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Basalt QLD 4820

111 addresses · 33 streets

Kennedy Electorate › Charters Towers LGA › Basalt · 1136 km from Brisbane

Living Here

Basalt is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 215 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week, with median rent near $160 a week. Most homes are houses. About 65% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

215Population
45Median age
$1,375Median household income / wk
$160Median rent / wk
2.5Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Dalrymple statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Basalt itself.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 7/10
Economic resources6/10
Education & jobs6/10

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: 16.2% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Basalt

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Basalt QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202016.2%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202154.6%

Demographics

Population by age in Basalt
Population by age, Basalt QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-411
5-1414
15-1915
20-2418
25-3428
35-4428
45-5436
55-6434
65-7426
75-8415
85+0
Dwelling types in Basalt
Dwelling types, Basalt QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House55
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other12
Households by weekly income in Basalt
Households by weekly income, Basalt QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65011
$650-1,49914
$1,500-2,99915
$3,000+7
Top ancestries in Basalt
Top ancestries, Basalt QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian95
English67
Ancestry NS43
Scottish26
Irish24
German16
Housing tenure in Basalt
Housing tenure, Basalt QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned31
Mortgage11
Rented7
Other16
Cars per household in Basalt
Cars per household, Basalt QLD (ABS Census 2021)
00
114
217
310
4+20
Commute to work in Basalt
Commute to work, Basalt QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car27
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked23
Bicycle0
Home57
Top countries of birth in Basalt
Top countries of birth, Basalt QLD (ABS Census 2021)
New Zealand4

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

30 bird observations recorded near Basalt — most often seen:

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Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.