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balmain east
New South Wales · Census 2021
$3.88M
+37.4% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Balmain East is a coastal suburb of Inner West.
Median house price
People
Population
1,900
Median age
46 yrs
Income / person / wk
$1,550
Household income / wk
$3,020
Housing
Median rent / wk
$617
Mortgage / month
$4,333
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 51%
- Top language at home
- Arabic · 1%
- No religion
- 51%
- Born overseas
- 30%
- English only at home
- 89%
Local amenities
Amenity score
28/100
Schools
1
Supermarkets
1
Pubs & bars
1
Parks
8
Libraries
0
GP clinics
1
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.1 km
Nearest train
1.0 km
Nearest hospital
1.0 km
Distance to coast
0.2 km
NBN
Fixed Line
Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
1
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
1
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
1.4 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Inner West
- Council population
- 165,846
- Council area
- 35 km²
- Density
- 4,712/km²
- Federal grants
- $6.88M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $41/yr
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Sydney
- Federal MP
- Tanya Plibersek (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 78% 2PP
- State electorate
- Balmain
- State MP
- Kobi Shetty (GRN)
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