Thornleigh

20.9% of Thornleigh's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

2,508 family households lived in Thornleigh; 55.7% were couple families and 14.1% were one-parent families.

43.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Thornleigh had 8,898 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

26.4% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Separate houses made up 76.5% of occupied private dwellings in Thornleigh.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 15.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 8.0% of occupied private dwellings.

32.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

44.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

23.8% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Thornleigh had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 16.2% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 28.1%, while 35.8% had four or more usual residents.

48.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

30.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

3.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.6% walked or cycled.

5.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 37.2% of the total.

57.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.2% reported a different address.

36.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

66.0% of residents used only English at home.

31.9% used a language other than English at home.

7.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 3.5% spoke Cantonese and 1.6% spoke Hindi.

36.5% of Thornleigh's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 63.5% was born in Australia.

6.4% of residents were born in China.

3.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 29.5% of ancestry responses in Thornleigh.

Australian ancestry made up 28.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 14.7% of responses.

38.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 17.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.0% of workers, and education and training employed 13.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 67.0%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

39.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.2%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

64.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.9% reported asthma, 5.8% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

39.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 19.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 16.5%.

Median household income was $2,681 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,800.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $530 per week.

Working from home was 48.7% in Thornleigh, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 32.2% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 23.8% in Thornleigh, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.