Hornsby - Your Council NSW

2023/24

Hornsby

Hornsby Shire is a mix of urban areas with freestanding homes, low rise townhouses and high rise buildings, large rural areas and a predominance of bushland.

Two-thirds of the Shire comprises national park and bushland, with major waterways and rural landscape in the northern part of the Shire. The Shire includes land from North Epping in the south to Wisemans Ferry in the north and Brooklyn in the east. The Shire includes 39 suburbs and rural localities. Hornsby CBD is 25 kilometres north of the Sydney CBD.

The major industrial areas are located at Asquith, Waitara and Mt Ku-ring-gai. The major commercial centres are Hornsby, Pennant Hills, Thornleigh and Dural Service Centre.

Data for this website has been sourced from Council’s financial statements, Council’s annual report and Council’s data returns. The website also refers to data from a number of agencies and entities. Please refer to the data page of this website for links to definitions, information on performance measures, benchmarks, OLG Groups and the data sources that have been used.

Please contact Council if you would like any further details or explanations regarding individual results and any differences between your Council’s performance and that of another council.

Contacting Council

Address:
296 Peats Ferry Road
Hornsby NSW 2077

Postal Address:
PO Box 37, Hornsby NSW 1630
Phone: 02 9847 6666
Fax: 02 9847 6999

Email:
hsc@hornsby.nsw.gov.au

Web:
www.hornsby.nsw.gov.au

Your Local Government Area	Result
Population (No.)	154,834
Area (Km²)	455
Council Classification	Metropolitan Fringe
OLG Group	7
State Planning Region	Metropolitan Sydney

Your Council	Result	Group Avg. *
Councillors (No.)	10	13
Population per Councillor (No.)	15483	15111
Equivalent Full Time Staff (EFT) (No.)	512	897
2023/24 Revenue ($'000)	142752	356438
2023/24 Expenses ($'000)	170749	275897
Residential Pensioner Rebates (%)	9.950448641	12.32427803
Population Density (residents per Km²)	340	433.56

* A NSW council group is determined firstly by whether they are Urban or Rural in nature, and then by population size and density. Please refer to OLG Groups in data tab on website for more information on how individual councils are classified. An OLG group average is then calculated by the average of the same group number eg. All Group 5 Regional Towns/City or all Group 8 Rural.

Your Public Facilities	Result	Group Avg.
Public Swimming Pool Complexes (inc rock pools) (No.)	3	5
Public Halls (No.)	25	40
Public Libraries (No.)	4	4.857142857
Open Public Space (ha)	1337.74	2183.08
Total Road Length (km)	600.29	1,068.75

Demographics of Population

under 20 years

20 - 59 years

60 years and older

Council population (%)

Group population (%)

1.3^%

population change last 5 years

Source: ABS, Estimated Resident Population (ERP)

Your Local Population	Latest Outcome	Group Avg.
Five Year Population Change (%)	1.323828251	9.43459263
Population aged under 20 years (%)	26.9	26.92285107
Population aged between 20 and 59 years (%)	51.3	51.26510139
Population aged 60 years and older (%)	21.8	21.81204753
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders (%)	0.6	3.540952822
Speaks language other than English at home (%)	35.7	23.71428571
Socio-Economic Index Rank (1 low, 128 high)	116	97.71428571

Council Population Gender

Aboriginal & Torres
Strait Islander

Language Diversity

Rest of population

Your local population (%)

Your Local Economy	Result	Group Avg.
Unemployment Rate (%)	4.2	3.471428571
Avg Taxable Income ($)	77418	69909.6
Avg Household Size (No.)	2.9	2.871428571
Value of DA's determined ($'000)	288526	429171
Active Businesses in LGA (No.)	14111	15603.57143

Largest Industry Employer

Health care / Social