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Thornhill Park · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Thornhill Park

How families and households are made up across the area.

Large households have become the norm in Thornhill Park, where the typical home now holds 3.0 people. This is much higher than most similar areas and exceeds both the state and national figures. The area is dominated by families, with very few people living alone compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Thornhill Park, Suburb / Locality

Where Thornhill Park sits — Average household size

3.0 —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Thornhill Park — higher than 86% of areas.

Thornhill Park3.0
3335, VIC 2.8
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 14.4% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes are crowded, with 28.5% holding two people and 23.6% holding three.

Household size

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Thornhill Park splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 3 people (24%), with 4 people at 20%.

2 people 28.5% 3 people 23.6% 4 people 19.7% 1 person 14.4% 5 people 8.7% 6 or more 4.6%

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 67.1%. One-parent families account for 11.7%, which is a little below the 14.1% national average.

Family composition

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In Thornhill Park, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 21%.

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 Thornhill Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22509/thornhill-park/topic/family-households