Hornsby Heights Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Hornsby Heights (2077) is a suburb of Sydney, Upper North Shore, New South Wales. It is about 24 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Hornsby Heights is in the federal electorate of Berowra.

In the 2011 census the population of Hornsby Heights was 6,192 and is comprised of approximately 50.3% females and 49.7% males.

The median/average age of the population of Hornsby Heights is 39 years of age.

71.8% of people living in the suburb of Hornsby Heights were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.8% England, 1.7% New Zealand, 1.4% South Africa, 1.4% China , 1.1% India, 0.7% Hong Kong , 0.7% Scotland, 0.7% Philippines, 0.6% Germany, 0.6% Iran, 0.6% Malaysia, 0.5% Korea, Republic of , 0.5% Italy, 0.5% United States of America.

85.1% of people living in Hornsby Heights speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 1.8% Cantonese, 1.5% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.5% Mandarin, 1.2% Other, 0.9% Spanish, 0.7% Persian, 0.7% Korean, 0.6% Japanese, 0.6% German.

The religious makeup of Hornsby Heights is 25.5% Catholic, 23.4% Anglican, 22.9% No religion, 6.0% Uniting Church, 4.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 2.5% Baptist, 2.4% Christian, nfd, 1.9% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.6% Buddhism, 1.2% Pentecostal.

61.0% of people are married, 27.5% have never married and 6.3% are divorced and 2.1% are separated. There are 152 widowed people living in Hornsby Heights.

58.4% of the people living in Hornsby Heights over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 32.7% are working on a part time basis. Hornsby Heights has an unemployment rate of 4.3%.

The main occupations of people living in Hornsby Heights are 29.8% Professionals, 16.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.5% Managers, 12.4% Technicians & trades workers, 9.5% Community & personal service workers, 8.1% Sales workers, 5.5% Labourers, 2.6% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Hornsby Heights work in are 14.0% Health care and social assistance, 12.0% Professional, scientific and technical services, 11.9% Education and training, 8.8% Retail trade, 7.6% Construction, 5.9% Financial and insurance services, 5.6% Manufacturing, 4.8% Wholesale trade, 4.6% Other services.

38.8% of homes are fully owned, and 51.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 8.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $713 per week and the median household income is $2053 per week.

The median rent in Hornsby Heights is $462 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2383 per month.

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