Perth suburbs / Thornlie
Thornlie 6108
A free data profile of Thornlie, Perth — home to about 23,684 people across 10,125 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.
What the data says about Thornlie
Thornlie is a large Perth suburb, home to about 23,684 people across 10,125 properties. Residents have a median age of 39, close to the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $1,611/week, below the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Thornlie records about 103 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), above the Perth median of 69 — higher-crime than the typical Perth suburb.
It has 7 schools within its bounds, and its public catchment includes Brookman Primary School, Caladenia Primary School, Canning Vale Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 17% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone.
On the NBN, Thornlie was only in small pockets served by fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) as of July 2020 — about 0% of the built-up area — with the rest on older fixed-line or wireless technologies. For health services, the suburb has 6 pathology (blood-test) centres, 2 pharmacies within its bounds.
Generated from WA Police, WA Health, ABS Census 2021, Digital Earth Australia (green cover), ACCC (mobile) and infrastructure.gov.au open data, compared to Perth-metro medians. Housing, tenure & commute: Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Green cover © DEA/Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0). Informational only.
Explore the neighbourhood — Thornlie
Demographic, employment and income insights of 23,665 residents living in Thornlie, based on the ABS 2021 Census.
Age profile
Median age 38Household type
Majority are families (76%)Occupancy
76% own their home, 21% rentHow it has changed
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2011, 2016 & 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Suburb-level figures; boundaries differ a little between census years, so trends are indicative.
Who lives here
Housing & tenure
How people commute
Schools & education
7 schools in Thornlie · nearest nearby:
- Forest Crescent Primary Schoolin suburb
- Thornlie Senior High Schoolin suburb
- Thornlie Primary Schoolin suburb
- South Thornlie Primary Schoolin suburb
- Yale Primary Schoolin suburb
- Sacred Heart Primary Schoolin suburb
- Australian Islamic College Thornliein suburb
- Excelsior Primary School502 m
Primary: Brookman Primary School, Caladenia Primary School, Canning Vale Primary School, Excelsior Primary School, Forest Crescent Primary School, Huntingdale Primary School, Southern Grove Primary School, South Thornlie Primary School, Yale Primary School
Secondary: Canning Vale College, Lynwood Senior High School, Southern River College, Thornlie Senior High School
The exact catchment depends on the address — open a specific property on the map to confirm.
Safety & crime
Health & medical
Environment
Getting around
Internet (NBN, 2020)
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