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Thornton
This Thornton suburb profile includes demographic data and planning information to help you make an informed property decision.
An average home in Thornton is owned with a mortgage by couples with children. The average age in Thornton is 32. Separate houses are common in Thornton and the area is mostly General Residential (25.33%), Rural Landscape (22.26%) and Environmental Conservation (16.21%).

Thornton demographics

Population

10690

Average Age

32

Age Distribution

Employment Type

Median Weekly Income

Traveled to Work

Car

89.7%

Tram

0.0%

Bicycle

0.1%

Train

0.6%

Walking

1.1%

Bus

0.4%

Thornton property information

Number of Bedrooms

Tenure Type

Property Types in Thornton

Separate house

Semi detached house

Unit/Apartment

Median monthly mortgage repayments

$1,800

Median weekly rental payments

$400

Average number of bedrooms per dwelling

3.6

Average number of people per household

3

Household Composition

Family Composition

Couple family without children

One parent family

Couple family with children

THORNTON planning zones

THORNTON
Zone CodeZone NamePercentage CoveredArea Covered
C2Environmental Conservation13.95%2,319,070.39
C3Environmental Conservation16.21%2,695,212.72
C4Environmental Living6.85%1,138,762.7
E1Local Centre0.13%21,623.51
E3Business Development9.46%1,573,551.93
R1General Residential25.33%4,211,865.04
RE1Low Density Residential2.16%358,704.3
RE2Private Recreation0.11%18,270.79
RU1Primary Production1.73%287,725.76
RU2Rural Landscape22.26%3,701,439.58
SP2Infrastructure1.81%300,585.52

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