The City of Ballarat is a local government area in the west of the state of

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

, Australia. It covers an area of and, in June 2018, had a population of 107,325. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. It is primarily urban with the vast majority of its population living in the Greater Ballarat urban area, while other significant settlements within the LGA include

Buninyong Buninyong is a town 11 km from Ballarat in Victoria, Australia. The town is on the Midland Highway, south of Ballarat on the road to Geelong. Buninyong was proclaimed a town on 27 June 1851 on the same day as Winchelsea, Portarlington, L ...

Waubra Waubra (formerly known as The Springs) is a town in Victoria, Australia. The town is on the Sunraysia Highway, north west of Ballarat and split between the Pyrenees Shire and City of Ballarat local government areas. At the , Waubra and the surr ...

, Learmonth and Addington. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the City of Ballarat,

Shire of Ballarat The Shire of Ballarat was a local government area immediately to the northwest and west of the regional city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1856 until 1994. History Ballarat was first incor ...

Borough of Sebastopol The Borough of Sebastopol was a local government area about south of the regional city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The borough covered an area of , and existed from 1864 until 1994. Sebastopol was incorporated as a borough on 1 Octobe ...

and parts of the

Shire of Bungaree The Shire of Bungaree was a local government area northeast of the regional city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1863 until 1994. History Bungaree was first incorporated as a road district ...

Shire of Buninyong The Shire of Buninyong was a local government area south and southeast of the regional city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1858 until 1994. History Buninyong was first incorporated as a ro ...

Shire of Grenville The Shire of Grenville was a local government area southwest of the regional city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1861 until 1994. History Grenville was first incorporated as a road distric ...

and

Shire of Ripon The Shire of Ripon was a local government area about west-northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1861 until 1994. History Ripon was incorporated as a road district ...

. The City is governed and administered by the Ballarat City Council; its

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and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Ballarat, it also has a service centre located in Buninyong. The City is named after the main urban settlement lying in the centre-south of the LGA, Ballarat, which is also the LGA's most populous urban area with a population of 105,471. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. Ballarat townhall

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of three wards and nine councillors, with three councillors per ward elected to represent each ward. The current Council, elected in 2020, in order of election by ward, is:

Election Results

2020 Election

North Ward

Central Ward

South Ward

2016 election

North Ward

Central Ward

South Ward

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Ballarat Town Hall Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Ballarat, and its service centre in Buninyong. The council's main offices are in a modern extension behind the Town Hall called The Phoenix. In 2009 the council voted to move to a new headquarters at Civic Hall on Mair Street, which would turn the heritage listed Town Hall building into a public general purpose venue.

Localities

* Addington * Alfredton * Ascot *

Bakery Hill Bakery Hill is an inner city suburb of Ballarat in Victoria, Australia. It is the smallest suburb in the city of Ballarat in terms of both area and population, which at the was just 180 people. The area is a mix of residential and commercial ...

* Ballarat Central * Ballarat East *

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* Black Hill * Bo Peep * Bonshaw * Brown Hill *

* Bunkers Hill * Burrumbeet *

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* Cardigan * Cardigan Village * Chapel Flat * Coghills Creek * Delacombe * Durham Lead *

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* Glen Park *

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* Glendonald *

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* Invermay Park *

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* Learmonth * Lucas *

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* Miners Rest * Mitchell Park * Mount Clear * Mount Helen * Mount Pleasant * Mount Rowan * Nerrina * Newington *

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* Scotchmans Lead * Scotsburn *

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* Soldiers Hill * Tourello * Warrenheip *

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Wendouree Wendouree () is a large suburb on the north western rural-urban fringe of the city of Ballarat, in Victoria, Australia. It is the second most populated suburb in the City of Ballarat with a total of 10,376 inhabitants at the . It is named af ...

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* Winter Valley

Sister cities

The City of Ballarat's sister cities are: *

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, Japan *

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References

External links

Ballarat City Council official websiteMetlink local public transport mapLink to Land Victoria interactive maps
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ballarat, City of Local government areas of Victoria (Australia) Grampians (region) Ballarat

Council

Current composition

Election Results

2020 Election

North Ward

Central Ward

South Ward

2016 election

North Ward

Central Ward

South Ward

Administration and governance

Localities

Sister cities

See also

References

External links