Lyons (NT)

2016 Census All persons QuickStats
Geography type State Suburbs
Area code SSC70168
People 2,302
Male 48.8%
Female 51.2%
Median age 28
Families 595
Average children per family  null
for families with children 2.1
for all households (a) 1.2
All private dwellings 715
Average people per household 3.4
Median weekly household income $2,902
Median monthly mortgage repayments $3,049
Median weekly rent $300
Average motor vehicles per dwelling 2.1

(a) This label has been updated to more accurately reflect the Census concept shown in this data item. The data has not changed.

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People

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Demographics & education

People tables are based on a person's place of usual residence on Census night

People
Persons count based on place of usual residence on Census night
Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Male 1,124 48.8 118,570 51.8 11,546,638 49.3
Female 1,179 51.2 110,266 48.2 11,855,248 50.7
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 74 3.2 58,248 25.5 649,171 2.8

In the 2016 Census, there were 2,302 people in Lyons (NT). Of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2% of the population.

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Age Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Median age 28 -- 32 -- 38 --
0-4 years 271 11.8 17,630 7.7 1,464,779 6.3
5-9 years 238 10.3 16,822 7.4 1,502,646 6.4
10-14 years 185 8.0 15,029 6.6 1,397,183 6.0
15-19 years 167 7.2 14,077 6.2 1,421,595 6.1
20-24 years 148 6.4 16,644 7.3 1,566,793 6.7
25-29 years 218 9.5 21,707 9.5 1,664,602 7.1
30-34 years 218 9.5 21,329 9.3 1,703,847 7.3
35-39 years 198 8.6 18,012 7.9 1,561,679 6.7
40-44 years 216 9.4 16,615 7.3 1,583,257 6.8
45-49 years 158 6.9 16,456 7.2 1,581,455 6.8
50-54 years 116 5.0 14,854 6.5 1,523,551 6.5
55-59 years 73 3.2 12,886 5.6 1,454,332 6.2
60-64 years 28 1.2 10,407 4.5 1,299,397 5.6
65-69 years 37 1.6 7,364 3.2 1,188,999 5.1
70-74 years 20 0.9 4,300 1.9 887,716 3.8
75-79 years 8 0.3 2,516 1.1 652,657 2.8
80-84 years 6 0.3 1,258 0.5 460,549 2.0
85 years and over 0 0.0 938 0.4 486,842 2.1

The median age of people in Lyons (NT) was 28 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 30.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 3.1% of the population.

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Registered marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Married 1,018 63.6 78,333 43.7 9,148,218 48.1
Separated 12 0.8 6,046 3.4 608,059 3.2
Divorced 48 3.0 13,442 7.5 1,626,890 8.5
Widowed 26 1.6 5,622 3.1 985,204 5.2
Never married 496 31.0 75,917 42.3 6,668,910 35.0

Of people in Lyons (NT) aged 15 years and over, 63.6% were married and 3.8% were either divorced or separated.

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Social marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Registered marriage 893 62.2 58,583 41.4 8,001,141 47.7
De facto marriage 188 13.1 22,537 15.9 1,751,731 10.4
Not married 355 24.7 60,345 42.7 7,024,973 41.9

In Lyons (NT), of people aged 15 years and over, 62.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.1% were in a de facto marriage.

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Education Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Preschool 61 6.8 3,707 4.6 347,621 4.8
Primary - Government 162 18.1 15,160 18.6 1,314,787 18.2
Primary - Catholic 73 8.1 2,632 3.2 380,604 5.3
Primary - other non Government 63 7.0 2,570 3.2 231,490 3.2
Secondary - Government 122 13.6 8,233 10.1 827,505 11.5
Secondary - Catholic 30 3.3 2,070 2.5 338,384 4.7
Secondary - other non Government 40 4.5 2,911 3.6 280,618 3.9
Technical or further education institution 31 3.5 3,045 3.7 424,869 5.9
University or tertiary institution 158 17.6 8,054 9.9 1,160,626 16.1
Other 20 2.2 1,655 2.0 198,383 2.8
Not stated 137 15.3 31,342 38.5 1,707,023 23.7

In Lyons (NT) 38.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.9% were in primary school, 20.4% in secondary school and 21.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

