Crossroads

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 423 people in Crossroads of these 61.5% were male and 38.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Crossroads was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.2% of the population.

Of people in Crossroads aged 15 years and over, 55.1% were married and 10.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Crossroads was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Crossroads, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Crossroads was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Crossroads 24.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.0% were in primary school, 17.4% in secondary school and 13.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Crossroads were Australian 33.0%, English 29.4%, Irish 9.1%, Scottish 8.3% and German 4.5%.

In Crossroads, 82.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.1%, New Zealand 1.4%, Azerbaijan 0.9%, India 0.9% and Egypt 0.7%.

In Crossroads, 79.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Crossroads were Catholic 20.2%, Anglican 20.0%, No Religion 13.8%, Uniting Church 9.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.0%.

In Crossroads 89.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Gujarati 1.2%, Spanish 1.0% and Arabic 1.0%.

Employment

There were 257 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Crossroads. Of these 70.0% were employed full time, 19.8% were employed part-time and 1.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Crossroads, 5.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 68.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Crossroads was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Crossroads included Managers 27.1%, Labourers 16.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.1%, Professionals 8.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 3.9% and Sales Workers 3.9%.

Of the employed people in Crossroads, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 25.6%, Oil and Gas Extraction 7.1%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 5.9%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 4.3% and Hospitals 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Crossroads was $806.

In Crossroads, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 43.5%, Walked only 8.6%, Car, as passenger 7.1%, Other 3.5% and Bus 2.7%. On the day, 3.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 52.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Crossroads, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.9% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.3% 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 Crossroads, 20.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Crossroads, 43.8% were couple families with children, 48.3% were couple families without children and 7.9% were one parent families.

In Crossroads 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Crossroads, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,312 and those without children was $1,708.

Employment status of couple families

In Crossroads, of couple families with children, 32.9% had both partners employed full-time, 8.5% had both employed part-time and 23.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Crossroads, 84.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Crossroads, 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 Crossroads, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 15.7% had 2 bedrooms and 43.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Crossroads, 51.7% were owned outright, 19.8% were owned with a mortgage and 19.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Crossroads, of all households, 78.4% were family households, 18.1% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Crossroads, 25.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.0% 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 Crossroads, 20.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Crossroads, there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 31.2%) were male and 11 (or 68.8%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Crossroads, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $933.

In Crossroads, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.