Median priceⓘLast 12 months
882kk
↑ +9.3% YoY
Thornton's busiest market is house rentals, with 240 leases (up 10.6%) at $680 a week (up 4.6%) as of July 2026, renting out in about 20 days (up from 16 days last year), more sought-after than most house rental markets in NSW, with 4-bedroom making up about half.
House sales are close behind, with 219 sales (flat) at around $881.5k (up 9.3%), taking about 22 days to sell (down from 23 days last year), one of NSW's most in-demand house markets, with around half being 4-bedroom. Followed by 72 unit rentals at $600 a week (with rents weaker than most unit rental markets). 25 unit sales at around $733k.
Who lives hereAn above-average-income, mostly owner-occupied, family-oriented suburb.
House covers houses, duplexes, semi-detached and terraces; Unit covers apartments, units, townhouses and villas.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing and Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) 2021 · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
The age structure, household make-up, and cultural fabric of the people who call this suburb home.
Share of all residents by 5-year band · hover a band for the count + split
10% report Scottish ancestry, but only 0.2% were born in Scotland — the gap is the Australian-born and diaspora Scottish community, invisible in birthplace alone.
A predominantly Australian-born community.
2020–21 understated — COVID border closures.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
What it costs to live here, who owns versus rents, and the shape of the housing stock.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
Incomes, employment, and the occupation mix of the people who live here.
A typical household pulls in about 2.3× the typical individual — a multi-earner area.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
How people get to work, and how car-dependent the suburb is — the clearest tell of inner-urban versus outer-suburban living.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
Education · ACARA My School 2025
2 schools inside Thornton, plus the closest options around it. Families can choose from 10 primary schools in Thornton and its surrounds, and 4 high schools covering the secondary years. Distances are straight-line from the suburb centre and are not enrolment catchments — always confirm zones with the school.
ICSEA is ACARA’s official measure of a school’s socio-educational advantage — based mainly on parents’ education and occupation, plus the school’s location and student mix.
Why are some State Rank and star ratings blank? Schools can choose not to publish their results. In practice, schools that score well above their state average almost always publish theirs — so a blank rating more often reflects a school opting out than a top result being hidden. Academic results also tend to rise with ICSEA Rank, so higher-ICSEA schools more often carry a strong State Rank as well.
School profile and ICSEA data sourced from ACARA — © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (data year 2025) · State Rank & star columns are Micromarkets-compiled academic ratings from publicly available school results · Distances are straight-line from the suburb centre, not catchments.
How settled or transient the community is — and where newcomers came from.
Headline price, rent, yield and time on market for Thornton — choose a property type and size below.
Every segment this suburb tracks — sales and rentals side by side, ranked by total activity over the last twelve months.
Where each segment sits against its peers in the chosen geography — past the midline means it's outperforming the rest.
Market demandHow fast this market is moving — a velocity index built from trailing-year transaction volume and median days on market. Strong volume lifts the score; days on market drags it down, with the drag growing sharply once listings start lingering. Ranked against peers in the chosen geography.
What it costs each week to own a property versus renting the same one — positive means buying carries the premium, negative means rent covers the mortgage.
Two questions on one chart — how strong demand is right now, and which way it's heading year-on-year.
Eight diagnostic views cutting the data a different way each time — Thornton in blue, peers in colour.
How long current listings would take to clear at the recent rate of sales or leases. Critical shortage and Oversupply only fire at the genuine tails of the national distribution — sales tip in under 0.7 months, rentals far faster, under 0.3.
| Segment | Band | Months of supply left | YoYYoY change12-month change in months of supply. Down means stock is tightening (fewer months than a year ago); up means stock is loosening. | ListedListedActive listings in this segment right now, derived from months of supply multiplied by the recent transaction rate. | SoldSold (last year)Total sold transactions completed in this segment over the last 12 months. | Per monthPer monthAverage monthly absorption — how many properties are sold each month in this segment, over the last 12 months. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severe shortage | 1.1 | ▼ -0.8 | 6 | 65 | 5.4 | |
| Tight | 1.4 | ▼ -1.0 | 14 | 119 | 9.9 | |
| Tight | 1.4 | ▼ -0.7 | 26 | 219 | 18.3 | |
| Balanced | 1.9 | ▲ +0.6 | 4 | 25 | 2.1 |
| Segment | Band | Months of supply left | YoYYoY change12-month change in months of supply. Down means stock is tightening (fewer months than a year ago); up means stock is loosening. | ListedListedActive listings in this segment right now, derived from months of supply multiplied by the recent transaction rate. | LeasedLeased (last year)Total leased transactions completed in this segment over the last 12 months. | Per monthPer monthAverage monthly absorption — how many properties are leased each month in this segment, over the last 12 months. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loose | 1.3 | ▼ -1.3 | 9 | 83 | 6.9 | |
| Loose | 1.7 | ▲ +0.4 | 10 | 72 | 6.0 | |
| Loose | 1.8 | ▼ -0.7 | 19 | 127 | 10.6 | |
| Loose | 1.8 | ▼ -0.6 | 36 | 240 | 20.0 | |
| Loose | 1.8 | ▲ +1.8 | 3 | 20 | 1.7 | |
| Oversupply | 2.5 | ▲ +1.0 | 5 | 24 | 2.0 | |
| Oversupply | 3.5 | ▲ +1.0 | 7 | 24 | 2.0 |
Out of every property transaction in this suburb, what share are sales versus leases — each point a rolling twelve-month window.