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Level of highest educational attainment
People aged 15 years and over
Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 434 27.0 30,711 17.1 4,181,406 22.0
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 190 11.8 12,854 7.2 1,687,893 8.9
Certificate level IV 93 5.8 6,391 3.6 551,767 2.9
Certificate level III 175 10.9 23,200 12.9 2,442,203 12.8
Year 12 266 16.5 22,743 12.7 2,994,097 15.7
Year 11 98 6.1 10,854 6.1 941,531 4.9
Year 10 116 7.2 17,509 9.8 2,054,331 10.8
Certificate level II 3 0.2 226 0.1 13,454 0.1
Certificate level I 0 0.0 128 0.1 2,176 0.0
Year 9 or below 66 4.1 15,473 8.6 1,529,897 8.0
No educational attainment 0 0.0 1,870 1.0 145,844 0.8
Not stated 130 8.1 33,298 18.6 1,974,794 10.4

Of people aged 15 and over in Lyons (NT), 16.5% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 16.5% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 11.8% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

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Cultural & language diversity

Ancestry, top responses Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Australian 793 25.8 65,433 22.4 7,298,243 23.3
English 669 21.8 54,967 18.8 7,852,224 25.0
Irish 195 6.4 18,469 6.3 2,388,058 7.6
Greek 170 5.5 4,082 1.4 397,431 1.3
Scottish 158 5.1 14,971 5.1 2,023,470 6.4

The most common ancestries in Lyons (NT) were Australian 25.8%, English 21.8%, Irish 6.4%, Greek 5.5% and Scottish 5.1%.

Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Lyons (NT) (including those who did not state an ancestry).

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Country of birth Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Australia 1,575 69.7 157,531 68.8 15,614,835 66.7
Other top responses:  null  null  null  null  null  null
England 111 4.9 5,583 2.4 907,570 3.9
Philippines 68 3.0 5,914 2.6 232,386 1.0
India 52 2.3 3,598 1.6 455,389 1.9
New Zealand 40 1.8 4,636 2.0 518,466 2.2
Greece 32 1.4 1,268 0.6 93,743 0.4

In Lyons (NT), 69.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.9%, Philippines 3.0%, India 2.3%, New Zealand 1.8% and Greece 1.4%.

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Country of birth of father and/or mother, stated responses Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Both parents born overseas 799 34.7 54,687 23.9 8,051,196 34.4
Father only born overseas 187 8.1 10,761 4.7 1,488,092 6.4
Mother only born overseas 119 5.2 9,473 4.1 1,094,591 4.7
Both parents born in Australia 1,059 46.0 124,021 54.2 11,070,538 47.3

In Lyons (NT), 46.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

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Country of birth of father, stated responses Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Australia 1,177 51.9 134,515 58.8 12,231,150 52.3
England 131 5.8 9,028 3.9 1,403,096 6.0
Greece 99 4.4 2,713 1.2 226,920 1.0
Philippines 92 4.1 6,443 2.8 270,177 1.2
New Zealand 80 3.5 5,712 2.5 617,331 2.6

In Lyons (NT), the most common countries of birth for male parents were Australia 51.9%, England 5.8%, Greece 4.4%, Philippines 4.1% and New Zealand 3.5%.

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Country of birth of mother, stated responses Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Australia 1,252 55.1 135,595 59.3 12,643,365 54.0
England 120 5.3 8,560 3.7 1,302,147 5.6
Philippines 114 5.0 7,492 3.3 325,049 1.4
India 88 3.9 4,661 2.0 605,777 2.6
Greece 69 3.0 2,218 1.0 206,674 0.9

In Lyons (NT), the most common countries of birth for female parents were Australia 55.1%, England 5.3%, Philippines 5.0%, India 3.9% and Greece 3.0%.

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Religious affiliation, top responses Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
No Religion, so described 663 28.9 67,176 29.4 6,933,708 29.6
Catholic 526 22.9 45,843 20.0 5,291,834 22.6
Anglican 268 11.7 19,234 8.4 3,101,185 13.3
Not stated 200 8.7 36,642 16.0 2,238,735 9.6
Eastern Orthodox 178 7.8 4,207 1.8 502,801 2.1

The most common responses for religion in Lyons (NT) were No Religion, so described 28.9%, Catholic 22.9%, Anglican 11.7%, Not stated 8.7% and Eastern Orthodox 7.8%. In Lyons (NT), Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (59.6%) (this figure excludes not stated responses).

