Shepparton

19.2% of Shepparton's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

7,898 family households lived in Shepparton; 38.1% were couple families and 21.1% were one-parent families.

39.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Shepparton had 32,067 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 84.9% of occupied private dwellings in Shepparton.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 13.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.4% of occupied private dwellings.

32.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

28.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

39.1% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Shepparton had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 31.6% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 32.3%, while 21.5% had four or more usual residents.

7.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

68.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.6% walked or cycled.

6.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 40.0% of the total.

53.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.4% reported a different address.

22.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

68.7% of residents used only English at home.

23.4% used a language other than English at home.

1.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

22.2% of Shepparton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 77.8% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

3.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 79.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 32.1% of ancestry responses in Shepparton.

Australian ancestry made up 30.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.7% of responses.

19.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Managers accounted for 10.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.7% of workers, and education and training employed 8.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.0%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

29.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.6%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

53.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.8% reported asthma, 11.4% arthritis and 5.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 35.3%.

Median household income was $1,285 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,249.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $270 per week.

Working from home was 7.3% in Shepparton, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 32.0% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 39.1% in Shepparton, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..