2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Thornleigh · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Thornleigh
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 69.2% of families in Thornleigh, making it a strong hub for family life. This is reflected in the homes, where the typical household size of 2.9 people is much higher than in most other areas.
2.9
→ 0.0%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Thornleigh — higher than 81% of areas.
| Thornleigh | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2120, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Thornleigh has far fewer people living alone than the national figure, with only 16.2% of households being single-person. This helps explain why the number of people per home is a little above both the state and national figures.
16.2% ▲ +4.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Thornleigh splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 4 people (24%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families account for 11.2% of the total, which is a little below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. Most families here are couples, with 18.8% having no children.
11.2% ▲ +7.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Thornleigh, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Thornleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13866/thornleigh/topic/family-households