2.8 ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hornsby · State Electorate
Family & Households in Hornsby
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Hornsby compared to the rest of the state and country. This area is defined by larger households, where 67.2% of families consist of couples with children. These trends point to a community heavily focused on family life and shared homes.
2.8
▲ +12.0%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Hornsby — higher than 79% of areas.
| Hornsby | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Hornsby are more crowded than in most areas, with an average of 2.8 people per dwelling. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, and reflects a shift from 2011 when the typical home held only 2.5 people.
18.7% ▼ -29.1%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 18.7%
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 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Only 10% of families here are one-parent households, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14%. This represents a notable drop from 15.1% in 2011, while the vast majority of local families are couples with or without children.
10.0% ▼ -33.8%
Lower than 91% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 10.0%
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/sed/SED10037/hornsby/topic/family-households