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Language, top responses (other than English) Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Greek 139 6.1 3,245 1.4 237,588 1.0
Bengali 28 1.2 432 0.2 54,566 0.2
Vietnamese 28 1.2 1,215 0.5 277,400 1.2
Mandarin 28 1.2 2,163 0.9 596,711 2.5
Tagalog 26 1.1 2,994 1.3 111,273 0.5
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English only spoken at home 1,662 72.7 132,634 58.0 17,020,417 72.7
Households where a non English language is spoken 197 29.3 19,395 24.4 1,971,011 22.2

In Lyons (NT) 72.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 6.1%, Bengali 1.2%, Vietnamese 1.2%, Mandarin 1.2% and Tagalog 1.1%.

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Employment

Employment
People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over
Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Worked full-time 894 71.1 74,100 67.1 6,623,065 57.7
Worked part-time 249 19.8 21,493 19.5 3,491,503 30.4
Away from work 77 6.1 7,112 6.4 569,276 5.0
Unemployed 37 2.9 7,685 7.0 787,452 6.9

There were 1,257 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lyons (NT). Of these 71.1% were employed full time, 19.8% were employed part-time and 2.9% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

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Employment - hours worked
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
1-15 hours per week 108 8.9 6,735 6.6 1,218,823 11.4
16-24 hours per week 74 6.1 6,327 6.2 1,079,236 10.1
25-34 hours per week 75 6.2 8,431 8.2 1,193,445 11.2
35-39 hours per week 213 17.5 22,238 21.7 2,031,263 19.0
40 hours or more per week 677 55.5 51,864 50.5 4,591,801 43.0

Of employed people in Lyons (NT), 8.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.5% worked 40 hours or more.

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Occupation
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Professionals 277 22.8 20,654 20.1 2,370,966 22.2
Managers 217 17.9 12,515 12.2 1,390,047 13.0
Community and Personal Service Workers 207 17.0 14,178 13.8 1,157,003 10.8
Clerical and Administrative Workers 158 13.0 14,102 13.7 1,449,681 13.6
Technicians and Trades Workers 148 12.2 16,189 15.8 1,447,414 13.5
Sales Workers 97 8.0 7,021 6.8 1,000,955 9.4
Machinery Operators and Drivers 47 3.9 5,880 5.7 670,106 6.3
Labourers 35 2.9 9,642 9.4 1,011,520 9.5

The most common occupations in Lyons (NT) included Professionals 22.8%, Managers 17.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 17.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.2%, Sales Workers 8.0%, Machinery Operators and Drivers 3.9% and Labourers 2.9%.

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Industry of employment, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Defence 336 28.9 4,796 4.7 75,462 0.7
Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 77 6.6 3,359 3.3 411,808 3.9
State Government Administration 73 6.3 6,335 6.2 158,980 1.5
Takeaway Food Services 38 3.3 1,479 1.4 189,447 1.8
Primary Education 31 2.7 2,886 2.8 231,198 2.2

Of the employed people in Lyons (NT), the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 28.9%, Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 6.6%, State Government Administration 6.3%, Takeaway Food Services 3.3% and Primary Education 2.7%.

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Median weekly incomes
People aged 15 years and over
Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Personal 1,267 -- 871 -- 662 --
Family 2,959 -- 2,105 -- 1,734 --
Household 2,902 -- 1,983 -- 1,438 --

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lyons (NT) was $1,267.

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Travel to work, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Car, as driver 859 70.5 61,874 60.3 6,574,571 61.5
Car, as passenger 88 7.2 6,947 6.8 489,922 4.6
Bicycle 36 3.0 2,552 2.5 107,756 1.0
Walked only 32 2.6 8,683 8.5 370,427 3.5
Worked at home 27 2.2 2,653 2.6 503,582 4.7
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People who travelled to work by public transport 33 2.7 6,555 6.4 1,225,668 11.5
People who travelled to work by car as driver or passenger 964 78.9 70,991 69.1 7,305,271 68.4

In Lyons (NT), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.5%, Car, as passenger 7.2%, Bicycle 3.0%, Walked only 2.6% and Worked at home 2.2%. On the day, 2.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

