Tennyson Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,119 people in Tennyson Point of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Tennyson Point was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.0% of the population.

Of people in Tennyson Point aged 15 years and over, 60.9% were married and 7.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tennyson Point was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Tennyson Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tennyson Point was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Tennyson Point 29.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.7% were in primary school, 27.6% in secondary school and 18.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tennyson Point were Australian 22.1%, English 19.6%, Italian 15.9%, Irish 7.6% and Scottish 4.5%.

In Tennyson Point, 71.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 3.6%, England 3.0%, Greece 1.7%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 1.3% and New Zealand 1.3%.

In Tennyson Point, 44.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tennyson Point were Catholic 44.6%, Anglican 15.5%, No Religion 14.0%, Eastern Orthodox 6.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.4%.

In Tennyson Point 72.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 7.4%, Greek 4.0%, Cantonese 1.6%, Croatian 1.5% and Arabic 1.1%.

Employment

There were 562 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tennyson Point. Of these 63.5% were employed full time, 28.1% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tennyson Point, 10.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tennyson Point was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Tennyson Point included Professionals 28.5%, Managers 24.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.1%, Sales Workers 8.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.5%, Labourers 2.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.1%.

Of the employed people in Tennyson Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 4.1%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.2%, School Education 3.2%, Computer System Design and Related Services 2.8% and Hospitals 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tennyson Point was $720.

In Tennyson Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.4%, Bus 8.4%, Car, as passenger 3.4%, Ferry 1.9% and Walked only 1.3%. On the day, 12.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tennyson Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.6% provided care for children and 13.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.6% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Tennyson Point, 27.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tennyson Point, 56.4% were couple families with children, 32.6% were couple families without children and 9.4% were one parent families.

In Tennyson Point 20.7% of single parents were male and 79.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tennyson Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,140 and those without children was $2,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Tennyson Point, of couple families with children, 23.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 23.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tennyson Point, 91.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tennyson Point, 81.2% were separate houses, 17.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Tennyson Point, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 9.9% had 2 bedrooms and 40.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tennyson Point, 49.3% were owned outright, 34.2% were owned with a mortgage and 13.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Tennyson Point, of all households, 78.9% were family households, 18.5% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Tennyson Point, 17.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 28.6% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Tennyson Point, 23.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tennyson Point, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 4 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 18 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Tennyson Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,250.

In Tennyson Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $500 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.