2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
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.
Changing family patterns define Thornton, where a high proportion of couples now share a home. Most of the community lives in small to medium households, with typical home sizes remaining steady compared to the rest of the state.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 — lower than 57% of areas.
| Thornton | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4341, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common at 42.4%, while 21.2% of people live alone. This rate of solo living is well below the 25.6% national figure.
21.2% ▲ +13.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Thornton, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up nearly half of all families at 48%. One-parent families account for 10.7%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
10.7% ▲ +31.8%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Thornton, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (41%) and One-parent families (11%).
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/SAL32816/thornton/topic/family-households