2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
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.
Fewer people live in each home in Tennyson than in most similar areas. Small households are common here, with 28.4% of residents living alone and the typical home holding just 2.2 people.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 76% of areas.
| Tennyson | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 5022, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common at 47.1%, while 28.4% of people live alone. This means the typical household size is a little below the South Australian figure of 2.4.
28.4% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tennyson, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children (46.2%) and those without (44.8%) make up the vast majority of families. One-parent families account for 7.8%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
7.8% ▲ +10.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Tennyson splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (45%), with One-parent families at 8%.
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/SAL41436/tennyson/topic/family-households