Editing Balham (section)

==Demography==
[[File:Polish Church Balham 180.jpg|right|thumb|upright|The Polish Roman Catholic Church of Christ the King]]
Balham is diverse both in terms of economic and cultural demographics with an increasingly professional middle class population.<ref name="demo">{{cite web|url=http://localstats.qpzm.co.uk/stats/england/london/wandsworth/balham|title=Balham Demographics (Wandsworth, England)|work=qpzm.co.uk}}</ref>

The [[Poles in the United Kingdom|Polish]] population in Balham has hugely increased since 2006, though Balham has been one of the centres of the community in London since [[World War II]]. The [[Coat of arms of Poland|White Eagle]] Club is a thriving Polish community centre, and its traditional Saturday night dance draws people from across London.<ref>{{cite web |title=White Eagle Club - Lambeth and Southwark Mind |url=https://www.lambethandsouthwarkmind.org.uk/directory/white-eagle-club/ |website=lambethandsouthwarkmind.org.uk |date=13 September 2016}}</ref> Opposite the White Eagle is The Polish Roman Catholic Church of Christ the King.<ref>{{cite web |title=Polska Parafia Chrystusa Króla w Londynie Balham |url=https://www.parafia-balham.co.uk/ |website=parafia-balham.co.uk|language=pl}}</ref>

The [[Irish people|Irish]], [[Portuguese in the United Kingdom|Portuguese]], [[Somalis in the United Kingdom|Somali]], [[British Pakistani|Pakistani]] and [[Brazilians in the United Kingdom|Brazilian]] communities are also well represented.<ref name="demo" />