3.1 ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tennyson Point · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Tennyson Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger-than-usual homes make daily life in Tennyson Point center around family living. The area is defined by a very high proportion of households with several people, which is reflected in a typical home size of 3.1 people.
3.1
▲ +10.7%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Tennyson Point — higher than 88% of areas.
| Tennyson Point | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2111, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are a little larger than the state and national figures, with 28.5% of households holding two people and 26% holding four. This is consistent with a very low number of people living alone, at just 14%, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
14.0% ▼ -24.3%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Tennyson Point splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 4 people (26%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples with children, who make up 71.1% of all families. Consequently, the rate of one-parent families is only 8%, which is well below both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
8.0% ▲ +6.6%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tennyson Point, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Tennyson Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13805/tennyson-point/topic/family-households