Basin Pocket
QLD 4305 · Ipswich
931 (2021) → 968 est. (2025)
Based on transport, liveability & education. Safety is scored separately below.
Basin Pocket is a suburb in Ipswich, QLD 4305, about 29km from Brisbane CBD. Recent property sales in Basin Pocket are too limited to report a reliable median price. The suburb has no schools recorded, a transport score of 76/100, and is about 43km inland. Basin Pocket has an overall score of 72/100, based on transport, liveability and education, plus a separate residential safety score of 80/100.
Demographics
Age distribution
Housing tenure
- Owned
- Mortgage
- Rented
Commute to work
- Car
- Public transport
- Walk/cycle
- Work from home
Top countries of birth: New Zealand (4.4%), England (1.93%), Samoa (0.64%), India (0.54%), Malaysia (0.43%)
Top languages: Samoan (0.64%), Serbian (0.43%), Hindi (0.32%)
Source: ABS Census 2021
Residential Safety
Small population (under 3,000) — crime rates may be volatile due to low sample size.
QLDdoesn't publish crime data at the suburb level. The rates shown are the Ipswich local-government-area average applied to this suburb, so other suburbs in the same LGA share the same figures.
Recorded residential incidents (latest year), with rate per 100,000 residents:
Residential incidents over time
Sum of the five residential categories above — not all recorded crime.
Area crime context
An independent score — crime data quality varies by state, so safety is shown separately and is not part of the overall score.
Source: Queensland Police Service (LGA-level) · Updated 2025
Schools
Average ICSEA of schools within 10km 973 (below the national average of 1000).
No schools inside the suburb boundary — the schools below are in adjoining suburbs (counted within 10km for the education score).
Nearby (within 10km)
- Ipswich North State SchoolPrimary · Government · 0.7kmICSEA 906
- Ipswich East State SchoolPrimary · Government · 1kmICSEA 906
- Australian Industry Trade College - IpswichSecondary · Independent · 1.2kmICSEA 1020
- Ipswich Girls' Grammar School including Ipswich Junior Grammar SchoolCombined · Independent · 1.4kmICSEA 1120
- Ipswich Special SchoolCombined · Government · 1.5kmICSEA 964
- Ipswich Flexible Learning CentreSecondary · Catholic · 1.6kmICSEA 855
- St Joseph's SchoolPrimary · Catholic · 1.7kmICSEA 1026
- St Mary's Primary SchoolPrimary · Catholic · 1.8kmICSEA 1046
- St Mary's CollegeSecondary · Catholic · 1.8kmICSEA 1034
- St Edmund's CollegeSecondary · Catholic · 1.9kmICSEA 1040
- Tivoli State SchoolPrimary · Government · 2kmICSEA 909
- YMCA Vocational School - Ipswich - Limestone St CampusSecondary · Independent · 2.1km
Source: ACARA 2023
Transport
Source: TfNSW GTFS
Liveability
Amenities within 2–3km
Counted within a short distance of the suburb centre (so nearby facilities count), with the in-boundary count shown beneath.
Source: Bureau of Meteorology · OpenStreetMap
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Frequently asked questions about Basin Pocket
Is Basin Pocket safe?
Basin Pocket has a residential safety score of 80/100, based on residential crime (break-ins, theft from dwellings, vehicle theft, domestic assault and robbery) per resident relative to the NSW median. Its total recorded incident rate is 6,948 per 100,000 across all categories.
How far is Basin Pocket from Brisbane CBD?
Basin Pocket is about 29.0 km from Brisbane CBD, an estimated 99 minutes by public transport.
What schools are in Basin Pocket?
Basin Pocket has 0 schools. Schools are listed factually, not ranked.
What is public transport like in Basin Pocket?
Basin Pocket has a transport score of 76/100 and 15 bus stops.