2.7 ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Shepparton East · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Shepparton East
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a roof in Shepparton East than in most similar areas. This is a place where few people live alone and most homes are filled with family members, with the typical household holding 2.7 people.
2.7
▲ +8.0%
- 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 East — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 14.8% of people live alone, a figure that is far below the national average and has fallen 14 points since 2011. This helps explain why home sizes are higher here than in most areas.
14.8% ▼ -49.5%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Shepparton East, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 3 people (24%) and 4 people (24%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up the majority at 62.9%. Single-parent families are more common here than in most areas, at 17.2%, which is well above the national figure.
17.2% ▲ +25.5%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Shepparton East, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222083/shepparton-east/topic/family-households