Thornlie

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 22,965 people in Thornlie of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Thornlie was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.4% of the population.

Of people in Thornlie aged 15 years and over, 51.4% were married and 10.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Thornlie was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Thornlie, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Thornlie was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Thornlie 29.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.5% were in primary school, 20.2% in secondary school and 20.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Thornlie were English 28.4%, Australian 22.5%, Scottish 5.9%, Chinese 5.8% and Irish 5.5%.

In Thornlie, 57.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.2%, New Zealand 3.6%, Malaysia 3.0%, India 2.5% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.5%.

In Thornlie, 34.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 51.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Thornlie were No Religion 23.0%, Catholic 22.3%, Anglican 17.6%, Islam 6.0% and Buddhism 4.0%.

In Thornlie 75.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 3.3%, Cantonese 2.1%, Arabic 1.6%, Indonesian 1.0% and Italian 0.8%.

Employment

There were 12,110 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Thornlie. Of these 60.5% were employed full time, 27.8% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Thornlie, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Thornlie was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Thornlie included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.9%, Professionals 14.0%, Labourers 11.6%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3% and Managers 8.1%.

Of the employed people in Thornlie, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2%, Road Freight Transport 3.2% and Hospitals 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Thornlie was $616.

In Thornlie, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.3%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Train 3.2%, Bus 2.2% and Train, bus 1.8%. On the day, 9.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Thornlie, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.3% provided care for children and 9.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.0% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Thornlie, 24.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Thornlie, 47.4% were couple families with children, 35.6% were couple families without children and 15.1% were one parent families.

In Thornlie 16.6% of single parents were male and 83.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Thornlie, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,268 and those without children was $2,093.

Employment status of couple families

In Thornlie, of couple families with children, 20.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 20.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Thornlie, 93.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Thornlie, 93.6% were separate houses, 3.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Thornlie, of occupied private dwellings 0.3% had 1 bedroom, 5.4% had 2 bedrooms and 40.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Thornlie, 32.4% were owned outright, 44.5% were owned with a mortgage and 19.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Thornlie, of all households, 78.1% were family households, 18.9% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Thornlie, 18.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.0% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Thornlie, 30.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Thornlie, there were 463 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 210 (or 45.4%) were male and 253 (or 54.6%) were female. The median age was 18 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Thornlie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,062.

In Thornlie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,258.