Horsley Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,936 people in Horsley Park of these 52.1% were male and 47.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Horsley Park was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.0% of the population.

Of people in Horsley Park aged 15 years and over, 53.8% were married and 7.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Horsley Park was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Horsley Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Horsley Park was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Horsley Park 34.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.5% were in primary school, 20.6% in secondary school and 16.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Horsley Park were Italian 26.2%, Maltese 15.6%, English 11.3%, Australian 11.2% and Irish 2.6%.

In Horsley Park, 62.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 8.6%, Malta 6.5%, Iraq 2.0%, Cambodia 1.0% and Croatia 1.0%.

In Horsley Park, 30.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 56.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Horsley Park were Catholic 65.3%, Anglican 6.8%, No Religion 3.2%, Buddhism 3.0% and Assyrian Apostolic 2.6%.

In Horsley Park 52.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 15.1%, Maltese 8.4%, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 1.9%, Khmer 1.6% and Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 1.4%.

Employment

There were 883 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Horsley Park. Of these 58.4% were employed full time, 29.9% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Horsley Park, 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Horsley Park was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Horsley Park included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.9%, Managers 16.2%, Professionals 10.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.9%, Labourers 8.8%, Sales Workers 8.7% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Horsley Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 6.4%, Building Installation Services 4.1%, School Education 3.7%, Residential Building Construction 3.5% and Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Horsley Park was $524.

In Horsley Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.1%, Truck 7.9%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Walked only 2.4% and Train 2.0%. On the day, 3.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Horsley Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.8% provided care for children and 13.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.0% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Horsley Park, 20.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Horsley Park, 57.0% were couple families with children, 27.1% were couple families without children and 13.8% were one parent families.

In Horsley Park 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Horsley Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,131 and those without children was $1,594.

Employment status of couple families

In Horsley Park, of couple families with children, 19.7% had both partners employed full-time, 6.1% had both employed part-time and 21.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Horsley Park, 96.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Horsley Park, 99.4% were separate houses, 0.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Horsley Park, of occupied private dwellings 1.4% had 1 bedroom, 5.5% had 2 bedrooms and 29.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Horsley Park, 51.9% were owned outright, 23.4% were owned with a mortgage and 19.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Horsley Park, of all households, 84.0% were family households, 14.3% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Horsley Park, 19.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.6% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Horsley Park, 19.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 43.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Horsley Park, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 40.0%) were male and 9 (or 60.0%) were female. The median age was 12 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Horsley Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,750.

In Horsley Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $305 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.