Balnarring Beach VIC 3926

Living Here

Balnarring Beach is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 471 people, with a median age of 58. The typical household earns around $1,637 a week, with median rent near $423 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area. The median house sells for about $1,650,000.

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 Beach itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

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

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

  • IGA
• 8 parks

  • Campbell Court Reserve
  • Bill Carroll Reserve
  • Hanns Creek Reserve
  • Flinders Somers Coastal Reserve
  • Coolart Wetlands & Homestead
  • Anzac Park
  • Seascape Avenue Reserve
  • Somers Koala Reserve
• 1 Catholic church

  • St Peter's Catholic Church
• 1 pharmacy

  • Wise Dispensary
• 2 hospitals

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

  • Balnarring post office
• 1 service station

  • Mobil
• 2 golf clubs

  • Cerberus Golf Club
  • Cerberus Golf Club
• 1 bakery

  • The Red Hill Baker
• 3 places to stay

  • Somers Beach Holiday Park
  • Point Leo Foreshore Reserve
  • Jackalope Hotel

Getting around. Train station: Morradoo, 7.4 km north-east · Airport: Moorabbin Airport, 45.9 km north.

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Sport & Recreation

1 facility recorded in Balnarring Beach.

• Westernport Yacht Club Sailing

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: 32% 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 6.2% · Labour-force participation 47.9%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

54,495 bird observations recorded near Balnarring Beach — most often seen:

• Eurasian Blackbird (3,029)
• Australian White Ibis (2,463)
• Common Starling (2,367)
• Chestnut Teal (2,295)
• Superb Fairy-wren (2,243)
• Grey Fantail (2,150)
• Australasian Purple Swamphen (2,100)
• Pacific Black Duck (2,094)
• Red Wattlebird (1,972)
• Noisy Miner (1,871)
• Welcome Swallow (1,869)
• Little Wattlebird (1,844)
• Little Raven (1,842)

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 Beach:

• Merricks Beach (1.5 km)
• Balnarring (2.7 km)
• Merricks (3.3 km)
• Somers (4.1 km)
• Point Leo (5 km)
• Merricks North (6.2 km)
• Shoreham (7.3 km)
• Bittern (7.4 km)

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