Asquith is an outer suburb of Northern Sydney 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 factory opened its first Australian office in 1961 in Asquith, and continues to operate from the same site. Demographics According to the 2016 census of population, there were 3,376 residents in Asquith. 63.5% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were China 4.7%, England 4.2% and India 3.6%. 69.5% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin at 6.2%. The most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 29.7%, Catholic 21.4% and Anglican 17.0%. 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 in Stokes Avenue. Transport Asquith railway station is on the North Shore & Western Line of the Sydney Trains network. Hornsby Maintenance Depot, a large train depot, is within the suburb. Sport Asquith Bowling Club was established in 1950 and is located in Lodge Street Hornsby, next door to Storey Park. The club has three greens for its bowling members. Within the club it has an Australian Bistro, full bar facilities, poker machines and TAB facilities. Asquith Cricket Club currently plays in the Hornsby Kuring gai and Hills District Cricket Association Competition. Its home ground is Storey Park in Lodge Street Hornsby. The club has enjoyed excellent success in the A Grade competition by winning six consecutive premierships during the Summer seasons of 2005/06, 06/07, 07/08, 08/09, 09/10, 10/11. The team again made the Grand Final in the season of 2011/12 before losing to West Pennant Hills. The