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newington (vic.)
Victoria · Census 2021
$600k
-2.8% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Newington (Vic.) is a bushland suburb of Ballarat.
Median house price
People
Population
1,844
Median age
39 yrs
Income / person / wk
$802
Household income / wk
$1,695
Housing
Median rent / wk
$315
Mortgage / month
$1,517
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 45%
- Top language at home
- Mandarin · 1%
- No religion
- 45%
- Born overseas
- 10%
- English only at home
- 93%
Local amenities
Amenity score
14/100
Schools
3
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
3
Libraries
0
GP clinics
0
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
1.2 km
Nearest train
2.8 km
Nearest hospital
1.4 km
Distance to coast
75 km
NBN
Fixed Line
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
1
Catholic
1
Independent
1
Primary
2
Secondary
2
Nearest secondary
0.6 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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