Basalt, QLD 4820
Charters Towers Regional CouncilAll suburbs in postcode 4820
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What to know about Basalt
Basalt (4820) sits in the Charters Towers region of Queensland.
Daily life is car-dependent: most residents drive to work, school and the shops.
What it’s like to live here
Basalt scores 0/100 on walkability, which makes it car-dependent with limited public transport. Plan for two cars in a typical household, especially if work isn't local.
Summer days here average around 33°C (hot), winter mornings around 11°C (mild). Annual rainfall lands at about 603 mm. Figures are our 1991 to 2020 averages of SILO data for this location (Queensland Government, built from Bureau of Meteorology observations).
Location
Walkability
- Walk
- 0/100
- Transit
- 0/100
- Bike
- 0/100
Very car dependent. Scores out of 100, calculated from OpenStreetMap data (ODbL).
Walkability data as of May 2026· OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Crime and safety
4,112 offences recorded in 2026 across the Charters Towers Regional Council LGA
QLD Police publishes these figures only for the whole Charters Towers Regional Council, which may include suburbs with very different crime profiles. Quieter residential pockets likely have lower rates than the total suggests; busier areas may have higher.
Top offence categories
Source: State Police Open Data
Weather year-round
- Annual rainfall
- 603 mm
- Hottest month, avg max
- 33.7°C
- Coldest month, avg min
- 11.2°C
Rainfall by month
Our 1991 to 2020 averages of SILO data (Queensland Government, built from Bureau of Meteorology observations, CC BY 4.0) for this location.
Climate data as of October 2026· SILO (Queensland Government), from Bureau of Meteorology observations
Questions about Basalt
- What is the Basalt postcode?
- Basalt is in the 4820 postcode, in QLD, in the Charters Towers Regional Council region.
- Where is Basalt?
- Basalt is a suburb in the Charters Towers Regional Council area, QLD 4820.
- How walkable is Basalt?
- Basalt has a Walk Score of 0 out of 100, highly car-dependent. transit score 0, bike score 0.
- What suburbs are near Basalt?
- Basalt is close to Valley Of Lagoons, Paluma.
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Sources. House and unit medians from the NSW Valuer General, Land Victoria, the SA Government and the ABS; rents from the state rental bond authorities. Census from the ABS (2021), climate from the Bureau of Meteorology, hazard from Geoscience Australia, schools from ACARA and crime from state police open data. Each figure carries its source and date. How we source data
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