2.8 ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Thornton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Thornton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Thornton than in the rest of the country. The area is mostly made up of larger households, with 2.8 people per home, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This creates a community where few residents live in single-person homes compared to the state average.
2.8
▼ -6.7%
- 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 Thornton — higher than 76% of areas.
| Thornton | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2322, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 15% of people here live alone, a figure far below the Australian average of 25.6%. Most homes house two people (34.6%) or four people (20.4%), making the typical household size much higher than in most areas.
15.0% ▲ +23.3%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Thornton, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 60.3% of families. One-parent families account for 14.7% of the total, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the New South Wales figure.
14.7% ▲ +38.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Thornton, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Thornton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13867/thornton/topic/family-households