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balaclava (vic.)
Victoria · Census 2021
$1.35M
-2.2% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Balaclava (Vic.) is a coastal suburb of Port Phillip.
Median house price
People
Population
5,392
Median age
35 yrs
Income / person / wk
$1,172
Household income / wk
$2,026
Housing
Median rent / wk
$386
Mortgage / month
$2,223
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 50%
- Top language at home
- Spanish · 1%
- No religion
- 50%
- Born overseas
- 35%
- English only at home
- 77%
Local amenities
Amenity score
38/100
Schools
0
Supermarkets
2
Pubs & bars
4
Parks
2
Libraries
0
GP clinics
0
Pharmacies
3
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.4 km
Nearest train
0.2 km
Nearest hospital
0.7 km
Distance to coast
1.6 km
NBN
Fixed Line
Grocery mix: 1 Coles · 1 Woolworths. 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
0
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
0
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
0.5 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Port Phillip
- Council population
- 83,743
- Council area
- 21 km²
- Density
- 4,065/km²
- Federal grants
- $3.53M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $42/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $1,765
- Operating result
- +6.0%
- Asset renewal
- 169%
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Financials: VIC Local Government Performance Reporting 2024-25, Local Government Victoria. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Macnamara
- Federal MP
- Josh Burns (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 62% 2PP
- State electorate
- Caulfield
- State MP
- David Southwick (LIB)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.