Tenterden · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Tenterden

How families and households are made up across the area.

Family structures in Tenterden have remained steady, with a strong presence of both couples with and without children. The area is mostly made up of family homes, though it has a much lower share of single-parent households than the state and national figures.

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📍 Tenterden, Suburb / Locality

Where Tenterden sits — Average household size

2.4
  • 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 Tenterden — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Tenterden2.4
2365, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

People live in households of about 2.4 people, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the New South Wales and Australian figures.

2.4

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Tenterden, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 5 people (30%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up 42.9% of families, while those with children account for 40.0%. One-parent families make up only 8.6% of the total, which is well below the New South Wales and Australian figures.

8.6%

Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 8.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Tenterden splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (47%) and Couples with children (44%), with One-parent families at 9%.

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 Tenterden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13806/tenterden/topic/family-households