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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Real Estate Balmain, 2041 Statistics

40yrs

Balmain
Median Age

Demographic data provided by ABS 2016

Balmain Median Property Price

Total properties sold in the last 12 months
House$2,300,000
Apartments / Units$1,350,000
Townhouses$828,000

Properties in Balmain NSW, 2041

Fr John Therry Catholic Primary School Balmain-RozelleInner Sydney Montessori SchoolBalmain Care For KidsBalmain Children's CentreGuardian Childcare & Education Balmain CoveInner Sydney Montessori - BalmainKU - Phoenix PreschoolCamp Australia - Birchgrove Public School OSHCBalmain Public School

Agents in Balmain NSW, 2041

Triple One Group Pty Ltd
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Triple One Group Pty Ltd

Minus The Agent Sales

PropertyNow
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PropertyNow

Property Now

Australian Home Partners
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Australian Home Partners

1 Sell My Own Place

Strathfield Partners
Property Agent Elie Semrani
Strathfield Partners

Elie Semrani

Sales representative
Devine Real Estate - Drummoyne
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Devine Real Estate - Drummoyne

Fayez Yammine

Devine Real Estate - Strathfield
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Devine Real Estate - Strathfield

Greg Emerton

No Agent Property
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No Agent Property

No Agent Property - NSW

Raine & Horne Five Dock / Drummoyne
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Raine & Horne Five Dock / Drummoyne

Sam Varrica

Hudson McHugh - Leichhardt
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Hudson McHugh - Leichhardt

James Price

Oxford Agency
Property Agent Matt Marano
Oxford Agency

Matt Marano

Sales representative

Agencies in Balmain NSW, 2041

For Sale by Owner

For Sale by Owner

Balaclava

Suite 1 19 William Street, Balaclava VIC 3183
For Sale by Owner

For Sale by Owner

Balaclava

Suite 1 19 William Street, Balaclava VIC 3183

Ray White Double Bay

DOUBLE BAY

356 New South Head Road, DOUBLE BAY NSW 2028
No Agent Property

No Agent Property

Brighton East

Suite 1a, 608 Hawthorn Road, Brighton East VIC 3187
Triple One Group Pty Ltd

Triple One Group Pty Ltd

Brisbane

Suite 626 12B / 198 Adelaide Street, Brisbane QLD 4000
PropertyNow

PropertyNow

Silkstone

18 Dorothy Street, Silkstone QLD 4304
Australian Home Partners

Australian Home Partners

Brisbane City

1 Queen St, Brisbane City QLD 4000
Strathfield Partners

Strathfield Partners

Strathfield

8 Churchill Ave, Strathfield NSW 2135
Strathfield Partners

Strathfield Partners

Strathfield

8 Churchill Ave, Strathfield NSW 2135
Hudson McHugh - Summer Hill

Hudson McHugh - Summer Hill

Summer Hill

6 / 69 Carlton Crescent, Summer Hill NSW 2130

Surrounding Suburbs

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What bottle shops are there in Balmain? BWS.
What are the most common nationalities? The five most common nationalities of residents are: English, Irish, Scottish, Italian, German.
What restaurants are there in Balmain? Alegrias Spanish Tapas, Mushiro, Manjits, The hanging ladder.
What supermarkets are there in Balmain? Woolworths.
What is the Balmain, NSW postcode? The postcode for Balmain, NSW is **2041**
What's the size of Balmain? Balmain is 1.54 square kilometres and has a population of 2637.