4,728 of Hornsby's 8,664 homes are lived in by the people who own them: 55 in every 100, against 64 across New South Wales. Doorstep is the neighbourhood app made for them.Download freeQuestions
| Hornsby | 55% | 4,728 | |
| New South Wales | 64% | 1,857,341 | |
| Australia | 66% | 6,114,780 |
ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing, tenure of occupied private dwellings, Hornsby (SAL). These are all homes in the suburb, not Doorstep members.
Median age 38. Hornsby is a mix: young families, people mid-renovation and long-time owners, often on the same street.
Owners still paying it off are often the newer faces in Hornsby: the households asking who does good gutters, where the kids play weekend sport, and whether anyone has a ladder long enough for the second storey.
2,296 households in Hornsby are a single person. A neighbour who'll take in a parcel, feed the cat or check in after a storm matters more than any app feature. Doorstep is just how you find them.
Give away what you don't need, borrow what you need once, and ask the street a question. Posts come from people who live around Hornsby.
A national gallery of kitchens, gardens and makeovers people are proud of. Show off yours, or steal ideas for the next one.
Ask who your neighbours would call, and find local businesses rated only by people who live nearby. Businesses in Hornsby →
A free listing for trades, cafés and shops that serve Hornsby, shown to the members who live nearby.
Doorstep Dating is a separate side of the app for meeting other homeowners. It's off until you switch it on.
4,728 of Hornsby's 8,664 occupied homes were owner-occupied at the 2021 Census (55%): 1,980 owned outright and 2,748 with a mortgage. Across New South Wales the figure is 64%.
Yes. Doorstep works in every Australian suburb: you join by typing your home suburb, and Hornsby is one of them. Some streets are quieter than others while the area fills up.
No. Doorstep only stores the name of your suburb. There's no GPS involved, and nobody sees your street or address.
Free on the App Store. Type your suburb when you join; nobody ever sees your address.