Shepparton North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 522 people in Shepparton North of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Shepparton North was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 28.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.3% of the population.

Of people in Shepparton North aged 15 years and over, 58.0% were married and 5.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Shepparton North was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Shepparton North, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Shepparton North was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Shepparton North 37.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.4% were in primary school, 30.9% in secondary school and 13.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Shepparton North were Australian 29.4%, English 24.1%, Irish 9.9%, Italian 7.8% and Scottish 6.3%.

In Shepparton North, 80.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.8%, England 1.7%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.5%, Italy 1.5% and Sudan 1.2%.

In Shepparton North, 66.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Shepparton North were Catholic 36.1%, No Religion 19.1%, Anglican 14.0%, Uniting Church 8.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6%.

In Shepparton North 82.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 3.5%, Greek 1.7%, Albanian 1.5%, Mandarin 1.5% and Samoan 1.3%.

Employment

There were 272 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Shepparton North. Of these 62.5% were employed full time, 29.8% were employed part-time and 2.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Shepparton North, 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Shepparton North was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Shepparton North included Professionals 18.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.9%, Managers 15.5%, Sales Workers 11.4%, Labourers 11.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.3% and Community and Personal Service Workers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Shepparton North, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.5%, Hospitals 6.5%, Fruit and Vegetable Processing 5.7%, Building Installation Services 4.2% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Shepparton North was $652.

In Shepparton North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 74.6%, Car, as passenger 6.4%, Bus, car as passenger 1.5%, Bus 1.1% and Walked only 1.1%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 81.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Shepparton North, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 40.6% provided care for children and 14.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.3% 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 North, 30.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Shepparton North, 59.0% were couple families with children, 32.1% were couple families without children and 9.0% were one parent families.

In Shepparton North 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Shepparton North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,216 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Shepparton North, of couple families with children, 31.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 33.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Shepparton North, 90.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Shepparton North, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Shepparton North, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 6.3% had 2 bedrooms and 32.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Shepparton North, 23.6% were owned outright, 51.0% were owned with a mortgage and 19.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Shepparton North, of all households, 88.5% were family households, 9.6% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Shepparton North, 13.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.6% 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 North, 17.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 53.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Shepparton North, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 38.5%) were male and 8 (or 61.5%) were female. The median age was 19 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 North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Shepparton North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $310 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.