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Balaclava, VIC 3183

yardizelocalityrecord postcode 3183 Balaclava VIC

Overview

Balaclava sits just 7 km south‑east of Melbourne’s CBD, offering an inner‑city feel within the City of Port Phillip. With a 2021 census population of 5,392, the suburb blends historic charm, named after the 1854 Battle of Balaclava, and a vibrant multicultural vibe. A strong Orthodox Jewish community shapes the local scene, supplying kosher restaurants, specialist schools and the Southern Hemisphere’s largest Judaica store, Golds World of Judaica. Food lovers also enjoy Carlisle Seafood, Melbourne’s oldest fish‑and‑chip shop, alongside other popular eateries along the bustling Chapel Street fringe.

Excellent public‑transport options connect Balaclava to the wider city. The Balaclava railway station sits within walking distance, while a network of tram stops, including Balaclava Station/Carlisle St, Brighton Rd/Chapel St and Brunning St/Brighton Rd, provides frequent service along Chapel and Brighton Roads. Proximity to the Balaclava Post Office and St Kilda Police Station adds convenient civic amenities, making the suburb a well‑rounded choice for renters and owners seeking a lively, well‑served urban lifestyle.

Region type mix

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Area Insights

Heritage precinct
The suburb contains the Balaclava Village Heritage Precinct, a heritage‑protected area that preserves early‑20th‑century streetscapes and buildings
Education
Balaclava is within the catchment area of Elwood College for secondary education
Flood‑risk planning
Sections of Balaclava are identified under a Special Building Overlay (Schedule 1) that designates flood‑prone land and guides development controls
Heritage overlay protection
Balaclava is covered by the City of Port Phillip interim Heritage Overlay (HO394), which protects historic buildings and requires council consent for alterations
Train service
Balaclava railway station on the Sandringham line provides direct train services to Melbourne’s CBD
Broadband
Balaclava is serviced by NBN hybrid fibre‑coaxial (HFC) infrastructure, delivering high‑speed internet connectivity
Beach proximity
St Kilda Beach is a short walk from Balaclava, providing a popular seaside promenade, swimming and dining options
Local park
Hewison Reserve, a nearby park, offers playgrounds, BBQ facilities and open grass areas for community recreation
Shopping Centre
Balaclava Village Shopping Centre offers a supermarket, pharmacy and cafés serving the suburb’s residents

