2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lyons · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Lyons
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of people in Lyons live by themselves, which is well above the national figure. This makes the area stand out for its high number of single-person households. While most homes are small, over half of the families here are couples raising children.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 Lyons — lower than 71% of areas.
| Lyons | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2606, ACT | 2.2 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 35.2% of people live alone, a rate much higher than in most other areas. Because of this, the typical home in Lyons has 2.3 people, which is a little below the usual 2.5 for the ACT and Australia.
35.2% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 36.8%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lyons, the largest group is 1 person at 35%, followed by 2 people (29%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.7% of families here. One-parent families account for 11.7%, a figure that is about the same as the ACT average but a little below the national level.
11.7% ▼ -26.9%
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lyons, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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/sa2/801091105/lyons/topic/family-households