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Unpaid work
People aged 15 years and over
Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (last week) 1,243 77.5 115,473 64.4 13,143,914 69.0
Cared for child/children (last two weeks) 665 41.6 52,717 29.4 5,259,400 27.6
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks) 139 8.6 16,056 9.0 2,145,203 11.3
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 313 19.5 30,716 17.1 3,620,726 19.0

In Lyons (NT), of people aged 15 years and over, 77.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 41.6% provided care for children and 8.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.5% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

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Unpaid domestic work, number of hours
People aged 15 years and over
Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Less than 5 hours per week 409 25.5 40,921 22.8 4,298,593 22.6
5 to 14 hours per week 513 32.0 46,081 25.7 4,944,578 26.0
15 to 29 hours per week 177 11.0 17,083 9.5 2,189,776 11.5
30 hours or more per week 144 9.0 11,386 6.3 1,710,970 9.0

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Lyons (NT), 32.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.0% worked 30 hours or more.

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Families

family composition | employment status of couple families

Family composition

Family composition Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Couple family without children 184 31.1 18,138 35.2 2,291,987 37.8
Couple family with children 382 64.5 23,815 46.2 2,716,224 44.7
One parent family 23 3.9 8,558 16.6 959,543 15.8
Other family 3 0.5 1,014 2.0 102,559 1.7

Of the families in Lyons (NT), 64.5% were couple families with children, 31.1% were couple families without children and 3.9% were one parent families.

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Single (or lone) parents
Proportion of the total single (or lone) parent population
Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Male -- 38.7 -- 20.5 -- 18.2
Female -- 61.3 -- 79.5 -- 81.8

In Lyons (NT), 38.7% of single parents were male and 61.3% were female.

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Employment status of couple families

Employment status of couple families
Labour force, parents or partners aged 15 years and over
Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Both employed, worked full-time 219 39.2 13,833 33.0 1,084,006 21.6
Both employed, worked part-time 5 0.9 1,215 2.9 203,596 4.1
One employed full-time, one part-time 114 20.4 6,638 15.8 1,086,460 21.7
One employed full-time, other not working 113 20.2 6,174 14.7 749,886 15.0
One employed part-time, other not working 4 0.7 1,677 4.0 302,037 6.0
Both not working 17 3.0 6,100 14.5 1,006,697 20.1
Other (includes away from work) 41 7.3 2,884 6.9 264,145 5.3
Labour force status not stated (by one or both parents in a couple family) 46 8.2 3,429 8.2 311,381 6.2

In Lyons (NT), of couple families with children, 39.2% had both partners employed full-time, 0.9% had both employed part-time and 20.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

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Dwellings

dwelling structure | household composition | mortgage & rent | number of motor vehicles | internet connection

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

Dwelling count Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Occupied private dwellings 645 92.9 65,053 85.9 8,286,073 88.8
Unoccupied private dwellings 49 7.1 10,717 14.1 1,039,874 11.2

In Lyons (NT), 92.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.1% were unoccupied.

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Dwelling structure
Occupied private dwellings
Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Separate house 528 81.9 43,100 66.3 6,041,788 72.9
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc 12 1.9 7,844 12.1 1,055,016 12.7
Flat or apartment 105 16.3 11,374 17.5 1,087,434 13.1
Other dwelling 0 0.0 2,166 3.3 64,425 0.8

Of occupied private dwellings in Lyons (NT), 81.9% were separate houses, 1.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 16.3% were flats or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

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Number of bedrooms
Occupied private dwellings
Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
None (includes bedsitters) 0 0.0 874 1.3 39,769 0.5
1 bedroom 0 0.0 4,871 7.5 411,252 5.0
2 bedrooms 19 3.0 14,306 22.0 1,562,759 18.9
3 bedrooms 169 26.8 27,598 42.4 3,403,190 41.1
4 or more bedrooms 438 69.4 15,039 23.1 2,670,758 32.2
Number of bedrooms not stated 5 0.8 2,369 3.6 198,351 2.4
Average number of bedrooms per dwelling 3.8 -- 2.9 -- 3.1 --
Average number of people per household 3.4 -- 2.9 -- 2.6 --

In Lyons (NT), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 3.0% had 2 bedrooms and 26.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3.4 people.

