Side by sideSuburb comparison

Birchgrove vs Balmain.

Comparing two suburbs with median house prices of $2,655,000 and $2,280,000. Birchgrove edges out on more headline metrics in this comparison.

Birchgrove
Metric
Balmain

Price & Market

$2,655,000
Median house
$2,280,000
$633,600
Median unit
$633,600
+15.9%
Annual growth (house)
+1.3%
44 days
Days on market
42 days

Rental

$640/wk
Rent (house / wk)
$640/wk
$700/wk
Rent (unit / wk)
$625/wk
71.0%
Owner occupied
57.0%
27.0%
Renter occupied
41.0%

Lifestyle & Demographics

100
Walk score
100
0
Transit score
20
100
Bike score
100
3,228
Population
10,454
46
Median age
42

Risk & Hazard

Flood class
Bushfire risk

Schools

20
Schools nearby
20
1143
Avg ICSEA
1130

Climate

1302 mm
Annual rainfall
1302 mm
26.0°C
Mean max (Jan)
26.0°C

Green dot = better on that metric (lower price, higher growth, higher walkability, lower risk).