Lyrup · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Lyrup

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children are the most common group in Lyrup, making up 43.5% of all families. This small community sees more people living alone than the national figure, though households are generally smaller than the state average.

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📍 Lyrup, Suburb / Locality

Where Lyrup sits — Average household size

2.2 → 0.0%
  • 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
  • 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
  • 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
  • 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
  • 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
  • 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
  • 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
  • 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
  • 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
  • 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
  • 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
  • 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
  • 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
  • 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
  • 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
  • 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
  • 3.9–4.0: 258 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Lyrup — lower than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Lyrup2.2
5343, SA 2.2
South Australia 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Lyrup has 2.2 people, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 2.4. This is partly because 30.5% of people live alone, a rate well above the Australian average of 25.6%.

2.2 → 0.0%

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.2
  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

30.5% ▲ +2.0%

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 29.9%
  • 2016: 30.6%
  • 2021: 30.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Lyrup, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (12%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children (43.5%) and couples without (40.9%) make up the bulk of families here. One-parent families account for 12.2%, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.

12.2% ▲ +29.9%

Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.4%
  • 2016: 11.8%
  • 2021: 12.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Lyrup splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (42%), 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 Lyrup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40796/lyrup/topic/family-households