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Balmain East, New South Wales

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Balmain East is a small suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Balmain East is located three kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Leichhardt.

Situated on the eastern end of the Balmain peninsula in Sydney Harbour, Balmain East shares a boundary with the suburb of Balmain to the west. The postcode 2041 covers the suburbs of Balmain, Balmain East and Birchgrove.

Balmain East ferry wharf provides access to the Inner Harbour ferry services, with ferry services to Circular Quay and Darling Harbour. A bus service from Balmain East runs to Balmain and Rozelle.

In the 2006 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census of Population and Housing, the population of Balmain East stood at 1,688 people, who are 52.5% females and 47.5% males, and have a Median age of 41 years. 27.6% of the population was born overseas with England (9.3%), New Zealand (2.9%) and the United States of America (1.5%) the most common. The five strongest religious affiliations in the area were in descending order: no religion (32.5%), Catholic (23.3%), Anglican (19.9%), Presbyterian and Reformed (2.7%), and Uniting Church (2.3%).

The most common types of occupation for employed persons were Professionals (43.9%), Managers (20.4%), and Clerical and Administrative Workers (14.1%). 51.8% of the suburbs occupied private dwellings were family households, 33.8% were lone person households and 5.6% were group households

Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balmain East,_New_South_Wales