Who is the member for Kingsford Smith?

Matt Thistlethwaite (Australian Labor Party) is the federal member for Kingsford Smith, New South Wales. Matt serves as Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade. Verity publishes their full voting record from the official division record.

What does the 2021 Census say about Kingsford Smith?

At the 2021 Census, Kingsford Smith had a median age of 36, a median weekly household income of $2,196, 47.9% of households renting. Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics.

NSW

The electorate of Kingsford Smith

Held by

Australian Labor Party

Margin

—

Median age

Census 2021

Median household income

$2,196

per week

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Kingsford Smith within NSW · 61 km². Boundary: ABS Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2025 (ASGS Edition 3), CC BY 4.0. An approximation of the AEC’s legal boundary — to confirm the division you vote in, look up your postcode.

Your representative

Matt Thistlethwaite

Australian Labor Party · Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

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What the Census says about Kingsford Smith

Australian Bureau of Statistics Census of Population and Housing, 2021.

Median weekly household income: $2,196
Median weekly personal income: $1,042
Median weekly rent: $550
Median monthly mortgage repayment: $2,870
Average household size: 2.4 people

How people live here

24.5%

Own outright

24.6%

Mortgage

47.9%

Renting

What people do

Health Care & Social Assistance13.5% · 12,087 people
Professional, Scientific & Technical12.8% · 11,406 people
Education & Training10.4% · 9,279 people
Construction9% · 8,049 people
Retail Trade7.7% · 6,932 people

Source: ABS Census 2021. Census figures describe the electorate as it stood at the Census and are not updated between Censuses.

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