Hornsby (A)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 144,692 people were counted in Hornsby (A): of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Of the total population 0.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Hornsby (A) there were 30,301 children aged 0-14 years and 31,579 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Hornsby (A), 125,888 people were Australian citizens, 43,269 were born overseas and 1,276 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Hornsby (A), 57.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 7.4% were separated or divorced, 6.1% were widowed and 28.7% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Hornsby (A), 65.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Hornsby (A) were England 4.9%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 2.4%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 2.1%, New Zealand 2.0% and India 1.6%.

Of all people counted in Hornsby (A) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 24.6%, Anglican 23.4%, No Religion 14.0%, Uniting Church 7.0% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Hornsby (A), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 4.6%, Mandarin 2.0%, Korean 1.6%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 1.2% and Italian 1.0%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 76.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 75,424 people aged 15 years and over in Hornsby (A) were in the labour force. Of these 62.1% worked full-time, 31.4% worked part-time, 2.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.0% were unemployed. 35,474 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Hornsby (A), the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 18.1%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.3%, Associate Professionals 7.9%, Managers and Administrators 7.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.2%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.2%, Labourers and Related Workers 2.8% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Hornsby (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 10.0%, Education 5.6%, Health Services 5.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.0% and Food Retailing 2.9%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Hornsby (A), 39,614 families were counted: of these, 30.6% were couple families without children, 56.6% were couple families with children, 11.3% were one parent families and 1.5% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Hornsby (A), 49,688 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Hornsby (A), 77.6% were separate houses, 6.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 14.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Hornsby (A), 46.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 28.4% were being purchased and 18.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Hornsby (A), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 57.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 6.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 34.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Hornsby (A), 78.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 16.6% were single (or lone) person households and 2.3% were group households.