Balmain NSW, 2041
Balmain Real Estate: Suburb Profile
Making a move to Balmain, NSW 2041? It's a good first step to know if the area meets your requirements when it comes to lifestyle and budget. The Homes.com.au suburb profile utilises market-leading data to provide you with the Balmain house prices, demographics & market trends so that we can enable you to be informed regarding your next property move.
If you are considering packing up and moving to Balmain, continue reading for a brief historical overview to learn more about the amazing lifestyle and what makes this suburb so popular.
Overview Balmain is located in the Inner West of Sydney in New South Wales. It is surrounded on the Balmain peninsula by Port Jackson. The closest nearby suburbs are Birchgrove, Rozelle, Balmain East. It is 5 kilometres west of the city centre of Sydney.
The Balmain suburb covers an area of 1.5 square kilometres and had a population of 15687 people (2016 census).
Living in Balmain Balmain is a high-end suburb with trendy boutiques, restaurants, cafes, artisan bakeries, and pubs housed in Victorian buildings along Darling Street.
Most of the residents living in restored sandstone cottages along the leafy streets are affluent families, media figures, and artists.
The suburb has ferry wharves in Thames Street, Darling Street, and Elliot Street serving different island ferry services.
History of Balmain Balmain was founded in 1836. Before the arrival of the Europeans, Balmain was primarily inhabited by Aboriginal Australians, Wangal, and Gadigal people. The locals used to hunt kangaroos that brought them to the shaggy peninsula to the east of Peacock Point.
The area known today as the suburb of Balmain was a portion of the 2.2 square kilometres grant given by Governor John Hunter to Dr William Balmain in 1800.
Balmain was where the unionist trade movement originated. Balmain has been embedded into the history of the working-class culture because it was in this suburb where the Australian Labour Party was established in 1891.
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