Asquith is a suburb in Sydney's Northern Suburbs in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Asquith is located 26 km north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Hornsby Shire. The suburb contains a section of Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park on its eastern side.

History

Asquith was named in 1915 after the then prime minister of the United Kingdom, H. H. Asquith. Asquith railway station opened on 1 November 1915, in conjunction with land released by R. Halloran & Company. Asquith post office opened on 27 September 1920 and Asquith school opened during March 1930. Wrigley's Chewing Gum opened its first Australian office in 1961 in Asquith, and continues to operate from the same site.

Demographics

According to the 2021 census of population, there were 6,160 residents in Asquith. 50.1% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were India 7.8%, China 7.5% and Philippines 3.4%. 52.8% of the residents spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin at 9.3%. The most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 36.5%, Catholic 18.0% and Hinduism 11.1%.

Education

Asquith is home to Asquith Public School which opened in 1930 and is located in Dudley Street and St Patrick's Primary school opened in 1958 and is located in Royston Parade. Asquith also has two single-sex state high schools: Asquith Boys High School (established 1960) is located on the Pacific Highway and Asquith Girls High School (established 1959) is located on Stokes Avenue.

Transport

Asquith railway station is on the T9 Northern and T1 North Shore and Central Coast & Newcastle Lines. Hornsby Maintenance Depot is located within the suburb. CDC NSW bus route 592, 595, 597 and 598 to and from Hornsby railway station serves Asquith. The Pacific Highway passes through Asquith.

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Notable residents