Southern Cross

20.3% of Southern Cross's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

40 family households lived in Southern Cross; 32.5% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

40.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Southern Cross had 128 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.4% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 89.4% of occupied private dwellings in Southern Cross.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

56.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

36.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

6.8% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Southern Cross had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 21.4% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 45.2%, while 7.1% had four or more usual residents.

20.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

54.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 22.7% of the total.

75.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

66.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 33.9% reported a different address.

3.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

93.8% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

3.1% of Southern Cross's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 96.9% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 48.4% of ancestry responses in Southern Cross.

Australian ancestry made up 45.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

11.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 19.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.0% of workers, and education and training employed 9.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.6%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

29.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 26.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.6%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

57.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.0% reported asthma, 10.9% arthritis and 7.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.2%.

Median household income was $1,562 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 20.6% in Southern Cross, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 56.8% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 6.8% in Southern Cross, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..