Thornton

21.6% of Thornton's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

3,092 family households lived in Thornton; 47.1% were couple families and 15.9% were one-parent families.

41.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Thornton had 10,690 residents at the 2021 Census.

30.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

21.3% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 92.9% of occupied private dwellings in Thornton.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.9% of occupied private dwellings.

24.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

41.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

34.7% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Thornton had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 15.0% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Two-person households represented 34.6%, while 30.8% had four or more usual residents.

16.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

59.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% walked or cycled.

2.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 25.0% of the total.

73.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

51.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.8% reported a different address.

9.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

91.0% of residents used only English at home.

6.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

9.7% of Thornton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.3% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 93.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.5% of ancestry responses in Thornton.

Australian ancestry made up 46.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

15.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 9.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.5% of workers, and education and training employed 6.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 71.1%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

41.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.0%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

57.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.5% reported asthma, 8.5% arthritis and 4.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 51.7%.

Median household income was $2,051 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,800.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 16.9% in Thornton, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 24.0% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 34.7% in Thornton, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.