Suburb profile
The Basin VIC 3154
The Basin is located in the Outer East Melbourne region of Victoria, postcode 3154. It has 2,006 properties across 66 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in The Basin, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About The Basin
The Basin, VIC 3154, sits in Outer East Melbourne and neighbours Montrose, Boronia, Ferny Creek and Kilsyth. Its 66 streets hold 2,006 properties, 1,788 of them houses and 218 units.
At the census The Basin had 4,345 residents, a median age of 39 and an average household of 2.7 people. Median household income was $2,049 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,950 a month and the median rent $366 a week. Of 1,512 dwellings, 1,458 were separate houses, 47 semi-detached, 3 flats and 4 other; 551 were owned outright, 797 owned with a mortgage and 146 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in The Basin
- 4,345Peoplelive in the area
- 39Median ageyears
- $2,049Median household incomea week
- $366Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses1,458
- Townhouses and semis47
- Flats and apartments3
- Other4
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,950a month
- Household size2.7people on average
How homes are held
Schools in The Basin
Fernbrook School
IndependentPrimary and secondary
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School
CatholicPrimary
The Basin Primary School
GovernmentPrimary
Fernbrook School
IndependentPrimary and secondary
Streets in The Basin
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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.
School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.