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City of Greater SheppartonCommunity profile

Shepparton Urban Centre

Households with children

There are 2,509 couples with young children in Shepparton Urban Centre in 2021, comprising 15.7% of households.

Households with Children require different services and facilities than other household types, and their needs change as both adults and children age. When many families in an area are at the same stage in their individual lifecycles, it creates a suburb lifecycle. Knowing where a suburb is in a cycle of change helps planners make evidence-based decisions about the demand for services both now and in the future.

For Households with Children in Shepparton Urban Centre, life stage is based on the age of children in the household. The age of the parent(s) is not taken into account.

  • Young children: Children aged under 15 only
  • Mixed age children: One or more children under 15 and one or more children over 15 (must have 2 or more children)
  • Older children: Children aged 15 and over only

To continue building the story, Shepparton Urban Centre's Household data should be viewed in conjunction with Household Size, Age Structure and Dwelling Type.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'

Households with children by life stage
Shepparton Urban Centre - Households (Enumerated)20211991Change
Households with childrenNumber%Rural South %Number%Rural South %1991 to 2021
Couples with children4,34527.130.43,65339.045.9+691
Couples with young children2,50915.715.22,62328.030.4-115
Couples with mixed-age children6824.35.14204.56.5+262
Couples with older children1,1547.210.16106.59.0+544
Single parents with children1,89311.86.81,00110.77.3+892
Single parents with young children7734.83.36346.84.3+138
Single parents with mixed-age children2911.80.31061.11.0+185
Single parents with older children8295.23.12602.82.0+569
Total households with children6,23838.937.24,65549.753.2+1,583
Total households16,030100.0100.09,364100.0100.0+6,666
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 1991 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of the families with children in Shepparton Urban Centre in 2021 compared to Rural South shows that there was a similar proportion of couples with young children, and a smaller proportion of couples with older children.

Overall, 15.7% of total households with children were couple with young children, and 7.2% were couples with older children, compared with 15.2% and 10.1% respectively for Rural South.

There were a larger proportion of single parent households with young children and a larger proportion of single parent households with older children. Overall, the proportion of single parent households with young children was 4.8% compared to 3.3% in Rural South while the proportion of single parent households with older children was 5.2% compared to 3.1% in Rural South.

Emerging groups

Between 1991 and 2021, the number of households with children increased by 1,583 households or 34.0%.

The largest changes in households with children in this area between 1991 and 2021 were:

  • Single parents with older children (+569 households)
  • Couples with older children (+544 households)
  • Couples with mixed-age children (+262 households)
  • Single parents with mixed-age children (+185 households)

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