2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 79% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hornsby · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Hornsby
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household sizes in Hornsby have edged down slightly since 2011, but they remain larger than in most other areas. Most homes here are family-based, with a very low number of people living alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Hornsby — higher than 79% of areas.
| Hornsby | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Hornsby hold 2.7 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Only 20.1% of people live alone, a figure well below the Australian average of 25.6%.
20.1% ▲ +1.9%
Lower than 82% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hornsby, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 1 person (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 67.1%. One-parent families are much less common here than in most areas, at 10.2%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.2% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hornsby, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Hornsby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12102/hornsby/topic/family-households