Basin Pocket

Basin Pocket is a suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.

Basin Pocket is a suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Basin Pocket had a population of 890 people.

The origin of the suburb name is derived from "The Basin", an enlarged natural widening used by river steamers to turn before or after berthing at Ipswich, to which the suburb is adjacent. The explorer Allan Cunningham noted the Basin in 1828, and the Rev. Dr John Dunmore Lang suggested that Basin Pocket or Booval might have been a better site for the main settlement.A ferry service between Basin Pocket and North Ipswich was established by William Isaac Lawrence sometime after his family settled there in the 1860s. (This service does not exist today).

St John's Anglican Church was opened on 3 September 1921 by Canon T. L. H. Jenkyn, the rector of St Paul's Anglican Church in Ipswich. It was dedicated on 11 September 1921 by Archbishop Gerald Sharp. Its closure circa 2018 was approved by Bishop Cameron Venables. The church was at 82 Blackall Street (27.6035°S 152.7712°E? / -27.6035; 152.7712).St Philomene's Catholic Church was dedicated on 2 June 1940 by Archbishop James Duhig.At the 2011 census Basin Pocket recorded a population of 861 people.In the 2016 census Basin Pocket had a population of 890 people.