1,137 ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1,112
- 2016: 1,166
- 2021: 1,137
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Tennyson · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Tennyson
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Older adults aged 45 to 64 make up the largest group in Tennyson, where the typical resident is 55. This makes the area far older than both South Australia and the national average. With a population of 1,137 people, it is larger than about 75% of similar areas.
1,137
▲ +2.2%
- 1–1: 689 areas
- 1–2: 0 areas
- 2–3: 119 areas
- 3–5: 108 areas
- 5–7: 243 areas
- 7–11: 241 areas
- 11–16: 514 areas
- 16–24: 579 areas
- 24–36: 898 areas
- 36–53: 1059 areas
- 53–79: 1168 areas
- 79–117: 1203 areas
- 117–174: 1171 areas
- 174–258: 1010 areas
- 258–384: 856 areas
- 384–571: 670 areas
- 571–850: 616 areas
- 850–1,263: 567 areas
- 1,263–1,879: 520 areas
- 1,879–2,794: 590 areas
- 2,794–4,154: 679 areas
- 4,154–6,177: 585 areas
- 6,177–9,186: 528 areas
- 9,186–13,659: 405 areas
- 13,659–20,311: 195 areas
- 20,311–30,202: 96 areas
- 30,202–44,910: 33 areas
- 44,910–66,781: 10 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Tennyson — higher than 74% of areas.
| Tennyson | 1,137 |
|---|---|
| 5022, SA | 16,343 |
| South Australia | 1,781,516 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident here is 55, which is far older than the South Australian figure of 41 and the national figure of 38.
55 yrs ▲ +14.6%
Older than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48 yrs
- 2016: 50 yrs
- 2021: 55 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
A high proportion of seniors aged 65 and over live here at 30.6%, which is far above the national figure. This helps explain why children under 15 make up only 8.3% of the population, a figure well below the rest of the country.
30.6% ▲ +59.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
8.3% ▼ -34.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Tennyson splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (34%) and Seniors (65+) (31%), with Young adults (25–44) at 17%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Most residents are married (55.6%), while 10.4% are in de facto relationships, which is lower than most similar areas. Those identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander make up 0.4% of the population, a little below the state and national figures.
0.4% ▼ -34.7%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.4%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
10.4% ▲ +19.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Tennyson, Married is the majority at 56%; Never married is next at 28%.
Age & sex structure
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Tennyson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41436/tennyson/topic/demographics-identity