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thornbury
Victoria · Census 2021
$1.46M
+2.1% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Thornbury is an inner-city suburb of Darebin.
Median house price
People
Population
19,005
Median age
37 yrs
Income / person / wk
$1,042
Household income / wk
$1,971
Housing
Median rent / wk
$391
Mortgage / month
$2,200
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 53%
- Top language at home
- Greek · 4%
- No religion
- 53%
- Born overseas
- 27%
- English only at home
- 74%
Local amenities
Amenity score
100/100
Schools
8
Supermarkets
6
Pubs & bars
15
Parks
27
Libraries
0
GP clinics
6
Pharmacies
6
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.4 km
Nearest train
0.7 km
Nearest hospital
1.3 km
Distance to coast
11.1 km
NBN
Fixed Line
Grocery mix: 1 IGA. Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
6
Catholic
2
Independent
1
Primary
8
Secondary
3
Nearest secondary
1.4 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Darebin
- Council population
- 138,329
- Council area
- 54 km²
- Density
- 2,586/km²
- Federal grants
- $5.40M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $39/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $1,764
- Operating result
- +2.9%
- Asset renewal
- 72%
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Financials: VIC Local Government Performance Reporting 2024-25, Local Government Victoria. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Cooper
- Federal MP
- Ged Kearney (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 79% 2PP
- State electorate
- Northcote
- State MP
- Kat Theophanous (ALP)
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