Basin Pocket vs Moores Pocket

Basin Pocket is the younger of the two, with a median age of 37 against 65 in Moores Pocket. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Moores Pocket, most households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Basin Pocket: a median of $654,000, against $590,000 in Moores Pocket, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Basin Pocket tends to suit families with children, while Moores Pocket suits people living alone and older residents.

Which one suits you?

There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.

Families with school-age kids

They split

one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here

  • Basin Pocket is already more of a family suburb (48% vs 30%)
  • Moores Pocket carries lower crime risk (40/100 vs 62/100)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

They split

one each way, out of the 2 things we measure here

  • Basin Pocket leaves households under less mortgage stress (23% vs 36%)
  • Moores Pocket has cheaper houses ($590,000 vs $654,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Basin Pocket

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (36% vs 23%)
  • leaves renters under less rental stress (21% vs 27%)
  • But Moores Pocket has cheaper rent ($225/wk vs $275/wk)

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

Basin Pocket

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (71/100 vs 37/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Moores Pocket

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more residents already 65 and over (50% vs 15%)
  • carries lower crime risk (40/100 vs 62/100)
  • But Basin Pocket is more walkable (71/100 vs 37/100)

Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

Too close to call

Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Basin Pocket and Moores Pocket drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Basin Pocket Moores Pocket
Hides rows where both suburbs match

Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.

Side by side, out of 100

Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.

Basin Pocket Moores Pocket
Walkability 71 / 37
Basin Pocket — Walkability: 71/100 Moores Pocket — Walkability: 37/100
Safety 38 / 60
Basin Pocket — Safety: 38/100 Moores Pocket — Safety: 60/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Basin Pocket — Low fire risk: 100/100 Moores Pocket — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Moores Pocket skews older (65 vs 37); Basin Pocket has higher household incomes ($66,872 vs $43,108).

Basin Pocket Moores Pocket
Population 931
+17% vs other
 772
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +4.6% +4.9%
Median age 37 65
Median household income $66,872/yr
+36% vs other
 $43,108/yr
Median weekly rent $275/wk
+18% vs other
 $225/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Basin Pocket Moores Pocket
0-4 7.6% / 3.6%
Basin Pocket — 0-4: 7.6% Moores Pocket — 0-4: 3.6%
5-14 11.4% / 7.3%
Basin Pocket — 5-14: 11.4% Moores Pocket — 5-14: 7.3%
15-19 5.4% / 2.3%
Basin Pocket — 15-19: 5.4% Moores Pocket — 15-19: 2.3%
20-24 7.3% / 3.2%
Basin Pocket — 20-24: 7.3% Moores Pocket — 20-24: 3.2%
25-34 13.7% / 7.8%
Basin Pocket — 25-34: 13.7% Moores Pocket — 25-34: 7.8%
35-44 13.6% / 6.1%
Basin Pocket — 35-44: 13.6% Moores Pocket — 35-44: 6.1%
45-54 13.5% / 9.2%
Basin Pocket — 45-54: 13.5% Moores Pocket — 45-54: 9.2%
55-64 13.2% / 10.4%
Basin Pocket — 55-64: 13.2% Moores Pocket — 55-64: 10.4%
65-74 8.1% / 18.8%
Basin Pocket — 65-74: 8.1% Moores Pocket — 65-74: 18.8%
75-84 5.7% / 26.7%
Basin Pocket — 75-84: 5.7% Moores Pocket — 75-84: 26.7%
85+ 1.2% / 4.4%
Basin Pocket — 85+: 1.2% Moores Pocket — 85+: 4.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (26.7%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Basin Pocket 43.6% lone person
Basin Pocket — Lone Person: 43.6% Basin Pocket — Couple Families: 26.4% Basin Pocket — One Parent Families: 22.1% Basin Pocket — Group Household: 5.9% Basin Pocket — Other Families: 2.0%
Moores Pocket 66.4% lone person
Moores Pocket — Lone Person: 66.4% Moores Pocket — Couple Families: 20.7% Moores Pocket — One Parent Families: 9.5% Moores Pocket — Group Household: 3.4% Moores Pocket — Other Families: 0.0%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Basin Pocket 36.1% renting
Basin Pocket — Owned Outright: 28.6% Basin Pocket — Mortgage: 35.3% Basin Pocket — Renting: 36.1%
Moores Pocket 22.9% renting
Moores Pocket — Owned Outright: 56.5% Moores Pocket — Mortgage: 20.6% Moores Pocket — Renting: 22.9%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Basin Pocket Moores Pocket
Certificate III & IV 20.6% / 17.5%
Basin Pocket — Certificate III & IV: 20.6% Moores Pocket — Certificate III & IV: 17.5%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.9% / 7.8%
Basin Pocket — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.9% Moores Pocket — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.8%
Bachelor Degree 5.9% / 5.3%
Basin Pocket — Bachelor Degree: 5.9% Moores Pocket — Bachelor Degree: 5.3%
Postgraduate Degree 1.3% / 1.2%
Basin Pocket — Postgraduate Degree: 1.3% Moores Pocket — Postgraduate Degree: 1.2%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.4% / 0.9%
Basin Pocket — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.4% Moores Pocket — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.6%).

