2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lyons · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Lyons
How families and households are made up across the area.
A little over a quarter of residents in Lyons live alone, which is a little above the national figure. This sparsely populated area has a mix of small and medium households, with nearly half of all families consisting of couples with children.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 2 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 3 areas
- 2.3: 23 areas
- 2.4: 27 areas
- 2.5: 26 areas
- 2.6: 22 areas
- 2.7: 16 areas
- 2.8: 8 areas
- 2.9: 9 areas
- 3.0: 5 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 2 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Lyons — lower than 71% of areas.
| Lyons | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Tas. | 2.3 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27.7% of people live alone, a figure that has risen since 2011 and is now higher than in most areas. The typical home holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Tasmanian and national figures.
27.7% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 65% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lyons, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.2% of the total, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This proportion has risen by 1.7 percentage points since 2011 and sits a little above the Australian average.
16.2% ▲ +11.6%
Higher than 78% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lyons, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (16%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Lyons [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED605/lyons/topic/family-households