Thornlie

19.5% of Thornlie's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

6,590 family households lived in Thornlie; 45.5% were couple families and 16.6% were one-parent families.

37.4% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Thornlie had 23,665 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.8% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 91.1% of occupied private dwellings in Thornlie.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.2% of occupied private dwellings.

34.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

43.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.8% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

The average household in Thornlie had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 21.0% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 33.7%, while 27.7% had four or more usual residents.

4.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

67.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

4.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.9% walked or cycled.

4.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

One-car households formed 32.7% of the total.

63.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 33.0% reported a different address.

41.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

64.8% of residents used only English at home.

30.7% used a language other than English at home.

5.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.9% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

41.7% of Thornlie's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 58.3% was born in Australia.

2.5% of residents were born in China.

4.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 80.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 31.9% of ancestry responses in Thornlie.

Australian ancestry made up 24.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 10.1% of responses.

15.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 7.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.1% of workers, and education and training employed 7.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.8%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

34.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.1%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

61.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

7.7% reported asthma, 8.0% arthritis and 6.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.5%.

Median household income was $1,571 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,625.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $330 per week.

Working from home was 4.6% in Thornlie, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 34.3% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 21.8% in Thornlie, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.