2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tennyson · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Tennyson
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of families in Tennyson are couples with children, making this the most common home type in the area. It is a place where small households are the norm, and single-parent families are much less common than in the rest of the country.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 — lower than 71% of areas.
| Tennyson | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4105, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most frequent here, making up 43.8% of all households. With only 2.3 people per home, this is lower than the national figure of 2.5.
24.1% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tennyson, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up only 5.2% of the area, which is far below the Queensland figure of 15.4%. Couples without children also make up a large portion of the community at 42.5%.
5.2% ▼ -46.3%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tennyson, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 43%.
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32771/tennyson/topic/family-households