the first such flats were completed on the site of a two-storey motel on the corner of Northbourne Ave and Mouat St in 2013. North Lyneham The residential part of Lyneham built to the north of Ginninderra Drive having been developed in the mid to late 1980s was a relatively recent addition to the original suburban homes of 1960s' Lyneham. The original residences on "old" Lyneham, contained within the area bounded by Wattle, Dryandra, Archibald and Mouat Streets and Northbourne Avenue mainly date back to the late 1950s. North Lyneham's main feeder road, Cossington Smith Crescent, loops through the area with other streets coming off it. North Lyneham also has a small shopping centre housing shops, a couple of restaurants and a number of small businesses. North Lyneham backs onto a bush reserve which separates it from the Belconnnen suburb of Kaleen. The walking trails in the reserve are popular with the local residents and provide scenic views of the inner northern suburbs of Canberra to the east and south and Belconnen and the Brindabella Ranges to the west. Demographics In the , the population of Lyneham was 5,703, including 69 (1.2%) Indigenous persons and 3,517 (61.7%) Australian-born persons. Only 26.8% (36.5% in 2011) of dwellings were separate houses (compared to the Australian average of 72.3%), while 35.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses (Australian average: 12.7%) and 36.6% (24.0% in 2011) were flats, units or apartments (Australian average: 14.2%). 37.9% of the population were professionals, compared to the Australian average of 24.0%. Notably 18.3% worked in government administration, compared to the Australian average of 1.1%, although the ACT-wide average is a very similar 17.1%. Lyneham is favoured by students and young adults with 34.5% of its population in the 20- to 34-year-old age group (compared to the Australian average of 20.5%). The suburb has few children under 15: 11.4%, compared to 18.2% Australia-wide. 37.9% of the dwellings are occupied by single person households, compared to the Australian average of 25.6%. 51.6% of the population had no religion, while 12.4% were Catholic, 7.0% not stated, 5.9% Anglican and 4.6% Buddhist. Politics Lyneham is located within the federal electorate of Canberra and it is represented by Alicia Payne for the Labor Party. In the ACT Legislative Assembly, Lyneham is part of the electorate of Kurrajong, which elects five members on the basis of proportional representation, two Labor, two Greens and one