2.6 ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Thornlie (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Thornlie (East Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in Thornlie than in most similar areas, with 2.6 people per household. While the typical home size remains about the same as the state and national figures, there has been a notable rise in the number of people living alone over the last decade.
2.6
▼ -10.3%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Thornlie (East Metropolitan) — higher than 57% of areas.
| Thornlie (East Metropolitan) | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 26.1% of people here live alone, a figure that has risen 12 points since 2011. Two-person homes are the most common at 31.1%, while the typical household size has trended down from 2.9 people in 2011 to 2.6 today.
26.1% ▲ +80.3%
Higher than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Thornlie (East Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (26%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.0% of the area, which is a little above the state and national figures. This represents a rise of 5 points since 2011, alongside a majority of 60.1% of families being couples with children.
16.0% ▲ +45.5%
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Thornlie (East Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Thornlie (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED55202/thornlie/topic/family-households