The Basin

19.3% of The Basin's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

1,250 family households lived in The Basin; 48.6% were couple families and 14.2% were one-parent families.

39.2% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Melbourne.

The Basin had 4,497 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 94.6% of occupied private dwellings in The Basin.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.2% of occupied private dwellings.

36.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

52.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

10.5% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

The average household in The Basin had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 19.5% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 33.3%, while 30.6% had four or more usual residents.

22.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

55.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% walked or cycled.

2.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 23.4% of the total.

73.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

73.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 26.7% reported a different address.

17.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

87.9% of residents used only English at home.

8.2% used a language other than English at home.

1.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

17.0% of The Basin's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.0% was born in Australia.

0.8% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.3% of ancestry responses in The Basin.

Australian ancestry made up 38.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.1% of responses.

19.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 13.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.1% of workers, and education and training employed 9.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 66.4%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

36.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.8%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

57.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.2% reported asthma, 9.0% arthritis and 4.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.2%.

Median household income was $2,019 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,950.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $365 per week.

Working from home was 22.2% in The Basin, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 36.7% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 10.5% in The Basin, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.