What to know about Shepparton
- Shepparton - Mooroopna counted 53,841 people at the 2021 Census, and its median age was 38.Source: ABS 2021 Census QuickStats
- Of employed people in the Shepparton - Mooroopna urban area, 69.9% made the trip to work as a car driver at the 2021 Census.Source: ABS 2021 Census QuickStats
- By our count, about 25.7% of people in the Shepparton - Mooroopna urban area were aged 20 to 39 in 2021.Source: ABS 2021 Census QuickStats
- A council news item of 27 August 2026 listed free gym assessments at Aquamoves on Tom Collins Drive for young people aged 14 to 18, and come-and-try gym sessions for those aged 16 to 18.Source: Greater Shepparton City Council
- As reported by the council in 2017, Aquamoves is a council-managed health and fitness facility that opened in 1997 and ran over 90 group fitness sessions each week.Source: Greater Shepparton City Council (archived 2017 release)
- In 2017 the council reported that the priorities from the 2005 Aquamoves master plan consultation, including a bigger gym and bigger group fitness studios, had all been addressed.Source: Greater Shepparton City Council (archived 2017 release)
Aquamoves, the council's own
Aquamoves sits on Tom Collins Drive, Shepparton. In a 2017 release, now archived, the council described it as a council-managed health and fitness facility, 20 years after it opened in 1997, running over 90 group fitness sessions a week (Greater Shepparton City Council, 2017). Another 2017 release said the 2005 master plan priorities, including expanding the gym and building bigger group fitness studios, had all been addressed (council release, 2017). Those numbers are from 2017. Ask for this year's timetable and walk the gym yourself. If you want gym and classes in one place, ask how today's timetable splits between them.
Teenagers starting out
For a national activity campaign, the council's 27 August 2026 news item listed free gym assessments at Aquamoves for young people aged 14 to 18, and come-and-try gym sessions for those aged 16 to 18 (Greater Shepparton City Council). If a teenager in your house wants to keep going, ask each gym:
- What is your minimum age?
- Does a parent need to sign?
- Who supervises the first sessions?
- Is there a junior or student membership, and what are its terms?
A short drive in most directions
It is a market of 53,841 people (2021 Census), and 69.9% of employed people made the trip to work as a car driver. About 25.7% were 20 to 39, by our count. Choose by opening hours and parking first. Then compare the floor. Work shifts? Ask for the opening hours in writing, public holidays included.
Watch the rollover
One unfair term Consumer Affairs Victoria has pushed health and fitness centres to drop or modify is the membership that renews automatically without a chance to cancel at the conclusion of the minimum term (Consumer Affairs Victoria). Ask the gym to show you, in the agreement, what happens when your term ends. Get the cancellation steps in writing when you join, not on the day you want to leave.
Questions sorted? Use the form. InterFit, an independent referral service, passes it to one Shepparton gym or studio, which may pay for being referred.
Shepparton and Mooroopna questions
Does Mooroopna count, or only Shepparton?
Mooroopna counts. It sits inside the same ABS urban area as Shepparton, and a gym or studio that serves it can take your referral.
Can a 16-year-old join a gym?
That depends on the gym. Ask about its minimum age and whether a parent signs the agreement.