Southern Cross
WA 6426 · Yilgarn
572 (2021) → 571 est. (2025) · Declining
Based on transport, liveability & education. Safety is scored separately below.
Southern Cross is a declining suburb in Yilgarn, WA 6426, about 339km from Perth CBD. Recent property sales in Southern Cross are too limited to report a reliable median price. The suburb has 2 schools, a transport score of 64/100, and is about 305km inland. Southern Cross has an overall score of 40/100, based on transport, liveability and education, plus a separate residential safety score of 5/100.
Demographics
Age distribution
Housing tenure
- Owned
- Mortgage
- Rented
Commute to work
- Car
- Public transport
- Walk/cycle
- Work from home
Top countries of birth: New Zealand (6.29%), England (2.62%), Philippines (2.27%), India (1.75%), Ireland (0.87%)
Top languages: Filipino (1.75%), Mandarin (1.57%), Italian (1.05%), Malayalam (0.87%)
Source: ABS Census 2021
Residential Safety
Small population (under 3,000) — crime rates may be volatile due to low sample size.
WAdoesn't publish crime data at the suburb level. The rates shown are the police-region average applied to this suburb, so other suburbs in the same region share the same figures.
Visitor / tourist hub. This suburb attracts significant visitor and tourist traffic. Crime figures are recorded by incident location and include offences involving visitors, not just residents, so the per-resident rates below may overstate the risk for people living here.
Recorded residential incidents (latest year), with rate per 100,000 residents:
Residential incidents over time
Sum of the five residential categories above — not all recorded crime.
Area crime context
These totals are recorded by incident location and include offences involving the suburb's many visitors, not just residents.
An independent score — crime data quality varies by state, so safety is shown separately and is not part of the overall score.
Source: WA Police (regional aggregate) · Updated 2025
Schools
Average ICSEA of schools within 10km 928 (below the national average of 1000).
In suburb
- St Joseph's SchoolPrimary · CatholicICSEA 947
- Southern Cross District High SchoolCombined · GovernmentICSEA 910
Source: ACARA 2023
Transport
Source: TfNSW GTFS
Liveability
Amenities within 2–3km
Counted within a short distance of the suburb centre (so nearby facilities count), with the in-boundary count shown beneath.
Source: Bureau of Meteorology · OpenStreetMap
Population & Growth
DecliningSource: ABS ERP & NSW DPHI
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Frequently asked questions about Southern Cross
Is Southern Cross safe?
Southern Cross has a residential safety score of 5/100, based on residential crime (break-ins, theft from dwellings, vehicle theft, domestic assault and robbery) per resident relative to the NSW median. Its total recorded incident rate is 84,294 per 100,000 across all categories.
How far is Southern Cross from Perth CBD?
Southern Cross is about 339.3 km from Perth CBD.
What schools are in Southern Cross?
Southern Cross has 2 schools, with an average ICSEA of 929 (the national average is 1000). Schools are listed factually, not ranked.
What is public transport like in Southern Cross?
Southern Cross has a transport score of 64/100, including 2 train stations.