Where residents were born

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.

Basin Pocket Moores Pocket
New Zealand 4.4% / 6.0%
Basin Pocket — New Zealand: 4.4% Moores Pocket — New Zealand: 6.0%
England 1.9% / 6.1%
Basin Pocket — England: 1.9% Moores Pocket — England: 6.1%
Germany — / 1.2%
Basin Pocket — Germany: not among its largest Moores Pocket — Germany: 1.2%
Philippines 0.4% / 0.5%
Basin Pocket — Philippines: 0.4% Moores Pocket — Philippines: 0.5%
Netherlands — / 0.8%
Basin Pocket — Netherlands: not among its largest Moores Pocket — Netherlands: 0.8%
South Africa — / 0.6%
Basin Pocket — South Africa: not among its largest Moores Pocket — South Africa: 0.6%
India 0.5% / —
Basin Pocket — India: 0.5% Moores Pocket — India: not among its largest
Malaysia 0.4% / —
Basin Pocket — Malaysia: 0.4% Moores Pocket — Malaysia: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (6.1%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Basin Pocket 92.3% houses
Basin Pocket — Houses: 92.3% Basin Pocket — Townhouses: 5.6% Basin Pocket — Flats / Apartments: 2.1%
Moores Pocket 85.8% houses
Moores Pocket — Houses: 85.8% Moores Pocket — Townhouses: 13.4% Moores Pocket — Flats / Apartments: 0.8%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Basin Pocket Moores Pocket
Median house price $654,000 $590,000
Median unit price — $475,000
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) 14 days
from 3 sales
 —

House price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

Basin Pocket Moores Pocket
2 bed $536K / $580K
Basin Pocket — 2 bed: $536K (6 sales) Moores Pocket — 2 bed: $580K (5 sales)

6 vs 5 sales

3 bed $653K / $555K
Basin Pocket — 3 bed: $653K (33 sales) Moores Pocket — 3 bed: $555K (10 sales)

33 vs 10 sales

Development activity

Basin Pocket Moores Pocket
New dwellings approved 3,476
across Ipswich
same for both
Approvals change year on year -7%
same for both

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Basin Pocket Moores Pocket
Houses 4.3%
$550/wk on $670K
 —
Units —
same for both

Ranking within QLD

Basin Pocket Moores Pocket
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 33% of QLD Higher than 6% of QLD
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 93% of QLD Higher than 84% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 74% of QLD
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 97% of QLD Higher than 85% of QLD
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 67% of QLD —

Liveability

Basin Pocket is more walkable (71 vs 37).

Basin Pocket Moores Pocket
Grade B
same for both
Score 50/100 53/100
Socio-economic band high-need area
decile 1/10
 below-average income
decile 2/10

Risk profile

Basin Pocket carries more crime risk (62 vs 40).

Basin Pocket Moores Pocket
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Moderate
62/100
 Moderate
40/100
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 1
within 5 km
 3
within 5 km

Schools

Basin Pocket Moores Pocket
Inside the suburb 0
same for both
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Mobility

Basin Pocket Moores Pocket
Walkability score 71/100 37/100
Distance to Brisbane 39.2 km 40.9 km
+4% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 42 min 43 min
Public transport score 54/100
Bus
 34/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 15.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
 6.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
 2 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 0.7%
postcode 4305
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 55
postcode 4305
same for both

How people get to work

Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.

Basin Pocket Moores Pocket
Car (driver) 80.1% / 81.0%
Basin Pocket — Car (driver): 80.1% Moores Pocket — Car (driver): 81.0%
Worked from Home 8.3% / 10.9%
Basin Pocket — Worked from Home: 8.3% Moores Pocket — Worked from Home: 10.9%
Car (passenger) 7.4% / 6.0%
Basin Pocket — Car (passenger): 7.4% Moores Pocket — Car (passenger): 6.0%
Bus 1.5% / 2.2%
Basin Pocket — Bus: 1.5% Moores Pocket — Bus: 2.2%
Train 1.8% / —
Basin Pocket — Train: 1.8% Moores Pocket — Train: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (81.0%).

Setting

Basin Pocket Moores Pocket
Elevation 24 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 13 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 39.4 km 38.3 km

NBN connectivity

Basin Pocket Moores Pocket
Connectivity score 94/100 75/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises Fibre to the building
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 71%
478 premises
 19%
415 premises

Climate

Basin Pocket Moores Pocket
Annual rainfall —
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Basin Pocket Moores Pocket
PM2.5 6.8 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 20.4 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.64 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Basin Pocket Moores Pocket
Average residential rate $1,713/yr
same for both
Council Ipswich
same for both

Federal electorate

Basin Pocket Moores Pocket
Division Blair
same for both
Member Shayne Neumann
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Basin Pocket Moores Pocket
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Basin Pocket

Affordable Large Blocks Outer River

Moores Pocket

Affordable Large Blocks Outer Retirees

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