2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lyons · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lyons
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of residents live alone in Lyons compared to the rest of the territory. This contributes to a smaller typical household size of 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 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.
Single-person households are very common here, making up 35.2% of all homes. This is well above the Australian Capital Territory's 25.7% and the national figure of 25.6%.
35.2% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality 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 are the most common family type at 56.7%. One-parent families make up 11.7% of the total, which is about the same as the territory average and a little below the national figure.
11.7% ▼ -26.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality 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/sal/SAL80087/lyons/topic/family-households