Horsham Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Horsham (3400) is a suburb of South Western Victoria, Grampians, Victoria. It is about 274 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Horsham is in the federal electorate of Mallee.

In the 2011 census the population of Horsham was 14,285 and is comprised of approximately 52.1% females and 47.9% males.

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

88.6% of people living in the suburb of Horsham were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 1.1% England, 0.6% India, 0.5% New Zealand, 0.5% Italy, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.3% Scotland, 0.3% Philippines, 0.2% Germany, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Turkey, 0.1% China , 0.1% Kenya, 0.1% Zimbabwe, 0.1% Sri Lanka.

92.8% of people living in Horsham speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.6% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.0% Other, 0.6% Italian, 0.2% Turkish, 0.1% Hindi, 0.1% Other, 0.1% Tagalog, 0.1% Sinhalese, 0.1% Polish.

The religious makeup of Horsham is 20.5% No religion, 19.5% Catholic, 17.8% Uniting Church, 13.2% Anglican, 10.2% Lutheran, 7.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 2.3% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.5% Churches of Christ, 1.4% Christian, nfd, 1.2% Pentecostal.

47.8% of people are married, 31.9% have never married and 8.3% are divorced and 3.2% are separated. There are 1029 widowed people living in Horsham.

58.3% of the people living in Horsham over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 31.1% are working on a part time basis. Horsham has an unemployment rate of 4.2%.

The main occupations of people living in Horsham are 17.7% Professionals, 15.5% Technicians & trades workers, 12.9% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.7% Managers, 11.8% Sales workers, 10.3% Labourers, 10.3% Community & personal service workers, 6.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Horsham work in are 16.4% Health care and social assistance, 14.3% Retail trade, 8.6% Construction, 7.2% Accommodation and food services, 6.8% Education and training, 6.0% Public administration and safety, 5.5% Other services, 5.4% Manufacturing, 4.8% Transport, postal and warehousing.

35.3% of homes are fully owned, and 31.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 29.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $525 per week and the median household income is $903 per week.

The median rent in Horsham is $170 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1170 per month.

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