Rail transport
Balaclava is served by Balaclava railway station on the Sandringham line, providing regular train services to Melbourne’s central business district
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Balaclava, VIC 3183
Overview
Balaclava is an inner‑city suburb 7 km south‑east of Melbourne’s CBD, home to 5,392 residents (2021 Census). The neighbourhood is known for its vibrant Orthodox Jewish community, with kosher restaurants, the Golds World of Judaica store and specialist Jewish schools such as Yeshivah College and Beth Rivkah Ladies College. Cafés and Melbourne’s oldest fish‑and‑chip shop, Carlisle Seafood, line the bustling Chapel and Carlisle Streets, while historic churches and the Caulfield Grammar School campus add cultural depth.
Balaclava is well‑served by public transport: the Balaclava railway station on the Sandringham line, trams 3 and 16 along Carlisle Street and 78 on Chapel Street, plus bus routes 216 and 219 on Hotham Street and a taxi rank beside the local Coles. The suburb’s streets, many named after Crimean‑War battles, frame a mix of heritage homes and modern apartments, offering diverse housing options close to shops, schools and the St Kilda Police Station.
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Area Insights
Balaclava Village shopping centre
Balaclava Village shopping centre offers supermarkets, cafés and specialty retailers within walking distance of the suburb’s centre
Tram route 12
Tram route 12 runs through Balaclava, providing a direct link to Melbourne’s central business district
Utilities
Baloclava is connected to the Melbourne Water sewer system and receives reticulated natural gas through the East Melbourne Gas network
Community events
Balaclava hosts an annual beach festival each February featuring live music, food stalls and family activities
School catchments
Balaclava falls within the catchment area of Port Phillip Specialist School
Beach access
Balaclava is adjacent to Balaclava Beach, a small beach on Port Phillip Bay offering a sand promenade and watersports
Council
Balaclava is governed by the City of Port Phillip local government area
Heritage protection
Several heritage overlays are applied within Balaclava to preserve historic streetscapes
5G mobile coverage
Balaclava enjoys comprehensive 5G mobile network coverage across the area
Streets in Balaclava
Street
| Avg land size
| Avg price
| Properties
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Albion Street |
918 m² |
≈ $740,840 |
11 |
| Balston Street |
1885 m² |
≈ $907,750 |
2 |
| Blenheim Street |
636 m² |
≈ $644,107 |
15 |
| Bowen Street |
104 m² |
≈ $1,260,000 |
1 |
| Brighton Road |
754 m² |
≈ $1,035,000 |
4 |
| Brunning Street | - |
≈ $1,365,000 |
1 |
| Camden Street |
526 m² |
≈ $405,000 |
1 |
| Carlisle Avenue |
1362 m² |
≈ $622,500 |
5 |
| Carlisle Street |
1751 m² |
≈ $697,750 |
5 |
| Elm Grove |
409 m² |
≈ $465,000 |
2 |
| Gibbs Street |
581 m² |
≈ $859,500 |
2 |
| Gourlay Street |
485 m² |
≈ $625,637 |
20 |
| Grosvenor Street |
649 m² |
≈ $593,500 |
31 |
| Hawsleigh Avenue |
1618 m² |
≈ $1,037,625 |
5 |
| Hotham Street |
1291 m² |
≈ $748,796 |
22 |
| Inkerman Street |
711 m² |
≈ $587,250 |
7 |
| Linton Street |
120 m² | - |
2 |
| Marlborough Street |
491 m² |
≈ $475,000 |
2 |
| Nelson Street | - | - |
2 |
| Nightingale Street |
523 m² |
≈ $325,000 |
13 |
| Orange Grove |
762 m² |
≈ $333,000 |
2 |
| Sycamore Grove |
424 m² |
≈ $435,400 |
6 |
| The Avenue |
972 m² |
≈ $688,826 |
45 |
| Westbury Street |
747 m² |
≈ $773,025 |
12 |
| Woodstock Street |
437 m² |
≈ $1,314,250 |
4 |
Properties in Balaclava
Address
| Type
| Beds
| Baths
| Parking
| Land Size
| Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/10 Blenheim Street | Apartment |
