Basin View NSW 2540
824 addresses · 26 streets
Gilmore Electorate › Shoalhaven LGA › Basin View · 148 km from Sydney
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Living Here
Basin View is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,583 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,244 a week, with median rent near $360 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the St Georges Basin - Erowal Bay statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Basin View itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
1 post office
1 service station
2 golf clubs
Getting around. Airport: HMAS Albatross, 16.6 km north.
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: 72.7% 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 | 72.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 88.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5% · Labour-force participation 51.2%
Population by age in Basin View
| 0-4 | 70 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 187 |
| 15-19 | 89 |
| 20-24 | 62 |
| 25-34 | 167 |
| 35-44 | 146 |
| 45-54 | 200 |
| 55-64 | 245 |
| 65-74 | 211 |
| 75-84 | 139 |
| 85+ | 57 |
Dwelling types in Basin View
| House | 573 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 26 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Basin View
| <$650 | 111 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 211 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 187 |
| $3,000+ | 54 |
Top ancestries in Basin View
| Australian | 695 |
|---|---|
| English | 679 |
| Irish | 173 |
| Scottish | 170 |
| Aboriginal | 113 |
| Other | 109 |
Housing tenure in Basin View
| Owned | 233 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 234 |
| Rented | 112 |
| Other | 13 |
Cars per household in Basin View
| 0 | 17 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 193 |
| 2 | 238 |
| 3 | 96 |
| 4+ | 55 |
Commute to work in Basin View
| Car | 465 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 10 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 61 |
Top countries of birth in Basin View
| England | 61 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 25 |
| Germany | 9 |
| Philippines | 8 |
| Scotland | 7 |
| Wales | 4 |
Languages used at home in Basin View
| German | 15 |
|---|---|
| Australian Indigenous | 6 |
| Japanese | 6 |
| Mandarin | 4 |
| Italian | 4 |
| Filipino | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
6,415 bird observations recorded near Basin View — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (511)
- South-eastern Glossy Black-cockatoo (477)
- Laughing Kookaburra (340)
- Red Wattlebird (303)
- Crimson Rosella (301)
- Australian Magpie (280)
- Masked Lapwing (270)
- Common Bronzewing (239)
- Magpie-lark (235)
- Pied Currawong (227)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (210)
- Australian King-parrot (205)
- Eastern Spinebill (202)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Basin View
- Australian Wood Duck (188)
- Australian Pelican (186)
- Superb Fairy-wren (182)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (175)
- Australian Raven (165)
- White-throated Treecreeper (162)
- Brown Thornbill (158)
- Grey Butcherbird (153)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (147)
- Galah (145)
- Spotted Pardalote (141)
- White-faced Heron (141)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (137)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (137)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (134)
- Chestnut Teal (132)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (132)
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 Basin View:
- St Georges Basin (3 km)
- Bewong (3 km)
- Tomerong (4.7 km)
- Tullarwalla (5.2 km)
- Wandandian (5.4 km)
- Sanctuary Point (5.8 km)
- Worrowing Heights (7.4 km)
- Sussex Inlet (7.8 km)
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Streets
- Atherton Street (7)
- Audrey Avenue (34)
- Basin View Parade (137)
- Bellabimbi Way (5)
- Boathaven Avenue (9)
- Brompton Road (5)
- Carol Avenue (5)
- Clarendon Crescent (19)
- Collingwood Street (1)
- Dorothy Avenue (34)
- Elanora Parade (38)
- Grange Road (1)
- Harper Road (4)
- Harriss Avenue (35)
- John Street (53)
- June Avenue (31)
- Mathie Street (11)
- Princes Highway (2)
- Reserve Road (47)
- Riverside Esplanade S (26)
- Tallyan Point Road (152)
- The Wool Road (83)
- Valda Avenue (4)
- Waterpark Road (12)
- Watersedge Avenue (36)
- Winn Avenue (33)
