Average rent in Lyons (ACT), ACT — 2026

Lyons (ACT) sits below the the ACT median, with the typical renter paying $360/week — 19% less than the state-wide $446/week baseline (ABS Census 2021). The suburb skews owner-occupied: 51% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 42% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (52%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 3,271, the median age is 36, and the most common occupation is Professionals. 35% of residents were born overseas. Lyons (ACT) is 8km from Canberra, often putting it outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date. Your reported figure above gives the live read; the Census number anchors the historical baseline.