2.5 —
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Shepparton - South East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 30% of people live alone in Shepparton - South East, a figure well above the national average. This is a diverse residential area where single-person households and one-parent families are both much more common than in most other places.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Shepparton - South East — lower than 57% of areas.
Average household size.
While the typical home has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures, 30.9% of residents live alone. This is much higher than most areas, and well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
2.5 —
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
30.9% —
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Shepparton - South East splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 14%.
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.3% of the area, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This is much higher than most similar areas, although couples with children remain the most common family type at 52%.
20.3% —
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Shepparton - South East, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Shepparton - South East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/216031594/shepparton-south-east/topic/family-households