Cross Roads SA 5558
154 addresses · 9 streets
Grey Electorate › Copper Coast LGA › Cross Roads · 132 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Cross Roads is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 155 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $825 a week, with median rent near $225 a week. Most homes are houses. About 93% of households own their home and 7% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Moonta statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Cross Roads itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
4 cafés & restaurants
1 supermarket
1 post office
1 service station
2 golf clubs
2 bakeries
1 butcher
1 hardware store
1 beauty salon
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 3.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 3.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 3.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 12.5% · Labour-force participation 31.7%
Population by age in Cross Roads
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 21 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 16 |
| 35-44 | 21 |
| 45-54 | 29 |
| 55-64 | 20 |
| 65-74 | 15 |
| 75-84 | 13 |
| 85+ | 9 |
Dwelling types in Cross Roads
| House | 54 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Cross Roads
| <$650 | 19 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 20 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Cross Roads
| English | 77 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 35 |
| Ancestry NS | 35 |
| Scottish | 19 |
| Aboriginal | 12 |
| German | 12 |
Housing tenure in Cross Roads
| Owned | 28 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 27 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Cross Roads
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 27 |
| 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Cross Roads
| Car | 27 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Cross Roads
| England | 6 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,734 bird observations recorded near Cross Roads — most often seen:
- Common Starling (107)
- Rock Dove (103)
- House Sparrow (83)
- Silver Gull (83)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (79)
- Crested Pigeon (67)
- Pacific Gull (66)
- Red Wattlebird (66)
- Welcome Swallow (65)
- Eurasian Blackbird (64)
- Singing Honeyeater (61)
- Magpie-lark (57)
- Australian Magpie (56)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Cross Roads
- Galah (53)
- Pied Cormorant (51)
- Sooty Oystercatcher (51)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (51)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (51)
- Crested Tern (50)
- Red-capped Plover (50)
- White-browed Babbler (47)
- Willie Wagtail (47)
- Little Pied Cormorant (44)
- Australian Pelican (42)
- Nankeen Kestrel (41)
- Western Red Wattlebird (41)
- Giinbaywarraymal (40)
- South-eastern Singing Honeyeater (40)
- Little Raven (39)
- White-faced Heron (39)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Cross Roads:
- Yelta (0.5 km)
- North Yelta (1.5 km)
- North Moonta (1.7 km)
- Moonta Mines (1.9 km)
- Moonta (1.9 km)
- Paramatta (2.1 km)
- East Moonta (2.6 km)
- Hamley (2.6 km)
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Streets
- Angove Lane (6)
- Kadina Road (8)
- Mines Road (41)
- Muddy Lane (4)
- Osborn Lane (19)
- Pedler Lane (3)
- Poona Road (8)
- Ryan Road (7)
- Spencer Highway (58)
