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Tennyson SA 5022

Tennyson is located in the Adelaide West region of South Australia, postcode 5022. It has 703 properties across 17 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Tennyson, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Tennyson

Tennyson, SA 5022, sits in Adelaide West and neighbours Grange, West Lakes Shore and West Lakes. Its 17 streets hold 703 properties, 488 of them houses and 215 units.

Census figures are for West Lakes, an area that covers the whole of the suburb. West Lakes had 15,205 residents, a median age of 51 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $1,506 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,867 a month and the median rent $320 a week. Of 6,372 dwellings, 3,850 were separate houses, 2,159 semi-detached and 335 flats, with 20 other. Of 6,372 households, 2,825 owned outright, 1,832 owned with a mortgage and 1,401 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Tennyson

  • 15,205Peoplelive in the area
  • 51Median ageyears
  • $1,506Median household incomea week
  • $320Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses3,850
  • Townhouses and semis2,159
  • Flats and apartments335
  • Other20

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,867a month
  • Household size2.2people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 2,825Owned with a mortgage 1,832Rented 1,401Other 314

Properties in Tennyson

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Streets in Tennyson

  1. Audrey Street1 property
  2. Bluelake Court26 properties
  3. Bournemouth Street13 properties
  4. Bucknall Court15 properties
  5. Esplanade14 properties
  6. Estcourt Road12 properties
  7. Fort Street2 properties
  8. Hallam Terrace2 properties
  9. Hillview Avenue10 properties
  10. Lakeside Court26 properties
  11. Libby Court6 properties
  12. Mawson Close21 properties
  13. Military Road264 properties
  14. Moredun Street7 properties
  15. Seaview Road215 properties
  16. Sunlake Place36 properties
  17. Tennyson Heights Court33 properties

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Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.

Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.