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Housing
ballarat central
Victoria · Census 2021
$656k
+13.6% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Ballarat Central is an inner-city suburb of Ballarat.
Median house price
People
Population
5,378
Median age
41 yrs
Income / person / wk
$821
Household income / wk
$1,454
Housing
Median rent / wk
$300
Mortgage / month
$1,600
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 49%
- Top language at home
- Punjabi · 0%
- No religion
- 49%
- Born overseas
- 14%
- English only at home
- 92%
Local amenities
Amenity score
100/100
Schools
3
Supermarkets
5
Pubs & bars
11
Parks
24
Libraries
1
GP clinics
12
Pharmacies
9
Hospitals
2
Nearest supermarket
0.8 km
Nearest train
0.9 km
Nearest hospital
0.4 km
Distance to coast
74 km
NBN
Fixed Line
Grocery mix: 1 Coles · 1 Woolworths · 1 Aldi · 1 IGA. Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
2
Catholic
1
Independent
1
Primary
3
Secondary
2
Nearest secondary
0.4 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Ballarat
- Council population
- 113,534
- Council area
- 739 km²
- Density
- 154/km²
- Federal grants
- $19.07M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $168/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $2,086
- Operating result
- -2.8%
- Asset renewal
- 120%
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Financials: VIC Local Government Performance Reporting 2024-25, Local Government Victoria. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Ballarat
- Federal MP
- Catherine King (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 61% 2PP
- State electorate
- Wendouree
- State MP
- Juliana Addison (ALP)
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