Thornton Beach · Suburb / Locality

Housing & Dwellings in Thornton Beach

Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.

A typical monthly home loan payment of just $450 marks Thornton Beach as having housing costs far below the national figure. This makes it one of the most affordable areas in the region, though homes here are often more crowded than usual.

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📍 Thornton Beach, Suburb / Locality

Housing costs

Rents, mortgages and crowding.

Monthly home loan payments are far below the Queensland figure of $1,733 and the national figure of $1,863, sitting among the lowest for similar areas.

Owning & renting

How homes are owned or rented.

The most common how homes are owned or rented is Owned outright at 100%, ahead of Owned with a mortgage (0%).

How homes are owned or rented

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In Thornton Beach, Owned outright is the majority at 100%.

Types of homes

Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.

Homes here are more crowded than most, with 1.00 person per bedroom, which is well above the 0.80 figure seen across Queensland and Australia.

1.00

Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.00
  • 2021: 1.00

Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.

Types of homes

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In Thornton Beach, Separate house is the majority at 100%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Thornton Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32817/thornton-beach/topic/housing-dwellings