Tennyson

17.2% of Tennyson's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

113 family households lived in Tennyson; 43.4% were couple families and 12.4% were one-parent families.

26.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Tennyson had 379 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 100.8% of occupied private dwellings in Tennyson.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

52.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Greater Sydney rate.

30.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.8% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Tennyson had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 17.4% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 37.1%, while 33.3% had four or more usual residents.

30.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

47.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.1% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 18.7% of the total.

79.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

70.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.6% reported a different address.

15.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

93.7% of residents used only English at home.

6.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

15.8% of Tennyson's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.2% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 97.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.8% of ancestry responses in Tennyson.

Australian ancestry made up 40.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

11.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Managers accounted for 22.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.8% of workers, and education and training employed 15.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.2%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

35.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.0%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

59.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.2% reported asthma, 10.6% arthritis and 9.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 52.1%.

Median household income was $2,133 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,500.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $468 per week.

Working from home was 30.1% in Tennyson, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 52.8% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is about twice the Greater Sydney rate.

Renting accounted for 16.8% in Tennyson, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.