Balwyn
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Knutsford Street, Balwyn | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 37°48′32″S 145°4′44″E / 37.80889°S 145.07889°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| City | Melbourne | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 5.6 km2 (2.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 84 m (276 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 13,495 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 3103 | ||||||||||||
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Balwyn (/ˈbɔːlwən/ ⓘ) is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Boroondara local government area. Balwyn recorded a population of 13,495 at the 2021 census.
The suburb's post-European settlement character was initially agricultural with several large estates built around a small village centre. Since the early 20th century, farms and mansions gave way to suburban development as the population of Melbourne rapidly grew. Today Balwyn is almost entirely residential and one of Victoria's most affluent suburbs, regularly ranking in the state's top 10 most expensive suburbs.