Shepparton East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,171 people in Shepparton East of these 52.6% were male and 47.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Shepparton East was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.2% of the population.

Of people in Shepparton East aged 15 years and over, 61.9% were married and 7.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Shepparton East was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Shepparton East, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Shepparton East was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Shepparton East 33.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.7% were in primary school, 29.2% in secondary school and 10.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Shepparton East were English 23.7%, Australian 21.9%, Italian 12.9%, Irish 7.2% and Scottish 5.3%.

In Shepparton East, 79.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 3.5%, Italy 2.7%, Greece 2.5%, England 1.3% and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 1.1%.

In Shepparton East, 62.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Shepparton East were Catholic 28.8%, No Religion 16.4%, Anglican 12.8%, Eastern Orthodox 9.6% and Uniting Church 6.8%.

In Shepparton East 75.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 5.5%, Punjabi 4.1%, Macedonian 3.9%, Greek 2.3% and Albanian 1.2%.

Employment

There were 588 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Shepparton East. Of these 60.7% were employed full time, 29.8% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Shepparton East, 12.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Shepparton East was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Shepparton East included Managers 27.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.3%, Labourers 13.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.9%, Sales Workers 8.9%, Professionals 8.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.0% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Shepparton East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 15.8%, Fruit and Vegetable Processing 4.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Road Freight Transport 4.4% and Building Installation Services 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Shepparton East was $513.

In Shepparton East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.5%, Walked only 8.6%, Car, as passenger 6.7%, Truck 1.8% and Motorbike/scooter 0.7%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Shepparton East, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.2% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.9% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Shepparton East, 21.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Shepparton East, 52.8% were couple families with children, 37.1% were couple families without children and 9.1% were one parent families.

In Shepparton East 22.2% of single parents were male and 77.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Shepparton East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,515.

Employment status of couple families

In Shepparton East, of couple families with children, 24.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 25.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Shepparton East, 88.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Shepparton East, 99.2% were separate houses, 0.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Shepparton East, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 7.6% had 2 bedrooms and 46.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Shepparton East, 42.8% were owned outright, 37.4% were owned with a mortgage and 15.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Shepparton East, of all households, 83.2% were family households, 15.8% were single person households and 1.1% were group households.

In Shepparton East, 18.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.0% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Shepparton East, 19.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Shepparton East, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 44.4%) were male and 5 (or 55.6%) were female. The median age was 26 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Shepparton East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.5, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,041.

In Shepparton East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $335 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.