2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lyneham · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lyneham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 38% of homes in Lyneham are occupied by people living alone, making it a place with very small households. This is far above the national figure, with a typical home holding only 2.1 people. This trend towards smaller living arrangements is the defining feature of the local housing landscape.
2.1
→ 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 Lyneham — lower than 81% of areas.
| Lyneham | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2602, ACT | 2.4 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is much more common here than in most areas, with 37.8% of households being single-person homes. Because of this, the usual household size is 2.1 people, which is a little below the figure for both the ACT and Australia.
37.8% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality 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 the largest family group at 45.4%, followed closely by couples without children at 40.9%. One-parent families account for 11.5% of the total, which is about the same as the ACT average.
11.5% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality 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/sal/SAL80086/lyneham/topic/family-households