Each tape traces one metric across sixty months for the selected segment — every point a trailing twelve-month figure, matching the headline KPIs above.
Five-year summaryAs of Jun 2026, the median house sale price in Thornton rose from $573k (Jul 2021) to $882k (Jun 2026) — +53.8% growth over five years. Median house rent went from $485/wk to $680/wk (+40.2%) over the same period. For units, the median sale price rose from $419k to $733k (+74.9%), with rent up from $435/wk to $600/wk (+37.9%) over the same period.
The nearest suburbs to Thornton, ranked by distance — each lined up against Thornton on the same measures, so the differences jump out at a glance.
Suburbs anywhere in NSW that behave like Thornton — matched on price, growth, selling speed and demand, not on distance. A shortlist of markets that move the same way — including ones far away you'd never think to compare. (Want the suburbs right next door instead? See Nearby markets above.)
Thornton vs Ashtonfield: the closest sales-market match trades at a median of $913k against Thornton's $882k — about 4% higher, with homes selling in 22 days versus 22 days here.
Comparable sales markets to Thornton: Ashtonfield property prices, Gillieston Heights, NSW property market, Bolton Point median house price, Cardiff, NSW property market, Heddon Greta median house price, Bonnells Bay property growth, Aberglasslyn median house price and Argenton median house price.
Thornton's closest rental-market twins: Gillieston Heights median house price, Cardiff median house price, Rutherford house prices, Raymond Terrace house prices, North Rothbury property growth, East Maitland average house price, Cameron Park property market and Chisholm property growth. Each link opens that suburb's full market report.
26 data-driven answers about Thornton's property market — every one computed from the metrics above.
The median house price in Thornton, NSW 2322 is $882k as of June 2026, based on 219 sales over the past 12 months. Houses there have moved +9.3% year-on-year. Prices vary by bedroom count, from compact two-bedroom homes to larger four-bedroom houses. See the bedroom-level breakdown below for 2-, 3- and 4-bedroom medians.
The median unit price in Thornton, NSW 2322 is $733k as of June 2026, based on 25 sales over the past 12 months. Units have moved +16.3% year-on-year and currently trade at roughly 83% of the median house price.
The median weekly house rent in Thornton is $680 as of June 2026, drawn from 240 leases over the past 12 months. Units rent for around $600 per week. House rents have moved +4.6% year-on-year. Current vacancy pressure is shown in the supply section above.
A 3 bedroom house in Thornton rents for a median $640 per week as of June 2026, drawn from 83 leases over the past 12 months. Across other house sizes: 2-bedroom $520/week, 4-bedroom $720/week. Unit rents: 1-bedroom $445/week, 2-bedroom $530/week, 3-bedroom $610/week. Figures cover only segments with enough recent leases to be statistically meaningful; sparse segments are excluded. The segment breakdown covers rent, yield and days on market for every property type and bedroom count.
Gross rental yield in Thornton is 4.00% for houses and 4.30% for units as of June 2026, compared with the NSW unit median of 4.88%. Gross yield is annual rent divided by purchase price — it doesn't account for ownership costs like council rates, strata, maintenance or vacancy.
As of June 2026, Thornton medians by bedroom count:
| Property | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houses | — | $789k | $770k | $922k | $882k |
| Units | — | $575k | $740k | — | $733k |
Figures cover only segments with enough recent transactions to be statistically meaningful; sparse segments are excluded.
At the median Thornton house ($882k purchase, $680/week rent), weekly mortgage repayments sit at roughly $975 — about $295 more per week than renting. That gap is the ownership premium. For the median unit ($733k purchase, $600/week rent), repayments run about $811 per week. Figures assume 80% LVR, a 6.0% interest rate and a 30-year principal-and-interest loan.
