Basalt

11.6% of Basalt's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

50 family households lived in Basalt; 48.0% were couple families and 8.0% were one-parent families.

30.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Basalt had 215 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.9% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 77.5% of occupied private dwellings in Basalt.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

63.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

22.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

14.3% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Basalt had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 29.7% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 35.1%, while 29.7% had four or more usual residents.

50.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

21.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 20.5% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 20.9% of the total.

70.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.1% reported a different address.

3.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

79.1% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

3.3% of Basalt's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 96.7% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 79.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 31.2% of ancestry responses in Basalt.

Australian ancestry made up 44.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

7.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 50.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 2.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.2%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

46.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 9.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

50.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.5% reported asthma, 6.5% arthritis and 2.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 5.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.2%.

Median household income was $1,375 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $160 per week.

Working from home was 50.9% in Basalt, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 63.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 14.3% in Basalt, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.