2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lyneham · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Lyneham
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of people live alone in Lyneham than in the rest of the Territory, with 37.8% of households consisting of just one person. This trend has risen since 2011 and helps explain why the typical home here is smaller than the national figure.
2.1
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Lyneham — lower than 89% of areas.
| Lyneham | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2602, ACT | 2.4 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Lyneham usually house 2.1 people, which is a little below the typical Australian household of 2.5. This smaller size is linked to the high number of single-person homes, which now make up 37.8% of all households.
37.8% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Lyneham splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 45.4% of families, while couples without children account for 40.9%. One-parent families make up 11.5% of the total, a figure that is a little below the national average and has fallen since 2011.
11.5% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Lyneham splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (41%), with One-parent families at 12%.
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 Lyneham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801051057/lyneham/topic/family-households