Crosslands

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 425 people in Crosslands of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Crosslands was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.1% of the population.

Of people in Crosslands aged 15 years and over, 62.7% were married and 11.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Crosslands was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Crosslands, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Crosslands was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Crosslands 29.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.4% were in primary school, 17.6% in secondary school and 17.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Crosslands were English 34.5%, Australian 34.1%, Irish 9.6%, Scottish 6.5% and Cypriot 1.3%.

In Crosslands, 86.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.7%, Ireland 0.7%, New Zealand 0.7%, Northern Ireland 0.7% and Philippines 0.7%.

In Crosslands, 79.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Crosslands were Anglican 31.8%, Catholic 20.9%, No Religion 19.1%, Uniting Church 11.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.8%.

In Crosslands 93.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Afrikaans 0.7%, Spanish 0.7% and Filipino 0.7%.

Employment

There were 180 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Crosslands. Of these 57.2% were employed full time, 30.0% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Crosslands, 9.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Crosslands was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Crosslands included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.5%, Professionals 18.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.6%, Sales Workers 13.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.9%, Managers 7.1% and Labourers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Crosslands, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.5%, Automotive Repair and Maintenance 4.7%, Real Estate Services 3.6%, Forestry and Logging 3.0% and Other Transport Equipment Manufacturing 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Crosslands was $538.

In Crosslands, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 70.8%, Car, as passenger 2.3%, Train 1.8% and Walked only 1.8%. On the day, 1.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Crosslands, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.4% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.9% 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 Crosslands, 26.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Crosslands, 40.0% were couple families with children, 46.2% were couple families without children and 11.5% were one parent families.

In Crosslands 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Crosslands, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,840 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Crosslands, of couple families with children, 18.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 22.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Crosslands, 92.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Crosslands, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Crosslands, of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 2.0% had 2 bedrooms and 38.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Crosslands, 35.8% were owned outright, 39.2% were owned with a mortgage and 22.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Crosslands, of all households, 86.5% were family households, 13.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Crosslands, 19.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.6% 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 Crosslands, 35.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Crosslands, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Crosslands, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Crosslands, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $330 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.