2.5 ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Shepparton - Mooroopna · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Shepparton - Mooroopna
How families and households are made up across the area.
A significant rise in people living alone has shaped the home lives of Shepparton - Mooroopna since 2011. While the area remains a strong hub for families, the number of single-person households has jumped by 10 percentage points over the last decade. This shift has contributed to a general decline in the number of people living in each home.
2.5
▼ -10.7%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Shepparton - Mooroopna — higher than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home now holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. However, 29.1% of residents now live alone, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 25.6%.
29.1% ▲ +53.0%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 29.1%
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.
One-parent families make up 17.8% of the area, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has risen by 3.7 percentage points since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 55.1%.
17.8% ▲ +26.6%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Shepparton - Mooroopna, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; 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/ucl/UCL212005/shepparton-mooroopna/topic/family-households