206 ▼ -44.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 370
- 2016: 184
- 2021: 206
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Tenby Point · Suburb / Locality
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Tenby Point is 52, making the area far older than the national figure of 38. This small community of 206 people has a strong lean towards older adults and seniors, with very few children living here.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Tenby Point — higher than 54% of areas.
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical age of 52 is much higher than most similar areas, sitting 14 years above both the Victorian and national averages.
206 ▼ -44.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
52 yrs ▲ +10.6%
Older than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
How the population splits across age groups.
Seniors aged 65 and over make up 26.2% of the population, which is well above the 17.2% national figure. This helps explain why children under 15 are well below the national average at just 14.1%.
26.2% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
14.1% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Tenby Point splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (28%) and Seniors (65+) (26%), with Young adults (25–44) at 24%.
First Nations identity and marital status.
De facto relationships are very common here at 24.2%, a figure far above the 11.5% seen across Australia. Meanwhile, no Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people live in the area, which is well below the national average.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
24.2% ▲ +109.5%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
In Tenby Point, the largest group is Married at 41%, followed by Never married (35%) and Divorced (13%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Tenby Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22486/tenby-point/topic/demographics-identity