2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tenterden · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Tenterden
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of the families in Tenterden are couples with children, making this the most common household type. This reflects a community where family units are more prevalent than in many other areas, with a typical household size of 2.4 people.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Tenterden — lower than 57% of areas.
| Tenterden | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6322, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common at 43.5%, while only 20% of people live alone. This rate of single-person households is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
20.0% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tenterden, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 7.8% of the total, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia. The remaining families are mostly couples, with 38.5% having no children.
7.8% ▲ +75.5%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tenterden, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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/SAL51442/tenterden/topic/family-households