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Coordinates: 37°33′00″S 143°51′00″E / 37.55000°S 143.85000°E / -37.55000; 143.85000
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This article is about a local government area. For the urban centre, see Ballarat. For other uses, see Ballarat (disambiguation).

City of Ballarat
Victoria
Map of the City of Ballarat's municipal borders, urban areas and location in Victoria
Population107,325 (2018)[1]
 • Density145.23/km2 (376.14/sq mi)
Established6 May 1994
Gazetted6 May 1994[2]
Area739 km2 (285.3 sq mi)[1]
MayorCr Des Hudson
Council seatCentral
RegionGrampians
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)Ballarat
WebsiteCity of Ballarat
LGAs around City of Ballarat:
Pyrenees Hepburn Hepburn
Pyrenees City of Ballarat Moorabool
Golden Plains Golden Plains Moorabool

The City of Ballarat is a local government area in the west of the state of Victoria, Australia. It covers an area of 739 square kilometres (285 sq mi) and, in June 2018, had a population of 107,325.[1] 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, Waubra, Learmonth and Addington. It was formed on 6 May 1994 from the amalgamation of the City of Ballarat, Shire of Ballarat, Borough of Sebastopol and parts of the Shire of Bungaree, Shire of Buninyong, Shire of Grenville and Shire of Ripon.[2]

The City is governed and administered by the Ballarat City Council; its seat of local government 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.[3]

Council

Current composition

Ballarat City Council
Type
Type
Council of the City of Ballarat
Structure
Ballarat city council diagram
Council political groups
  Labor: 2 seats
  Greens: 1 seat
  Independent: 3 seats
  Liberal: 3 seats

The council is composed of three wards and nine councillors, with three councillors per ward elected to represent each ward.[4] The current Council, elected in 2020, in order of election by ward, is:[5]

Ward Party Councillor Notes
Central   Independent Mark Harris
  Liberal Samantha McIntosh[6]
  Greens Belinda Coates[7]
North   Liberal Amy Johnson[6]
  Independent Peter Eddy Deputy Mayor, Former CEO of Basketball Ballarat
  Labor Daniel Moloney
South   Labor Des Hudson[6] Mayor
  Liberal Ben Taylor
  Independent Tracey Hargreaves

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,[8] which would turn the heritage listed Town Hall building into a public general purpose venue.

2023 Council Review

Prior to the 2024 Election , The Victorian Electoral Commission conducted a review into the electoral structure of multiple Victorian Councils including the City of Ballarat[9] As part of this review it was deemed that from the 2024 Election, the council would take up nine single-councillor wards, namely:

  • Alfredton Ward
  • Brown Hill Ward
  • Buninyong Ward
  • Central Ward
  • Delacombe Ward
  • Golden Point Ward
  • North Ward
  • Sebastopol Ward
  • Wendouree Ward

Election results

2020

Section 'Ballarat' not found

2016

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2016 Victorian local elections § Ballarat.[edit]
2016 Victorian local elections: Ballarat[10]
Party Votes % Seats Change
  Independent 27,257 46.39 2 Increase 1
  Independent Liberal 16,043 27.31 4 Increase 1
  Labor 7,925 13.49 2 Steady
  Greens 7,527 12.81 1 Steady
 Formal votes 58,752 100.0

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the city had a population of 113,763 up from 101,686 in the 2016 census[11]

Population
Locality 2016 2021
Addington 71 65
Alfredton 9,220 11,822
Ascot 96 93
Bakery Hill 164 180
Bald Hills^ 107 114
Ballarat Central 5,328 5,378
Ballarat East 5,623 5,937
Ballarat North 3,925 4,041
Black Hill 2,126 2,124
Blowhard 84 82
Bo Peep^ 21 25
Bonshaw 210 949
Brown Hill 3,582 4,489
Buninyong^ 3,714 3,797
Bunkers Hill 261 270
Burrumbeet^ 232 249
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Canadian 3,609 4,098
Cardigan 754 1,064
Cardigan Village 667 957
Chapel Flat 0 0
Coghills Creek 71 80
Creswick^ 3,170 3,279
Delacombe 6,297 5,408
Durham Lead^ 392 408
Ercildoune^ 70 90
Eureka 626 633
Glen Park^ 103 110
Glendaruel 52 49
Glendonald 11 12
Golden Point 2,107 2,217
Gong Gong 9 6
Invermay 835 900
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Invermay Park 1,814 1,692
Lake Gardens 1,695 1,801
Lake Wendouree 2,882 2,878
Learmonth 438 396
Lucas 1,014 2,994
Magpie 371 368
Miners Rest 3,095 3,829
Mitchell Park 868 887
Mount Bolton 29 29
Mount Clear 3,390 3,671
Mount Helen 2,975 3,011
Mount Pleasant 2,203 2,225
Mount Rowan 294 295
Nerrina 962 970
Newington 1,900 1,844
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Redan 2,889 3,000
Scotchmans Lead 97 105
Scotsburn^ 258 244
Sebastopol 10,032 10,194
Smythes Creek^ 1,467 1,762
Soldiers Hill 2,803 2,813
Sulky^ 232 234
Tourello 39 46
Warrenheip^ 669 721
Wattle Flat^ 97 104
Waubra^ 275 308
Weatherboard 51 52
Wendouree 10,445 10,376
Windermere 97 96
Winter Valley * 3,440

^ - Territory divided with another LGA
* - Not noted in 2016 Census

Sister cities

The City of Ballarat's sister cities are:[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Order Constituting the City of Ballarat..." Victoria Government Gazette (S23). State Government of Victoria: 1. 6 May 1994. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. ^ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Significant Urban Area, 2008 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
  4. ^ Local Government in Victoria. "Ballarat City Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  5. ^ VEC. "Ballarat City Council election results 2016". Victorian Electoral Commission. Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  6. ^ a b c Oliver, Jordan (19 May 2014). "Timeline of party politics in Ballarat City Council". The Courier.
  7. ^ "Your Representatives". Australian Greens Victoria.
  8. ^ Quinlan, Kim (18 May 2010). "Ballarat City Council to commit $850k for Civic Hall site design". The Courier. Fairfax Regional Media. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  9. ^ "Ballarat City Council electoral structure review Final Report" (PDF). Victorian Electoral Commission. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Ballarat City Council election results 2016". Victorian Electoral Commission.
  11. ^ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.
  12. ^ "Sister cities build more than a cultural bond". The Courier. Fairfax Regional Media. 17 October 2004. Retrieved 10 December 2013.

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