Tennyson

13.3% of Tennyson's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

16 family households lived in Tennyson; 50.0% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

25.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Tennyson had 60 residents at the 2021 Census.

5.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

43.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 127.8% 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.

21.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

50.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.6% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Tennyson had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 17.4% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 43.5%, while 26.1% had four or more usual residents.

22.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

40.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 11.1% walked or cycled.

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

One-car households formed 27.8% of the total.

122.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

78.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 21.8% reported a different address.

0.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

95.0% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

0.0% of Tennyson's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 100.0% 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 96.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 33.3% of ancestry responses in Tennyson.

Australian ancestry made up 50.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

18.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Managers accounted for 29.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 11.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.0%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

31.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.3%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

50.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

16.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.3% reported asthma, 18.3% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

25.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 45.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.0%.

Median household income was $1,437 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,500.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 22.2% in Tennyson, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 21.4% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Renting accounted for 28.6% in Tennyson, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..