Balnarring VIC 3926

Living Here

Balnarring is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 2,371 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,918 a week, with median rent near $480 a week. Most homes are houses. About 90% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area. The median house sells for about $1,305,000.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Hastings - Somers statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Balnarring itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • Balnarring Primary School
  • Somers Primary School
• 4 cafés & restaurants

  • Home Goods
  • Hoolies Inn
  • Ciao Bella Pizzeria and Wine Bar Pizza • $$
  • The Heritage - Balnarring
• 1 supermarket

  • IGA
• 6 parks

  • Anzac Park
  • Seascape Avenue Reserve
  • Campbell Court Reserve
  • Hanns Creek Reserve
  • Coolart Wetlands & Homestead
  • Balnarring Racecourse & Emu Plains Reserve
• 1 pharmacy

  • Wise Dispensary
• 2 hospitals

  • The Bays Hospital
  • Phillip Island Health Hub
• 1 post office

  • Balnarring post office
• 1 service station

  • Mobil
• 1 gym

  • Hastings Pony Club
• 2 golf clubs

  • Cerberus Golf Club
  • Cerberus Golf Club
• 1 bakery

  • The Red Hill Baker
• 1 plumber

  • Beel Plumbing
• 3 places to stay

  • Jackalope Hotel
  • Somers Beach Holiday Park
  • Billabong

Getting around. Train station: Bittern, 5.9 km north-east · Airport: Moorabbin Airport, 43.3 km north.

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Sport & Recreation

3 facilities recorded in Balnarring.

• Balnarring Recreation Reserve, Australian Rules Football, Cricket
• Balnarring Tennis & Bowls Club Lawn Bowls, Tennis (Outdoor)
• Emu Plains Reserve Equestrian

Socio-economic Standing

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Median Sale Prices

Median of recorded sales in the period, not a valuation. Source: Victorian Property Sales Report, Land Use Victoria.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 23.6% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Demographics

Unemployment 1.5% · Labour-force participation 60.2%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

49,894 bird observations recorded near Balnarring — most often seen:

• Eurasian Blackbird (2,876)
• Chestnut Teal (2,141)
• Australian White Ibis (2,134)
• Australasian Purple Swamphen (2,104)
• Common Starling (2,091)
• Pacific Black Duck (2,021)
• Superb Fairy-wren (1,986)
• Grey Fantail (1,932)
• Little Raven (1,874)
• Common Myna (1,821)
• Eurasian Coot (1,791)
• Red Wattlebird (1,733)
• Spotted Turtle-dove (1,727)

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Balnarring:

• Balnarring Beach (2.7 km)
• Merricks Beach (3.8 km)
• Merricks (4.3 km)
• Somers (4.6 km)
• Merricks North (4.7 km)
• Bittern (5.3 km)
• Crib Point (6.7 km)
• Point Leo (7.1 km)

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