Abstract We consider the family 𝒞 𝒮 {\mathcal{CS}} of symmetric Cantor subsets of [ 0 , 1 ] {[0,1]} . Each set in 𝒞 𝒮 {\mathcal{CS}} is uniquely determined by a sequence a = ( a n ) {a=(a_{n})} belonging to the Polish space X : = ( 0 , 1 ) ℕ {X\mathrel{\mathop{:}}=(0,1)^{\mathbb{N}}} equipped with probability product measure μ. This yields a one-to-one correspondence between sets in 𝒞 𝒮 {\mathcal{CS}} and sequences in X. If 𝒜 ⊂ 𝒞 𝒮 {\mathcal{A}\subset\mathcal{CS}} , the corresponding subset of X is denoted by 𝒜 ∗ {\mathcal{A}^{\ast}} . We study the subfamilies ℋ 0 {\mathcal{H}_{0}} , 𝒮 𝒫 {\mathcal{SP}} and ℳ {\mathcal{M}} of 𝒞 𝒮 {\mathcal{CS}} , consisting (respectively) of sets with Haudsdorff dimension 0, and of strongly porous and microscopic sets. We have ℳ ⊂ ℋ 0 ⊂ 𝒮 𝒫 {\mathcal{M}\subset\mathcal{H}_{0}\subset\mathcal{SP}} , and these inclusions are proper. We prove that the sets ℳ ∗ {\mathcal{M}^{\ast}} , ℋ 0 ∗ {\mathcal{H}_{0}^{\ast}} , 𝒮 𝒫 ∗ {\mathcal{SP}^{\ast}} are residual in X, and μ ( ℋ 0 ∗ ) = 0 {\mu(\mathcal{H}_{0}^{\ast})=0} , μ ( 𝒮 𝒫 ∗ ) = 1 {\mu(\mathcal{SP}^{\ast})=1} .