Suburb profile
Basalt VIC 3460
Basalt is located in the Ballarat region of Victoria, postcode 3460. It has 16 properties across 3 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Basalt, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Basalt
Basalt, VIC 3460, sits in the Ballarat region and neighbours Daylesford, Hepburn, Kooroocheang and Shepherds Flat. Its 3 streets hold 16 properties, all 16 of them houses.
Census figures are for the Daylesford area. At the 2021 Census it had 9,955 residents, a median age of 53 and an average household of 2.1 people. Median household income was $1,343 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,600 a month and the median rent $330 a week. Of 4,157 dwellings, 3,953 were separate houses, 157 semi-detached, 8 flats and 28 other; 2,037 were owned outright, 1,343 owned with a mortgage and 611 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Basalt
- 9,955Peoplelive in the area
- 53Median ageyears
- $1,343Median household incomea week
- $330Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses3,953
- Townhouses and semis157
- Flats and apartments8
- Other28
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,600a month
- Household size2.1people on average
How homes are held
Streets in Basalt
Neighbouring suburbs
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Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.