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SEIFA in Balmain (2041)

Where does Balmain sit on the socio-economic spectrum? The SEIFA score below is sourced from the most recent ABS Census and expressed as an Australia-wide decile, so a decile of 8 means Balmain is in the top 30% of Australian suburbs by socio-economic advantage. The Inner West LGA context shows whether Balmain is above or below the average for its local government area.

2041

Socio-economic profile

ABS SEIFA 2021 · SEIFA · Balmain

Balmain sits in the 10th decile nationally for socio-economic advantage — highly advantaged, around the 100th percentile of Australian suburbs.

National ranking

Advantage & disadvantage (IRSAD)10th decile100th percentile · rank #14,323
Education & occupation (IEO)10th decile100th percentile · rank #14,412

Within NSW

IRSAD (NSW)10th decilerank #4,202 of NSW suburbs
IEO (NSW)10th decilerank #4,257 of NSW suburbs

Raw scores

IRSAD score1,155mean 1000 · sd 100
IEO score1,180mean 1000 · sd 100
Population10,454usual residents

ABS SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0) · Released 27 Apr 2023 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

A rising SEIFA decile over successive Censuses is one of the clearest signals of gentrification. It captures the demographic shift in who lives in a suburb rather than just what they are paying for housing. If Balmain has moved up a decile or more between the 2016 and 2021 Censuses, it is undergoing the kind of socio-economic transition that has historically accompanied above-average capital growth in Sydney.

SEIFA in nearby suburbs

Annandale 2038Ashfield 2131Balmain East 2041Croydon 2132Dulwich Hill 2203Enmore 2042

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