Two bedrooms or fewer for 50% of homes
At the 2021 Census, 50% of homes in Thornbury had two bedrooms or fewer, above 25% across VIC. Three-bedroom homes are 36%, below 42%, and homes with four or more bedrooms are 13%, below 33% for the state.
Separate houses made up 51% of occupied homes in Thornbury, below 73% across VIC. Flats and apartments were 24%, above 12%, which suggests a larger share of people living in apartment buildings than across the state. Townhouses, terraces or semi-detached houses were 23%, above 14% for VIC. On Census night, 10% of private dwellings were unoccupied, below 11% across VIC.
Renters, agents and repayments in Thornbury
At the 2021 Census, 42% of households in Thornbury rented, above 29% across VIC. Of those renting households, 80% rented from a landlord recorded as a real estate agent, above 73% for the state. The median rent was $391 a week, above $370 across VIC. Median household income was $1,971 a week, above $1,759 for the state.
Worked out on this page from those two medians, the rent equals 20% of the median income of all Thornbury households, renters or not, below 21% across VIC. Paying off a mortgage describes 29% of households, below 36% for the state, and the median repayment is $2,200 a month, above $1,859. Outright owners are 27% of households, below 32% across VIC.
Smaller households and a median age below the state's
An average household in Thornbury holds 2.3 people, below 2.5 across VIC. The suburb of Thornbury had 19,005 people at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 37 years, below 38 for VIC. Of people aged five and over in Thornbury, 53% lived at the same address five years earlier, below 54% across VIC.