2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Thornbury · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Thornbury
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 33% of people live alone in Thornbury, a figure well above the national average. This trend contributes to a smaller typical home size for the area, with just 2.3 people per household compared to 2.5 across Australia.
2.3
→ 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 Thornbury — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About a third of households are single-person homes, which is much higher than most other areas. This explains why the typical home here is a little smaller than those in Victoria or the rest of the country.
33.7% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Thornbury splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (32%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 57.7% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 11.8%, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures.
11.8% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Thornbury, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Thornbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22508/thornbury/topic/family-households