Thornton's property market trends to June 2026: house prices rose +9.3% year-on-year and units +16.3%; weekly house rents moved +4.6%; homes now sell in a median 22 days — faster than a year ago by 1; sales supply sits at 1.4 months (severe). Read together — price, rent, selling speed and supply — they show which way the Thornton market is leaning. The 5-year tape and demand cycle charts above plot the full trajectory.
As of June 2026 in Thornton, house prices rose +9.3% over the year, gross rental yield is 4.00% against a NSW median of 3.39%, houses take a median 22 days to sell, sales supply is 1.4 months (severe). Capital growth, rental yield, selling speed and supply are the signals investors weigh — but these figures describe the market, not a recommendation. This is data, not financial advice; always do your own research and consider a licensed adviser.
Houses in Thornton sell in a median 22 days on market as of June 2026, with units clearing slightly slower at 26 days. Days on market have tightened by 1 days versus a year ago. Faster clearance typically coincides with stronger buyer demand and lower supply.
Thornton's sales market sits at 1.4 months of supply for houses as of June 2026 — classified as Severe (extreme shortage) against the Australian distribution. Under 1.7 months is Severe (extreme shortage); over 4.5 months is Loose. The rental side is looser at 1.8 months of supply.
House prices in Thornton moved +9.3% over the 12 months to June 2026, while units moved +16.3%. The 5-year tape above plots the full monthly trajectory — showing where the market changed character rather than just crossing round numbers.
Thornton's house rental market sits at 1.8 months of supply as of June 2026 — classified as Balanced, with 240 houses leased over the past 12 months. Units sit at 1.7 months. Tighter supply typically corresponds to faster letting and upward pressure on rents.
Thornton's house market is currently in the 'in_demand_growing' phase as of June 2026 — combining high sales velocity (top quartile nationally) with year-on-year tightening in days on market. The demand cycle chart above plots all eight segments on the same demand-versus-direction axes.
Thornton's median house price ($882k) is 23% below the NSW median ($1.15M) as of June 2026. On selling speed, houses clear in 22 days vs 30 days state median. On gross yield, Thornton sits at 4.00% vs 3.39% state median.
Thornton's most-similar nearby market is Ashtonfield (3.8 km away) with a median house price of $913k — about 4% pricier. The Nearby and Similar markets sections above rank every peer within radius and by composite similarity across price, days on market, yield, ownership cost and cycle phase.
The most-transacted segment in Thornton over the 12 months to June 2026 is 4 bed houses with 119 sales. 3 bed houses come second at 65 sales. The buying-versus-renting section above breaks down the top segments with weekly mortgage, rent and ownership-cost detail.
Thornton recorded 219 house sales and 25 unit sales over the 12 months to June 2026 — a combined 244 transactions. On the rental side, 240 houses and 72 units were leased. Segments with statistically thin samples are excluded from displayed figures.
Thornton is in postcode 2322, in the Hunter Valley region of NSW. Addresses there are written as Thornton, NSW 2322.
Thornton, NSW 2322 is home to 10,690 residents (ABS Census 2021). The median resident age is 32, and the average household holds 2.8 people. The "Who lives here" section above breaks the community down by age, life stage and tenure.
The median household in Thornton earns $2k per week — roughly $107k a year (ABS Census 2021). Median personal income runs $887/week. Income, rent-to-income and mortgage-to-income context sits in the "Who lives here" section above.
The unemployment rate in Thornton is 4.0% (ABS Census 2021). That sits right around the median for Australian suburbs. The rate counts people who are working or actively looking for work — not a share of all residents. Workforce participation sits at 73%. The local economy section above covers incomes, employment status and the occupation mix.
Thornton is mostly owner-occupied: about 65% of households are owner-occupiers and 34% rent (ABS Census 2021). Of owners, 24% own outright and 41% are paying off a mortgage.
Thornton has 148 schools within reach, 2 of them inside the suburb itself — including Aspect Hunter School, Thornton Public School. The Schools section above maps each one with sector, year range, enrolment, Micromarkets-compiled academic ratings and ICSEA (ACARA).
Thornton, NSW 2322 has a population of 10,690, a median age of 32, a median household income around $2k/week, 34% of households renting (ABS Census 2021). There are 148 schools within reach. Whether it's the right fit depends on your priorities — these figures describe the community, housing mix and amenity rather than offer a verdict.
This Thornton market data was last updated July 2026, covering the 12 months to June 2026. Figures are computed monthly from 12-month rolling windows of recorded sales and leases, with five years of monthly history behind the trend charts. Methodology, glossary and data sources are linked in the footer.
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