Basin Pocket flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Basin Pocket
(Ipswich City, QLD) - 0.64 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
0.64 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Basin Pocket's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Basin Pocket properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 482 Basin Pocket properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 482 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Basin Pocket.
Basin Pocket flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 482 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Basin Pocket; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Recorded historical flood mapping
233 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.
- Historic Flood 1974: 233
- Historic Flood 2011: 160
Source: Ipswich City Council flood mapping, aggregated by LayeredGeo. Categories are only shown where at least five analysed properties share them. An address-level check is still required to determine whether a particular lot is mapped.
Basin Pocket at a glance
Schools in and near Basin Pocket
Public school-location data shows availability across the suburb. These figures do not rate schools and do not assign a particular address to a catchment.
Inside the suburb boundary
0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: 0.28 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 0.77 km from the suburb boundary
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time; use the official catchment finder for a specific address.
How Basin Pocket is zoned
Selling in Basin Pocket? The lot-level zone is the zoning Part 3 of Queensland's Form 2 seller disclosure statement asks for - see our Form 2 planning data guide.
Across its 0.64 km², Basin Pocket is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 100% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. The dominant land-use zone is Low density residential. The terrain is largely flat, and the median lot measures about 809 m² across 459 parcels.
Who lives in Basin Pocket
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Basin Pocket suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.
Socio-economic standing
ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.
Score 879, and decile 2 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Basin Pocket's 931 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Ipswich - East, the wider ABS statistical area containing Basin Pocket. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Basin Pocket itself.
16,311 in 2001 to 19,056 in 2025, up 17%.
Source: ABS Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (Suburbs and Localities), Regional Population (SA2), CC BY 4.0. Small counts are randomly adjusted by the ABS.
Basin Pocket property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Ipswich - East, the wider statistical area containing Basin Pocket. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 452 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 62 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Source: Queensland Government Statistician's Office (QGSO). View the source profile. The same SA2 figure can appear on several suburb pages within that statistical area.
Basin Pocket data sources and coverage
“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.
| Dataset | Coverage | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Flood mapping | Mapped | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data |
| Bushfire-prone mapping | Mapped | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data |
| Zoning | Mapped | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data |
| Heritage and environment | Mapped where published | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data |
| Aircraft noise contours (ANEF) | Not held | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data, Defence |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
| School availability | Available | Queensland Government |
| Market statistics | Available at SA2 level | Queensland Government Statistician's Office (QGSO) |
Profile last materially updated 19 September 2026. See the methodology and full source list. Source data changes over time and critical decisions should be checked with the responsible authority.
Check a specific Basin Pocket address
See exactly which overlays touch a single property - the interactive map is free. Need it on paper? A full planning PDF is just $9.
Published flood models are held over parts of Basin Pocket. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$9 with the planning report.
The Terrain Report shows the fall of the block - contours, cross sections and a 3D model of the lot (+$9 with the planning report).
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Basin Pocket lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Basin Pocket planning - frequently asked
Is Basin Pocket flood-prone?
About 100% of Basin Pocket falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 44%. Across the suburb, 100% of the 482 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 133 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Basin Pocket bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Basin Pocket and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Ipswich City average is 51%).
What is the zoning in Basin Pocket?
The dominant planning zone in Basin Pocket is Low density residential, though the suburb also includes Environmental management and Recreation and open space.
Does Basin Pocket have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Basin Pocket.
Is Basin Pocket hilly or flat?
Basin Pocket is largely flat: the median ground slope is about 3%, and 9% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 10 m to 23 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Basin Pocket?
Across 459 surveyed parcels in Basin Pocket, the median lot size is about 809 m². There are also 5 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Basin Pocket have a train station?
There is no train station inside Basin Pocket itself. The suburb is served by 15 bus stops.
What is the population of Basin Pocket?
At the 2021 Census Basin Pocket had 931 usual residents, with a median age of 37 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Ipswich - East statistical area, which contains Basin Pocket, went from 16,311 people in 2001 to 19,056 in 2025, up 17%.
Is Basin Pocket an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Basin Pocket scores 879 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Basin Pocket?
Median household income in Basin Pocket was $1,286 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,643 for the typical suburb in Ipswich City. Median rent was $275 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,259 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Ipswich | 0.8 km | 94% | <1% |
| North Ipswich | 1.2 km | 60% | 20% |
| Moores Pocket | 1.3 km | 100% | 9% |
| Woodend | 1.7 km | 80% | 13% |
| Tivoli | 1.8 km | 72% | 76% |
| Newtown | 1.8 km | 43% | 0% |
| North Booval | 1.8 km | 100% | 25% |
| Ipswich | 2.6 km | 60% | 7% |
| Booval | 2.6 km | 70% | 0% |
| Coalfalls | 2.7 km | 74% | 27% |