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What it costs to live in Hornsby, NSW
Hornsby council area, New South Wales. About 155,484 people lived here in 2025. Here's what rent, power, fuel, the pokies and crime look like, and how each one sits against the rest of New South Wales.
Rent
$750
A week. That's the median rent on new leases in the June quarter 2026.
Pokies losses
The regulator reports this area with its neighbours, or kept some months private, so there's no figure for Hornsby on its own.
See what we knowElectricity
$1,899
A year on the default offer in the Ausgrid network area, which covers most of Hornsby, for 3,900 kWh. That's the most a standing offer can cost. A typical plan here costs $1,709.
See electricity pricesUnleaded petrol
191c
A litre, on average, at 19 stations here over the year to September 2026. That's 1c less than the NSW average.
See when fuel is cheapestCrime police recorded
Violent crime, 2025–26
Police recorded 694 of these in Hornsby. That's 448 for every 100,000 people, or 38% of the NSW average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 448, so it's about the same.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | NSW per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 694 | 448 | 1,183 |
| 2024–25 | 711 | 459 | 1,171 |
| 2023–24 | 683 | 441 | 1,156 |
| 2022–23 | 594 | 386 | 1,084 |
| 2021–22 | 549 | 362 | 981 |
| 2020–21 | 682 | 448 | 1,055 |
| 2019–20 | 600 | 390 | 1,009 |
| 2018–19 | 650 | 428 | 1,008 |
| 2017–18 | 500 | 332 | 999 |
| 2016–17 | 579 | 388 | 1,000 |
Property crime, 2025–26
Police recorded 967 of these in Hornsby. That's 625 for every 100,000 people, or 39% of the NSW average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 751, so it has come down 17%.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | NSW per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 967 | 625 | 1,622 |
| 2024–25 | 924 | 597 | 1,589 |
| 2023–24 | 1,035 | 668 | 1,651 |
| 2022–23 | 990 | 643 | 1,572 |
| 2021–22 | 701 | 462 | 1,381 |
| 2020–21 | 1,144 | 751 | 1,544 |
| 2019–20 | 1,509 | 981 | 1,826 |
| 2018–19 | 1,546 | 1,017 | 2,022 |
| 2017–18 | 1,475 | 979 | 2,066 |
| 2016–17 | 1,694 | 1,135 | 2,184 |
This is crime that police recorded in the area over a year, July to June. Lots of crime is never reported, and a rise can mean police are looking harder, not just that more crime happened. Each state counts crime its own way, so only compare a council with its own state.
Suburbs in Hornsby
Who lives in each one, their homes and how they get around.
- Arcadia
- Asquith
- Beecroft (part)
- Berowra
- Berowra Heights
- Berowra Waters
- Berrilee
- Brooklyn
- Canoelands
- Castle Hill (part)
- Cheltenham
- Cherrybrook
- Cowan
- Dangar Island
- Dural (Hornsby - NSW) (part)
- Fiddletown
- Forest Glen
- Galston
- Glenhaven (part)
- Glenorie (part)
- Hornsby
- Hornsby Heights
- Laughtondale
- Maroota (part)
- Middle Dural (part)
- Milsons Passage
- Mount Colah
- Mount Kuring-Gai
- Normanhurst
- North Epping
- Pennant Hills
- Singletons Mill
- Thornleigh
- Wahroonga (part)
- Waitara
- West Pennant Hills (part)
- Westleigh
- Wisemans Ferry (part)
Look further
- Rents across Australia: what tenants really pay by suburb and postcode.
- Pokies losses by council: where the most is lost, in four states.
- Fuel prices: the price cycle and the cheapest day to fill up.
- Compare Hornsby with another area, side by side.
- Look up another area.
Sources: recorded crime, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research. Population: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional population, CC BY 4.0. Pokies losses: the state's gambling regulator (see the pokies page for its credit). Rent: state rental bond data (see the rent pages). Electricity: Default Market Offer 2026–27: © Commonwealth of Australia (Australian Energy Regulator), CC BY 4.0; retailers' plans under the Consumer Data Right. Fuel: NSW Government FuelCheck, CC BY-SA, so the fuel figure can be reused under the same licence.