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
-
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
650 m²
≈ $607,777
30
Hawsleigh Avenue
1618 m²
≈ $1,037,625
5
Hotham Street
1287 m²
≈ $769,050
21
Inkerman Street
711 m²
≈ $587,250
7
Linton Street
120 m²
-
3
Marlborough Street
491 m²
≈ $475,000
2
Nelson Street--
2
Nightingale Street
529 m²
≈ $325,000
14
Orange Grove
762 m²
≈ $333,000
2
Sycamore Grove
424 m²
≈ $435,400
6
The Avenue
972 m²
≈ $699,979
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
1/39 Gourlay StreetApartment (Ground‑Floor Residence)
3
1
2
483 m²
$710,000
2/23 Gourlay StreetApartment
2
1
-
483 m²
$490,000
2/7 Gourlay StreetApartment
2
1
1
-
$460,000
6/21 Gourlay StreetApartment
2
1
1
484 m²
$553,000
145 Hotham StreetApartment
2
1
1
431 m²
$530,000
6/5 Gourlay StreetApartment
2
1
1
484 m²
$540,000
72 Grosvenor StreetApartment
2
1
2
622 m²
$519,250
1/41 Gourlay StreetApartment
3
1
-
483 m²
$690,000
42A Brighton RoadHouse
4
2
2
421 m²
$1,500,000
8/13 Albion StreetApartment
2
1
1
946 m²
$620,000
1/17A Albion StreetApartment
2
1
1
-
$739,500
6/17A Albion StreetApartment
2
1
1
1252 m²
$686,500
2/2 Woodstock StreetUnit
1
1
1
546 m²
$471,000
11/13 Albion StreetApartment
2
1
1
946 m²
$620,000
5/2 Woodstock StreetApartment
1
1
1
546 m²
$403,500
7/378 Carlisle StreetApartment
1
1
1
1226 m²
$909,250
1/77 Hotham StreetApartment
3
2
1
874 m²
$800,000
5/91 Hotham StreetApartment
-
-
-
1380 m²
$563,250
1/89 Hotham StreetApartment
3
1
2
891 m²
$770,000
6/75 Hotham StreetApartment
2
1
1
793 m²
$579,500
10/89 Hotham StreetApartment
2
1
1
891 m²
$593,000
3/91 Grosvenor StreetApartment
1
1
1
904 m²
$325,000
5/48 Gourlay StreetApartment
1
1
1
470 m²
$528,000
5/111 Grosvenor StreetApartment
3
1
1
499 m²
$740,000
5/37 Sycamore GroveUnit
1
1
-
431 m²
$405,000
5/40 Sycamore GroveApartment
1
1
1
421 m²
$388,750
10/109 Hotham StreetApartment
2
1
1
2290 m²
$680,000
6/247 Inkerman StreetApartment
2
1
1
399 m²
$650,000
7/76 Westbury StreetUnit
1
1
-
771 m²
-
112A Westbury StreetApartment
2
1
-
611 m²
$568,500
104 Westbury StreetUnit
2
1
1
568 m²
$495,000
18 Orange GroveApartment
1
1
-
897 m²
$305,000
4/110 Westbury StreetApartment
2
-
-
631 m²
$620,000
1/100 Westbury StreetApartment
2
2
1
631 m²
$600,000
1/54 Balston StreetApartment
1
1
1
1135 m²
$343,000
11/319 Inkerman StreetApartment
2
1
1
859 m²
$550,000
6/311 Inkerman StreetApartment
2
1
-
431 m²
$528,750
1/119 Westbury StreetUnit
5
-
-
623 m²
$1,035,000
5/21 Blenheim StreetApartment
1
1
-
645 m²
$385,000
14/11 The AvenueApartment
2
1
1
1709 m²
$560,000
41/3 Albion StreetApartment
-
-
-
923 m²
$911,500
3/44 Gourlay StreetApartment
2
1
-
467 m²
$460,000
6/37 Sycamore GroveApartment
1
1
-
431 m²
$369,500
1A Albion StreetHouse
4
2
1
161 m²
$1,344,500
3/107 Grosvenor StreetApartment
2
1
1
-
$590,000
2/36 Sycamore GroveApartment
2
1
-
421 m²
$523,750
113 Grosvenor StreetHouse
3
2
1
150 m²
$1,620,000
2/13 Albion StreetApartment
2
1
-
946 m²
$667,250
2/27 Gourlay StreetUnit
1
1
1
482 m²
$430,000
4A Bowen StreetHouse
2
-
-
104 m²
$1,260,000
7/94 Grosvenor StreetUnit
1
1
1
554 m²
-
10/317 Inkerman StreetUnit
1
1
1
860 m²
-
8/99 Westbury StreetUnit
3
-
-
1023 m²
$640,500
6/10 Blenheim StreetApartment
2
1
1
819 m²
$740,000
5/9 Camden StreetUnit
1
1
1
526 m²
-
9/97 Hotham StreetUnit
3
1
1
1736 m²
-
82 Westbury StreetUnit
1
1
1
1498 m²
$465,000
7/364A Carlisle StreetUnit
2
1
1
642 m²
-
15/77 Hotham StreetUnit
1
1
-
874 m²
-
2/91 Hotham StreetUnit
3
1
1
1380 m²
-
33 Orange GroveUnit
1
1
-
628 m²
$361,000
2/369 Inkerman StreetUnit
-
-
-
-
-
3/18 Elm GroveUnit
2
1
1
388 m²
-
12/2B Hawsleigh AvenueUnit
2
1
1
1620 m²
-
1/36 Sycamore GroveUnit
2
1
1
421 m²
-
9/135 Hotham StreetUnit
2
1
1
590 m²
-
6/141 Hotham StreetUnit
2
1
-
592 m²
-
1/24 Gourlay StreetUnit
-
-
-
228 m²
$880,000
11/109 Hotham StreetApartment
2
1
-
2290 m²
$680,000
2/25 Gourlay StreetApartment
2
1
1
482 m²
$510,000
2/311 Carlisle StreetApartment
2
1
-
2297 m²
$675,750
11/42 The AvenueApartment
2
1
1
1063 m²
$588,000
6/12 Carlisle AvenueApartment
2
1
-
510 m²
$625,500
5/12 Carlisle AvenueApartment
2
1
1
510 m²
$548,000
5/22 Carlisle AvenueApartment
2
1
-
1414 m²
$551,000
3/25 Gourlay StreetUnit
2
1
1
482 m²
$577,000
6/145A Hotham StreetApartment
2
1
1
431 m²
$587,500
12 The AvenueHouse
4
2
2
593 m²
$2,630,000
20/109 Hotham StreetApartment
3
-
2
2290 m²
$800,000
12/13 Albion StreetApartment
24
12
8
947 m²
$599,250
17 Albion StreetHouse
-
-
-
1670 m²
$950,750
4/22 Gibbs StreetApartment
2
1
1
581 m²
$579,000
3/22 Gibbs StreetUnit
2
1
1
581 m²
$1,140,000
1/36 Brighton RoadApartment
2
1
-
1088 m²
$570,000
3/27 Gourlay StreetApartment
1
1
-
-
$425,000
2/33 Gourlay StreetUnit
3
3
2
218 m²
$1,280,000
1/37 Gourlay StreetApartment
2
1
1
484 m²
$570,000
6/27 Gourlay StreetUnit
1
1
-
482 m²
$350,000
1/60 Gourlay StreetApartment
2
1
1
474 m²
$680,000
27 Woodstock StreetHouse
4
2
2
-
$3,102,500
1/26 Grosvenor StreetApartment
1
-
-
674 m²
$406,500
7 Woodstock StreetHouse
3
1
1
220 m²
$1,280,000
7/46 The AvenueApartment
-
-
-
622 m²
$604,500
12/1A Hawsleigh AvenueApartment
2
-
2
1616 m²
$750,500
18/311 Carlisle StreetApartment
2
-
1
2297 m²
$636,000
111 Hotham StreetUnit
3
-
-
2359 m²
$1,520,000
5/42 The AvenueApartment
2
-
1
1063 m²
$572,750
6/311 Carlisle StreetUnit
2
1
1
2297 m²
$570,000
6/39 Balston StreetTownhouse (Flat Apartment)
3
1
1
2636 m²
$1,472,500
12/45 Grosvenor StreetApartment
1
1
-
535 m²
$298,000

