2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 71% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Shepparton - Mooroopna · Urban Area
Family & Households in Shepparton - Mooroopna
How families and households are made up across the area.
Well over 17% of families in Shepparton - Mooroopna are led by one parent, a figure that sits well above the state and national averages. This area is mostly made up of family homes, where the typical household size of 2.5 people is much higher than in most similar areas.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 2.0: 2 areas
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 11 areas
- 2.3: 27 areas
- 2.4: 24 areas
- 2.5: 27 areas
- 2.6: 9 areas
- 2.7: 5 areas
- 2.8: 3 areas
- 2.9: 0 areas
- 3.0: 1 area
- 3.1: 0 areas
- 3.2: 0 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Shepparton - Mooroopna — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 28.6% of residents live alone, which is well above the Australian figure of 25.6%. While this has fallen slightly since 2011, the number of people per home has edged up to 2.5.
28.6% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 51% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Shepparton - Mooroopna splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 55.6%, followed by couples without children at 26.1%. Single-parent families represent 17.2% of the total, a rate that has remained steady since 2011.
17.2% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 57% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Shepparton - Mooroopna, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 - Mooroopna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2016/shepparton-mooroopna/topic/family-households