Suburb profile

Lyons ACT 2606

Lyons is located in the Canberra region of the Australian Capital Territory, postcode 2606. It has 1,971 properties across 50 streets. Explore every street in Lyons, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Lyons

Lyons, ACT 2606, sits in Canberra and neighbours Phillip, Waramanga, Weston and Chifley. Its 50 streets hold 1,971 properties, 957 of them houses and 1,014 units.

At the 2021 Census Lyons had 3,271 residents, a median age of 36 and an average household of 2.3 people. Median household income was $2,062 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,383 a month and the median rent $360 a week. Of 1,342 dwellings, 695 were separate houses, 273 semi-detached and 376 flats; 348 were owned outright, 338 owned with a mortgage and 567 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Lyons

  • 3,271Peoplelive in the area
  • 36Median ageyears
  • $2,062Median household incomea week
  • $360Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses695
  • Townhouses and semis273
  • Flats and apartments376

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,383a month
  • Household size2.3people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 348Owned with a mortgage 338Rented 567Other 89

Schools in Lyons

  • Lyons Early Childhood School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Lyons

Neighbouring suburbs

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Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.