Personal Total

Adults

Kempsey 306 32 338 291 38 329Macksville 118 15 133 133 17 150Port Macquarie 373 67 440 399 53 452Wauchope 5 3 8 15 2 17

How police are proceeding against young people by LGA

LGA Proceeded against going to court

Youth Justice Conference Caution (young Offenders Act)

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3

KEMPSEY 87 71 63 3 0 7 54 57 49

NAMBUCCA 49 36 42 5 15 4 52 38 23

PORT-MACQUARIE HASTINGS

120 69 57 6 13 19 118 94 94

• YEAR 1: April 2017 – March 2018• YEAR 2: April 2018 – March 2019• YEAR 3: April 2019 – March 2020

LGA Warning (Young Offenders Act) Drug Caution Infringement Notice

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3

KEMPSEY 27 23 33 - - - 125 130 88

NAMBUCCA 12 17 20 - - - 29 34 43

PORT-MACQUARIE HASTINGS

39 34 24 - - - 207 148 158

Source: BOCSAR

Suburb Clients Enforcement orders OTTP Balance owed

Average owed

WDO sponsors

Active WDOs

5 (2441)STUARTS POINT

63 649 39$186,951 $2,967

5 2

3 (2448)NAMBUCCA HEADS

416 5,148 261$1,000,357 $2,405

15 5

1 (2440)KEMPSEY

582 8,546 412$1,343,710 $2,309

26 27

7 (2446)WAUCHOPE

393 4,297 278$882,812 $2,246

16 6

4 (2449)BOWRAVILLE

141 1,564 97$304,587 $2,160

7 2

6 (2444)PORT MACQUARIE

1,775 20,166 1,041$3,334,659 $1,879

41 54

2 (2447)MACKSVILLE

190 1,877 114$354,700 $1,867

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Fine debt +work development orders by postcode

Adults

SOURCE: Revenue NSW AUGUST 2020

Offence 2446

WAUCHOPE

2440

KEMPSEY

2448NAMBUCCA

HEADS

2447

MACKSVILLE

2444PORT

MACQUARIE

2431SOUTH

WEST ROCKS

2449

BOWRAVILLE

Fail to vote legislative assembly 111 420 141 74 418 45 38Possess prohibited drug 127 374 119 65 328 29 39Use unregistered vehicle 127 333 119 75 297 52 45Use uninsured vehicle 93 213 76 44 186 37 22Contravene ADVO 63 219 101 52 151 15 17Fail to vote local government 38 163 57 26 169 21 24Travel or attempt to travel without valid ticket

22 634 61 27 152 23 8

Drive while disqualified (prior offence) 59 107 22 18 115 8 13Common assault (DV related) 18 118 26 24 93 16 8Licence expired <2 years prior, 1st offence 37 109 26 21 76 11 10Rider not wear bike helmet 25 170 25 4 107 14 4Fail to display P Plates (P2 licence) 35 99 24 21 89 19 5Damage property, DV related 20 88 51 14 80 10 10

Penalty notice offence types at 23 July 2020 by postcodeSOURCE: Revenue NSW

LGA Clients Enforcement orders

Average owed Balance owed

1 NAMBUCCA HEADS 3 4 $684 $2,0532 KEMPSEY 10 42 $682 $6,8273 WAUCHOPE 2 3 $615 $1,230

4 PORT MACQUARIE 8 13 $592 $4,741

5 MACKSVILLE 6 12 $502 $3,0076 STUARTS POINT 1 1 $325 $325

7 BOWRAVILLE 2 2 $191 $382

Fine debt by postcode

Young People

SOURCE: Revenue NSW AUGUST 2020

School Suspensions & Expulsions 2018– Mid North Coast

SHORT SUSPENSIONS * LONG SUSPENSIONS **total # incidents

total # students

% students suspended in FACS area

NSW %

total # incidents

total # students

% students suspended in FACS area

NSW%

2,368 1,471 6.4% 4% 850 613 2.7% 1.5%

* suspension up to 4 days** suspension up to 20 days

EXPULSIONS

formisbehaviour

for unsatisfactory participation

Total expulsions Mid-North Coast

TotalExpulsionsNSW

13 21 34 297

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Mid-North Coast FACS region has of the NSW population and contains the following LGAs: Bellingen, Coffs harbour, Kempsey, Mid-Coast, Nambucca and Port Macquarie-Hastings.

Source: Department of Education & Traininghttps://data.cese.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/c0a90a6f-2509-45c5-ba77-cf5b00350043/resource/ea9e87ba-25d2-4239-a724-3982a9aa9b33/download/2018-suspensions-and-expulsions-aa.pdf

In order to protect individual students’ identities values 5 and under are represented as <5 and n/a is used in the ‘total’ column.

https://data.cese.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/c0a90a6f-2509-45c5-ba77-cf5b00350043/resource/ea9e87ba-25d2-4239-a724-3982a9aa9b33/download/2016-suspensions-and-expulsions-aa.pdf

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Kempsey Nambucca Regional Profile - Legal Aid NSW · Regional Profile . Overview •Regional Legal Assistance Services Slide 3 •Headline Data Slide 7 •Law and Justice Foundation