Southern Cross (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 762 people in Southern Cross (L) of these 53.5% were male and 46.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Southern Cross (L) was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.7% of the population.

Of people in Southern Cross (L) aged 15 years and over, 48.3% were married and 14.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Southern Cross (L) was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Southern Cross (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 47.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Southern Cross (L) was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Southern Cross (L) 31.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.7% were in primary school, 8.2% in secondary school and 8.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Southern Cross (L) were Australian 29.7%, English 28.4%, Italian 8.1%, Scottish 7.5% and Irish 6.9%.

In Southern Cross (L), 77.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.2%, England 2.4%, Philippines 0.9%, Zimbabwe 0.8% and Scotland 0.7%.

In Southern Cross (L), 64.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Southern Cross (L) were Catholic 29.3%, No Religion 28.7%, Anglican 20.2%, Uniting Church 3.1% and Christian, nfd 2.2%.

In Southern Cross (L) 87.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Filipino 1.3%, Shona 0.9%, Italian 0.4% and Sindhi 0.4%.

Employment

There were 367 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Southern Cross (L). Of these 65.7% were employed full time, 22.1% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Southern Cross (L), 7.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 59.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Southern Cross (L) was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Southern Cross (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 23.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 17.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Managers 11.0%, Labourers 10.7%, Professionals 9.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.2% and Sales Workers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Southern Cross (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 11.3%, School Education 9.2%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 6.9%, Local Government Administration 6.6% and Accommodation 4.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Southern Cross (L) was $697.

In Southern Cross (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.8%, Walked only 12.1%, Car, as passenger 6.6%, Bus 3.5% and Truck 1.7%. On the day, 3.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Southern Cross (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 65.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.1% provided care for children and 6.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.4% 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 Southern Cross (L), 26.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Southern Cross (L), 45.5% were couple families with children, 37.0% were couple families without children and 17.5% were one parent families.

In Southern Cross (L) 23.5% of single parents were male and 76.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Southern Cross (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,718 and those without children was $2,324.

Employment status of couple families

In Southern Cross (L), of couple families with children, 24.5% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 22.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Southern Cross (L), 77.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Southern Cross (L), 84.3% were separate houses, 12.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.1% were other dwellings.

In Southern Cross (L), of occupied private dwellings 6.0% had 1 bedroom, 8.2% had 2 bedrooms and 53.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Southern Cross (L), 28.1% were owned outright, 27.8% were owned with a mortgage and 39.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Southern Cross (L), of all households, 67.0% were family households, 31.5% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Southern Cross (L), 26.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.3% 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 Southern Cross (L), 38.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Southern Cross (L), there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 50.0%) were male and 8 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 55 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 Southern Cross (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,341.

In Southern Cross (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $4,897.