Basalt is a quiet locality in Queensland within the Charters Towers local government area (postcode 4820). With a population of 215, the suburb has an older-leaning population with a median age of 45. Households earn a median income of $72K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.5% year-on-year at the LGA level. QLD employment has moved +1.4% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. QLD also had 35 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 16 underway, and 30 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, labourers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
The median weekly rent is $160 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,300.
The crime rate in the Charters Towers LGA is higher than average at 8,151 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, Population growth of +0.5% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.