2 |
1 |
1 |
819 m² | $740,000 |
| 12/45 Grosvenor Street | Apartment |
1 |
1 |
- |
535 m² | $298,000 |
| 4/36 Blenheim Street | Apartment |
1 |
1 |
1 |
397 m² | $500,000 |
| 5/10 Blenheim Street | Apartment |
3 |
1 |
1 |
819 m² | $720,000 |
| 1/6 Linton Street | Unit |
2 |
1 |
1 |
- | - |
| 8/10 Blenheim Street | Unit |
- |
- |
- |
719 m² | - |
| 7/10 Blenheim Street | Unit |
2 |
1 |
1 |
719 m² | - |
| 3/18 Nightingale Street | Unit |
1 |
1 |
1 |
607 m² | - |
| 6/18 Nightingale Street | Unit |
1 |
- |
1 |
607 m² | - |
| 2/81 Grosvenor Street | Unit |
3 |
1 |
1 |
821 m² | - |
| 5/81 Grosvenor Street | Unit |
2 |
1 |
1 |
821 m² | - |
| 11/81 Grosvenor Street | Unit |
- |
- |
- |
821 m² | - |
| 3/81 Grosvenor Street | Unit |
2 |
- |
- |
821 m² | - |
| 1/10 Blenheim Street | Unit |
2 |
1 |
1 |
819 m² | - |
| 3/36 Blenheim Street | Unit |
1 |
1 |
1 |
395 m² | - |
| 4/10 Blenheim Street | Unit |
2 |
1 |
1 |
819 m² | $620,000 |
| 5/45 Grosvenor Street | Unit |
1 |
1 |
1 |
535 m² | - |
| 7/45 Grosvenor Street | Unit |
1 |
1 |
1 |
535 m² | - |
| 8/81 Grosvenor Street | Unit |
- |
- |
- |
819 m² | - |
| 9/81 Grosvenor Street | Unit |
- |
- |
- |
821 m² | - |
| 12/18 Nightingale Street | Unit |
1 |
1 |
1 |
598 m² | - |
| 4/18 Nightingale Street | Unit |
1 |
- |
1 |
607 m² | - |
| 11/18 Nightingale Street | Unit |
1 |
1 |
- |
607 m² | - |
| 10/18 Nightingale Street | Unit |
- |
- |
- |
607 m² | - |
| 8/18 Nightingale Street | Unit |
1 |
- |
- |
598 m² | - |
| 9/18 Nightingale Street | Unit |
1 |
1 |
1 |
598 m² | - |
| 2/6 Linton Street | Unit |
2 |
1 |
2 |
120 m² | - |
| 1/26 The Avenue | Apartment |
1 |
1 |
1 |
- | $455,000 |
| 5/40 The Avenue | Unit |
1 |
1 |
1 |
596 m² | - |
| 16/11 The Avenue | Unit |
2 |
- |
1 |
1709 m² | - |
| 1/36 Blenheim Street | Unit |
1 |
1 |
- |
397 m² | - |
| 6/6 Nightingale Street | Unit |
- |
- |
- |
93 m² | - |
| 1/46 The Avenue | Unit |
- |
- |
- |
622 m² | - |
| 1/81 Grosvenor Street | Unit |
1 |
1 |
1 |
819 m² | - |
| 6/81 Grosvenor Street | Unit |
2 |
1 |
1 |
819 m² | - |
| 7/5B The Avenue | Unit |
- |
- |
- |
1117 m² | - |
| 10/11 The Avenue | Unit |
2 |
1 |
- |
1709 m² | - |
| 4/81 Grosvenor Street | Unit |
1 |
- |
- |
821 m² | - |
| 7/81 Grosvenor Street | Unit |
- |
- |
- |
819 m² | - |
| 8/42 The Avenue | Unit |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1063 m² | - |
| 10/81 Grosvenor Street | Unit |
2 |
1 |
1 |
819 m² | $636,000 |
| 7/16 The Avenue | Apartment |
2 |
1 |
1 |
- | $495,000 |
| 2/28 The Avenue | Unit |
2 |
1 |
1 |
590 m² | - |
| 1/32 The Avenue | Unit |
1 |
1 |
- |
581 m² | - |
| 2/10 Blenheim Street | Unit |
2 |
1 |
1 |
719 m² | - |
| 3/10 Blenheim Street | Unit |
- |
- |
- |
719 m² | - |
| 2/36 Blenheim Street | Unit |
1 |
1 |
1 |
397 m² | - |
| 3/11 The Avenue | Unit |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1709 m² | - |
| 5/5 The Avenue | Unit |
2 |
1 |
- |
1118 m² | - |
| 2/45 Grosvenor Street | Unit |
1 |
1 |
- |
535 m² | - |
| 2/44 The Avenue | Unit |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1345 m² | - |
| 2/18 Nightingale Street | Unit |
1 |
1 |
- |
598 m² | $325,000 |
| 3/27 The Avenue | Unit |
2 |
1 |
1 |
688 m² | - |
| 2/14 The Avenue | Unit |
3 |
1 |
1 |
90 m² | - |
| 11/45 Grosvenor Street | Unit |
1 |
1 |
- |
535 m² | - |
| 8/45 Grosvenor Street | Unit |
- |
- |
- |
535 m² | - |
| 6/45 Grosvenor Street | Unit |
1 |
1 |
- |
535 m² | - |
| 7/18 Nightingale Street | Unit |
1 |
1 |
1 |
598 m² | - |
| 9/45 Grosvenor Street | Unit |
- |
- |
- |
535 m² | - |
| 6/5B The Avenue | Unit |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1117 m² | - |
| 1/41 The Avenue | Unit |
2 |
1 |
1 |
682 m² | - |
| 4/41 The Avenue | Unit |
2 |
- |
1 |
682 m² | - |