Real Estate Agencies

Ordered by:
Jellis Craig - Bayside Glen Eira
Buxton - Bentleigh
Buxton Bentleigh Sales/Rentals
Jellis Craig – Stonnington & Richmond
Jellis Craig Port Phillip
Gary Peer & Associates (St Kilda) - ST Kilda
Jellis Craig - Bentleigh
Jellis Craig - Richmond
Jellis Craig - Albert Park
Kay & Burton - Stonnington
Obrien Real Estate - Brighton
Buxton - Stonnington
Obrien Real Estate Bentleigh
RT Edgar
O'brien Real Estate - Seaford/Chelsea
Mcgrath Ivanhoe/South Yarra
Obrien Real Estate Chelsea & Seaford
Mcgrath St Kilda
Bigginscott - Stonnington
RT Edgar - Glen Eira
Belle Property Brighton/St Kilda
Little Real Estate - Hawthorn
Bigginscott - Elsternwick
Mcgrath - South Yarra
Lewin Real Estate - Kingston/Bayside
Besser & Co. Estate Agents
Obrien Real Estate - Cheltenham
RT Edgar - Elwood
Woodards - Elsternwick
Wilson Agents - Glen Eira
Anna Grace Real Estate - Brighton
Property Now - Brisbane City
Royston Property
* Approximate straight-line distances

Nearby schools

Type:
Ordered by:
Adass Israel School - Glen Eira Road Campus
0.5 km
Combined school | Independent
Mount Scopus Memorial College
11.0 km
Combined school | Independent
Yeshivah and Beth Rivkah Colleges
0.6 km
Combined school | Independent
St Kilda Primary School
0.8 km
Primary school | Government
Caulfield Grammar School
0.7 km
Secondary school | Independent
Ripponlea Primary School
0.7 km
Primary school | Government
Yesodei Hatorah College
1.2 km
Melbourne Grammar School - Grimwade Campus
1.0 km
Combined school | Independent
Sholem Aleichem College - Senior Campus
1.1 km
Primary school | Independent
Sholem Aleichem College
1.1 km
Primary school | Independent
Cheder Levi Yitzchok Inc
1.4 km
Combined school | Independent
Elwood College
1.4 km
Secondary school | Government
Christian Brothers' College
1.4 km
Secondary school | Catholic
Caulfield Grammar School - Shelford Campus
1.3 km
Combined school | Independent
Little Lane Early Learning Centre - St Kilda
0.9 km
Eden Academy Elwood
0.6 km
The Avenue Children's Centre and Kindergarten - Enquiries Go Through City of Port Phillip
0.1 km
Mercedes Dadon Creche
0.4 km
Yeshivah Beth Rivkah Pre-School 3
0.5 km
Szalmuk Family Early Learning Centre
0.4 km
* Approximate straight-line distances