Australian Demographic Profile
Lawson (ACT), ACT 2617
Census-grade demographic profile. ABS Census 2021, adjusted to 2026.
Population
~2,712
Median age
27
Median income
High
$1,250-$1,499/wk
Top profile
High-earning
44%
Profile composition (top three)
- High-earning professionals44%
- Established partnered households22%
- Young singles and non-workers12%
Full 8-profile breakdown in the suburb report.
Population overview
- Synthetic individuals
- ~2,712
- Sex split
- F 48% / M 52%
- Tertiary-qualified
- 55%
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditionals using Bayesian reconstruction, adjusted to 2026.
Age structure
- Children (0-14)13%
- Young adults (15-24)22%
- Early career (25-39)48%
- Mid career (40-59)14%
- Senior (60+)3.1%
Income distribution
Median individual income bracket in Lawson (ACT): High ($1,250-$1,499/wk).
- No / not stated26%
- Low ($1-$499/wk)7.4%
- Mid ($500-$1.5k)36%
- High ($1.5k-$3k)27%
- Very high ($3k+)3.8%
Top occupations
- Professionals37%
- Clerical and Administrative Workers14%
- Community and Personal Service Workers13%
Full occupation breakdown in the suburb report.
Compared to ACT and Australia
| Lawson (ACT) | ACT avg | AUS avg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 27 | 37 | 42 |
| Tertiary-qualified | 55% | 43% | 19% |
What's in the full report
- ✓ Full 8-profile composition with percentages
- ✓ All 47 demographic variables broken down
- ✓ Income vs occupation cross-tabulation
- ✓ Family composition by age group
- ✓ Country of birth and language distributions
- ✓ Educational attainment by age cohort
- ✓ Branded HTML, PDF, CSV exports
- ✓ Citation-ready format
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Methodology
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditional tables using Bayesian reconstruction. Validated against real Census distributions with a median person-level SRMSE of 0.05 across 7,780 suburbs. Read the full methodology →