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Balmain NSW 2041

Balmain is located in the Inner West region of New South Wales, postcode 2041. It has 7,166 properties across 134 streets. Explore every street in Balmain, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Balmain

Balmain, NSW 2041, sits in the Inner West and neighbours Balmain East, Birchgrove and Rozelle. Its 134 streets hold 7,166 properties, 3,680 of them houses and 3,486 units.

At the 2021 Census Balmain had 15,579 residents, a median age of 43 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $3,149 a week, the median mortgage repayment $4,000 a month and the median rent $640 a week. Of 6,541 dwellings, 1,459 were separate houses, 2,831 semi-detached and 2,220 flats, with 24 other. Of the same 6,541, 2,075 were owned outright, 1,828 owned with a mortgage and 2,520 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Balmain

  • 15,579Peoplelive in the area
  • 43Median ageyears
  • $3,149Median household incomea week
  • $640Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,459
  • Townhouses and semis2,831
  • Flats and apartments2,220
  • Other24

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$4,000a month
  • Household size2.2people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 2,075Owned with a mortgage 1,828Rented 2,520Other 118

For sale and rent in Balmain

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25 College Street, Balmain NSW 2041

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1/11 Ennis Street, Balmain NSW 2041

2 bedrooms 1 bathroom 1 car space House

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26/85 Palmer Street, Balmain NSW 2041

3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 2 car spaces Townhouse

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Properties in Balmain

Schools in Balmain

  • Balmain Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

  • Birchgrove Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

  • Fr John Therry Catholic Primary School Balmain - Rozelle

    CatholicPrimary

  • Inner Sydney Montessori School

    IndependentPrimary

Local agents in Balmain

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Agencies that specialise in Balmain

All 6 agencies in Balmain

Streets in Balmain

A

  1. Addison Street4 properties
  2. Adolphus Street72 properties
  3. Alexander Street11 properties
  4. Ann Street30 properties
  5. Arthur Street76 properties

B

  1. Barr Street52 properties
  2. Batty Street25 properties
  3. Bayville Street8 properties
  4. Beattie Street301 properties
  5. Birchgrove Road100 properties
  6. Blake Street1 property
  7. Booth Street81 properties
  8. Bradford Street44 properties
  9. Bridge Street15 properties
  10. Broderick Street15 properties
  11. Buchanan Street187 properties

C

  1. Cameron Street10 properties
  2. Campbell Lane1 property
  3. Campbell Street109 properties
  4. Cardwell Street21 properties
  5. Carieville Street9 properties
  6. Caroline Lane2 properties
  7. Caroline Street80 properties
  8. Carrington Street21 properties
  9. Charles Street6 properties
  10. Church Street45 properties
  11. Claremont Street15 properties
  12. Clay Street20 properties
  13. Clayton Street57 properties
  14. Colgate Avenue154 properties
  15. College Street126 properties
  16. Cooper Street15 properties
  17. Creek Street8 properties
  18. Curtis Road133 properties

D

  1. Darling Street941 properties
  2. Darvall Street18 properties
  3. Datchett Street27 properties
  4. Davidson Street16 properties
  5. Dick Street39 properties
  6. Donnelly Street35 properties
  7. Duncan Street3 properties

E

  1. Eaton Street3 properties
  2. Elliott Street462 properties
  3. Ennis Street28 properties
  4. Evans Street76 properties
  5. Ewell Street28 properties
  6. Ewenton Lane1 property
  7. Ewenton Street58 properties

F

  1. Fawcett Street11 properties
  2. Fitzroy Avenue25 properties
  3. Ford Street8 properties
  4. Foy Street195 properties

G

  1. George Street45 properties
  2. Gladstone Street33 properties
  3. Glassop Street157 properties
  4. Gow Lane1 property
  5. Gow Street67 properties
  6. Grafton Lane1 property
  7. Grafton Street53 properties

H

  1. Hampton Street21 properties
  2. Harris Street46 properties
  3. Henry Street13 properties
  4. High Street42 properties
  5. Hoffmans Lane16 properties
  6. Hyam Street127 properties

I

  1. Isabella Street17 properties

J

  1. Jacques Street27 properties
  2. James Street9 properties
  3. Jane Street27 properties
  4. Jubilee Place22 properties

K

  1. King Lane2 properties
  2. King Street78 properties

L

  1. Laggan Avenue61 properties
  2. Lawson Street59 properties
  3. Little Arthur Street1 property
  4. Little Beattie Street1 property
  5. Little Darling Street26 properties
  6. Little Llewellyn Street6 properties
  7. Little Street5 properties
  8. Little Theodore Street5 properties
  9. Llewellyn Street67 properties
  10. Lockhart Avenue35 properties
  11. Longview Street20 properties

M

  1. Macquarie Terrace59 properties
  2. Marshall Street2 properties
  3. Mcdonald Street6 properties
  4. Montague Street78 properties
  5. Mort Street118 properties
  6. Mullens Street182 properties

N

  1. North Street35 properties

P

  1. Palmer Street272 properties
  2. Pashley Street37 properties
  3. Phillip Street39 properties
  4. Phoebe Street16 properties
  5. Punch Street7 properties

Q

  1. Queens Place13 properties

R

  1. Reynolds Avenue15 properties
  2. Reynolds Street261 properties
  3. Roseberry Street56 properties
  4. Rosebery Place109 properties
  5. Rosser Street30 properties
  6. Rowntree Street87 properties
  7. Rumsay Lane1 property

S

  1. Schultz Street6 properties
  2. Short Street39 properties
  3. Smith Street45 properties
  4. Sorrie Street11 properties
  5. St Andrew Street19 properties
  6. St John Street5 properties
  7. Stephen Street43 properties
  8. Stewart Place4 properties
  9. Stewart Street17 properties
  10. Sutton Lane2 properties
  11. Sutton Street13 properties

T

  1. Terry Street31 properties
  2. Thames Street117 properties
  3. Theodore Street42 properties
  4. Tilba Avenue9 properties
  5. Tobruk Avenue8 properties
  6. Trivetts Lane14 properties
  7. Trouton Street68 properties
  8. Turner Street29 properties

V

  1. Valley Street25 properties
  2. Vincent Street33 properties

W

  1. Waite Avenue16 properties
  2. Wallace Street6 properties
  3. Walter Street1 property
  4. Waterview Street69 properties
  5. Watson Lane22 properties
  6. Wells Street21 properties
  7. White Street17 properties
  8. Wisbeach Street44 properties
  9. Wortley Street39 properties

Y

  1. Young Street10 properties

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Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

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Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.