Balaclava is a suburb which lies within the Territorial Authority of Dunedin, one of 97 residential suburbs which form the wider region. Balaclava is the 54th largest suburb of Dunedin in terms of the total number of residential housing stock. Balaclava provides a range of housing stock, with the earliest residential housing recorded in the area constructed between 1880 - 1889. The majority of the residential housing stock in the locality was constructed between 1950 - 1959. Residential housing stock in Balaclava is made up of primarily standard residential housing property types with a small proportion of purpose built residential rental housing and lifestyle properties.