His older brother Gary was released by Brighton at the end of the 2005–06 season and went on to play in non-league football.
His father is a horserace owner.
Because of his father's interest, Elphick bought his first horse, which he stated it's "his release from football".
Despite being born and raised in Brighton, Elphick, however, grew up supporting Liverpool.
While playing for Bournemouth, Elphick was involved in a number of superstition when he pictured on the Matchday XI clutches the goalpost in the pre–match and was not included in the match photo.

In January 2012, Elphick was among six footballers to be arrested following an allegation of a sexual assault.
After being questioned by the police and released on bail, Elphick was informed that no charges were to be brought against him in relation to the allegation and he was completely eliminated from the enquiry.
After being cleared, Elphick spoke out about being named in the media in an allegation of a sex attack and described feeling "sick to a stomach".
The other footballers in the enquiry were all ultimately cleared in court of any wrongdoing.

On 4 June 2016, Elphick married his girlfriend, Hannah Kearney, having been engaged in August 2014.
However, their honeymoon was soon short–lived when he cut it to sign for Aston Villa.

Elphick, being the captain of Bournemouth during their first ever promotion to the Premier League, was chosen to feature in the mural Bournemouth – A History of Shaping the Future, which is painted on a wall of a building in the Landsdowne area of Bournemouth.
His older brother Gary was released by Brighton at the end of the 2005–06 season and went on to play in non-league football. His father is a horserace owner. Because of his father's interest, Elphick bought his first horse, which he stated it's "his release from football". Despite being born and raised in Brighton, Elphick, however, grew up supporting Liverpool. While playing for Bournemouth, Elphick was involved in a number of superstition when he pictured on the Matchday XI clutches the goalpost in the pre–match and was not included in the match photo.
In January 2012, Elphick was among six footballers to be arrested following an allegation of a sexual assault. After being questioned by the police and released on bail, Elphick was informed that no charges were to be brought against him in relation to the allegation and he was completely eliminated from the enquiry. After being cleared, Elphick spoke out about being named in the media in an allegation of a sex attack and described feeling "sick to a stomach". The other footballers in the enquiry were all ultimately cleared in court of any wrongdoing.
On 4 June 2016, Elphick married his girlfriend, Hannah Kearney, having been engaged in August 2014. However, their honeymoon was soon short–lived when he cut it to sign for Aston Villa.
Elphick, being the captain of Bournemouth during their first ever promotion to the Premier League, was chosen to feature in the mural Bournemouth – A History of Shaping the Future, which is painted on a wall of a building in the Landsdowne area of Bournemouth.
Tommy Elphick