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Tenure
Occupied private dwellings
Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Owned outright 39 6.2 9,957 15.3 2,565,695 31.0
Owned with a mortgage 153 24.1 19,247 29.6 2,855,222 34.5
Rented 433 68.3 32,737 50.3 2,561,302 30.9
Other tenure type 4 0.6 575 0.9 78,994 1.0
Tenure type not stated 5 0.8 2,545 3.9 224,869 2.7

Of occupied private dwellings in Lyons (NT), 6.2% were owned outright, 24.1% were owned with a mortgage and 68.3% were rented.

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Household composition

Household composition Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Family households 578 90.9 47,400 72.8 5,907,625 71.3
Single (or lone) person households 43 6.8 14,228 21.9 2,023,542 24.4
Group households 15 2.4 3,438 5.3 354,917 4.3

In Lyons (NT), of all households, 90.9% were family households, 6.8% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

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Household income Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Less than $650 gross weekly income -- 3.7 -- 12.6 -- 20.0
More than $3,000 gross weekly income -- 47.3 -- 25.8 -- 16.4

In Lyons (NT), 3.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $650 and 47.3% of households had a weekly income of more than $3000.

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Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Rent weekly payments Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Median rent 300 -- 315 -- 335 --
Households where rent payments are less than 30% of household income -- 94.1 -- 90.9 -- 88.5
Households with rent payments greater than or equal to 30% of household income -- 5.9 -- 9.1 -- 11.5

The number of households where rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were not renting, and excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion.

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Mortgage monthly repayments Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Median mortgage repayments 3,049 -- 2,167 -- 1,755 --
Households where mortgage repayments are less than 30% of household income -- 95.3 -- 94.5 -- 92.8
Households with mortgage repayments greater than or equal to 30% of household income -- 4.7 -- 5.5 -- 7.2

The number of households where mortgage repayments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were renting, and excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion.

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Number of motor vehicles

Number of registered motor vehicles Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
None 14 2.2 6,948 10.7 623,829 7.5
1 motor vehicle 99 15.3 20,562 31.6 2,881,485 34.8
2 motor vehicles 378 58.5 22,357 34.4 2,999,184 36.2
3 or more vehicles 141 21.8 11,813 18.2 1,496,382 18.1
Number of motor vehicles not stated 14 2.2 3,389 5.2 285,197 3.4

In Lyons (NT), 15.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 58.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

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Internet connection

Dwelling internet connection Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Internet not accessed from dwelling 27 4.2 10,972 16.9 1,172,415 14.1
Internet accessed from dwelling 608 94.6 51,392 79.0 6,892,165 83.2
Not stated 8 1.2 2,698 4.1 221,494 2.7

In Lyons (NT), 94.6% of households had at least one person access the internet from the dwelling. This could have been through a desktop/laptop computer, mobile or smart phone, tablet, music or video player, gaming console, smart TV or any other device.

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Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people

selected people & dwelling characteristics

People characteristics

People characteristics
Count based on place of usual residence on Census night.
Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Male 35 45.5 29,129 50.0 322,171 49.6
Female 42 54.5 29,118 50.0 326,996 50.4
Median age 16 -- 25 -- 23 --

In Lyons (NT), 45.5% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were male and 54.5% were female. The median age was 16 years.

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Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Dwelling characteristics
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Average number of people per household 4.7 -- 4 -- 3.2 --
Average number of persons per bedroom 1.2 -- 1.5 -- 1 --
Median weekly household income 2,625 -- 1,225 -- 1,203 --

In Lyons (NT), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.7 persons, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,625.

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Mortgage and rent
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Lyons (NT) % Lyons (NT) Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent 300 -- 97 -- 250 --
Median monthly mortgage repayments 3,467 -- 2,167 -- 1,660 --

In Lyons (NT), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,467.

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Small random adjustments have been made to all cell values to protect the confidentiality of data. These adjustments may cause the sum of rows or columns to differ by small amounts from the table totals. For further information, go to the User Guide for QuickStats.

Data reported for Australia and Other Territories now includes Norfolk Island, following an amendment to the Acts Interpretation Act, 1901. Because Norfolk Island has not previously been included in the Census, any 2011 benchmarks will not include Norfolk Island.