Southern Cross

15.7% of Southern Cross's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

136 family households lived in Southern Cross; 27.2% were couple families and 14.0% were one-parent families.

28.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Southern Cross had 572 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 92.0% of occupied private dwellings in Southern Cross.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

38.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

24.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

37.5% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Southern Cross had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 42.8% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 33.9%, while 12.8% had four or more usual residents.

1.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

61.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 12.0% walked or cycled.

6.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 38.0% of the total.

56.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.6% reported a different address.

18.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

82.7% of residents used only English at home.

7.7% used a language other than English at home.

1.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

18.2% of Southern Cross's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.8% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

1.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 81.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.7% of ancestry responses in Southern Cross.

Australian ancestry made up 34.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

5.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Managers accounted for 17.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 6.5% of workers, and education and training employed 6.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.8%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

36.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.2%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

53.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.5% reported asthma, 12.9% arthritis and 7.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.4%.

Median household income was $1,244 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $769.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $150 per week.

Working from home was 1.5% in Southern Cross, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 38.4% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 37.5% in Southern Cross, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.