2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Shepparton (Northern Victoria) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Shepparton (Northern Victoria)
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Shepparton (Northern Victoria) than in most similar areas. While the typical home holds 2.5 people, matching the national figure, there is a growing number of single-person households and one-parent families.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Shepparton (Northern Victoria) — lower than 57% of areas.
| Shepparton (Northern Victoria) | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28.5% of people here live alone, which is a little above the Australian figure of 25.6%. This has risen slightly since 2011, and two-person homes are now the most common at 33.8%.
28.5% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 67% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Shepparton (Northern Victoria), the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.2% of the area, which is higher than most similar places and a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3%. This proportion has risen 2.5 percentage points since 2011.
16.2% ▲ +18.3%
Higher than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Shepparton (Northern Victoria), Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Shepparton (Northern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED27504/shepparton/topic/family-households