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Housing
the basin (vic.)
Victoria · Census 2021
$893k
+1.7% yr · median house · Dec 2025
The Basin (Vic.) is a leafy residential suburb of Knox.
Median house price
People
Population
4,497
Median age
40 yrs
Income / person / wk
$814
Household income / wk
$2,019
Housing
Median rent / wk
$365
Mortgage / month
$1,950
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 55%
- Top language at home
- German · 1%
- No religion
- 55%
- Born overseas
- 18%
- English only at home
- 91%
Local amenities
Amenity score
31/100
Schools
3
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
1
Parks
11
Libraries
0
GP clinics
1
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
2.3 km
Nearest train
3.2 km
Nearest hospital
4.5 km
Distance to coast
27 km
NBN
Fixed Line
Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
1
Catholic
1
Independent
0
Primary
2
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
2.8 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Knox
- Council population
- 153,454
- Council area
- 114 km²
- Density
- 1,347/km²
- Federal grants
- $9.36M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $61/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $1,732
- Operating result
- +2.4%
- Asset renewal
- 184%
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Financials: VIC Local Government Performance Reporting 2024-25, Local Government Victoria. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Aston
- Federal MP
- Mary Doyle (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 53% 2PP
- State electorate
- Monbulk
- State MP
- Daniela De Martino (ALP)
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