Thrumster

26.1% of Thrumster's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

683 family households lived in Thrumster; 45.8% were couple families and 15.2% were one-parent families.

48.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Thrumster had 2,382 residents at the 2021 Census.

31.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

19.3% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Separate houses made up 90.2% of occupied private dwellings in Thrumster.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.8% of occupied private dwellings.

20.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

48.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.0% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Thrumster had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 14.5% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Two-person households represented 34.6%, while 32.0% had four or more usual residents.

11.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

68.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.9% walked or cycled.

1.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 30.4% of the total.

69.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

20.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 79.4% reported a different address.

14.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

88.4% of residents used only English at home.

7.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

14.4% of Thrumster's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.6% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

2.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.6% of ancestry responses in Thrumster.

Australian ancestry made up 42.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

22.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 13.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 23.6% of workers, and education and training employed 8.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 70.0%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

40.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.7%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

59.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.9% reported asthma, 7.6% arthritis and 3.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.9%.

Median household income was $1,988 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,080.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $460 per week.

Working from home was 11.1% in Thrumster, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 20.8% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Renting accounted for 31.0% in Thrumster, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.