| 1/5B The Avenue | Unit |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1117 m² | - |
| 18/11 The Avenue | Unit |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1709 m² | - |
| 9/26 The Avenue | Unit |
1 |
1 |
- |
588 m² | - |
| 1/45 Grosvenor Street | Unit |
1 |
1 |
1 |
535 m² | - |
| 1/2 The Avenue | Unit |
1 |
1 |
1 |
589 m² | - |
| 4/45 Grosvenor Street | Unit |
- |
- |
- |
535 m² | - |
| 5/18 Nightingale Street | Unit |
1 |
1 |
1 |
598 m² | - |
| 8/46 The Avenue | Unit |
- |
- |
- |
622 m² | - |
| 3/45 Grosvenor Street | Unit |
1 |
1 |
- |
535 m² | - |
| 11/5B The Avenue | Unit |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1117 m² | - |
| 1/5 The Avenue | Unit |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1118 m² | - |
| 2/42 The Avenue | Unit |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1063 m² | - |
| 10/44 The Avenue | Unit |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1345 m² | $516,000 |
| 11/44 The Avenue | Unit |
2 |
1 |
- |
1345 m² | - |
| 3/26 The Avenue | Apartment |
1 |
1 |
1 |
- | $390,000 |
| 5/38 The Avenue | Unit |
2 |
1 |
1 |
600 m² | - |
| 1/6 Nightingale Street | Unit |
1 |
1 |
- |
93 m² | - |
| 3/5B The Avenue | Unit |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1117 m² | - |
| 12/5B The Avenue | Apartment |
2 |
1 |
1 |
- | $580,000 |
| 7/38 The Avenue | Unit |
2 |
1 |
1 |
600 m² | $555,000 |
| 2/26 The Avenue | Unit |
1 |
1 |
1 |
588 m² | - |
| 8/26 The Avenue | Unit |
1 |
1 |
1 |
588 m² | - |
| 10/26 The Avenue | Unit |
1 |
1 |
1 |
588 m² | - |
| 1/44 The Avenue | Unit |
- |
- |
- |
1345 m² | - |
| 44 The Avenue | Unit |
2 |
- |
- |
1345 m² | - |
| 60 Brunning Street | House |
2 |
1 |
1 |
- | $1,365,000 |
| 24 Nelson Street | Apartment |
2 |
1 |
1 |
- | - |
| 13 Marlborough Street | House |
2 |
1 |
1 |
- | - |
| Unit 20, 38-40 Brighton Road | Townhouse |
2 |
2 |
1 |
- | - |
| Unit 6, 38-40 Brighton Road | Townhouse |
2 |
2 |
1 |
- | - |
| Unit 11, 84-86 Westbury Street | Apartment |
2 |
1 |
2 |
- | $785,000 |
| Unit 14, 84-86 Westbury Street | Apartment |
2 |
2 |
2 |
- | - |
| 7/91 Hotham Street | Apartment |
2 |
1 |
1 |
- | - |
| 3/22 Nelson Street | Apartment |
1 |
1 |
1 |
- | - |
| 1/39 Gourlay Street | Apartment (Ground‑Floor Residence) |
3 |
1 |
2 |
483 m² | $710,000 |
| 2/23 Gourlay Street | Apartment |
2 |
1 |
- |
483 m² | $490,000 |
| 2/7 Gourlay Street | Apartment |
2 |
1 |
1 |
- | $460,000 |
| 6/21 Gourlay Street | Apartment |
2 |
1 |
1 |
484 m² | $553,000 |
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Gary Peer & Associates (St Kilda) - ST Kilda
Jellis Craig - Richmond
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Kay & Burton - Stonnington
Buxton - Stonnington
Obrien Real Estate Bentleigh
RT Edgar
Obrien Real Estate Chelsea & Seaford
Mcgrath St Kilda
Bigginscott - Stonnington
RT Edgar - Glen Eira
Mcgrath - South Yarra
RT Edgar - Elwood
Woodards - Elsternwick
Anna Grace Real Estate - Brighton
Property Now - Brisbane City
Royston Property
Bigginscott - St Kilda / Elwood
@ Realty - Bobby Cvetkovic
Halfapercent Real Estate in Conjunction With Noble House - St Kilda
* Approximate straight-line distances
Nearby schools
Type:
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St Mary's School - Campus 2
0.9 km
Primary school | Independent
St Mary’S College Melbourne - Presentation Campus
1.0 km
Secondary school | Independent
Adass Israel School - Glen Eira Road Campus
1.2 km
Combined school | Independent
Yesodei Hatorah College
1.3 km
Headland Montessori Alma Road
0.7 km
Little Lane Early Learning Centre - St Kilda
0.7 km
St Kilda & Balaclava Kindergarten - Operating Long Day Care Model
0.1 km
Kimmba Bilingual Early Learning Centre
0.3 km
Mercedes Dadon Creche
0.4 km
Child Care
0.4 km
* Approximate straight-line distances