City of Ballarat

{{About|a local government area|the urban centre|Ballarat|other uses|Ballarat (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox Australian place | type = lga

| name = City of Ballarat

| state = vic

| image = Australia Victoria Ballarat City location map.svg

| caption = Map of the City of Ballarat's municipal borders, urban areas and location in Victoria

| pop = 107325

| pop_year = 2018

| pop_footnotes = {{cite web|title=3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018 |url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02017-18|publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics|date=27 March 2019|access-date=25 October 2019}} Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.

| area = 739

| area_footnotes =

| est = 6 May 1994

| gazetted = 6 May 1994{{cite journal |url=http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/view.cgi?year=1994&class=S&page_num=1&state=V&classNum=S23 |issue=S23 |title=Order Constituting the City of Ballarat... |journal=Victoria Government Gazette |publisher=State Government of Victoria |date=6 May 1994 |page=1 |access-date=10 January 2014}}

| mayor = Cr Des Hudson

| seat = Central

| region = Grampians

| logo = Ballarat ruralcity logo.png

| url = http://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au

| stategov= Eureka

| stategov2= Ripon

| stategov3 = Wendouree

| fedgov = Ballarat

| near-nw = Pyrenees

| near-n = Hepburn

| near-ne = Hepburn

| near-e = Moorabool

| near-se = Moorabool

| near-s = Golden Plains

| near-sw = Golden Plains

| near-w = Pyrenees

}}

The City of Ballarat is a local government area in the west of the state of Victoria, Australia. It covers an area of {{convert|739|km2|mi2}} and, in June 2023, had a population of 118,137.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-26 |title=Regional population, 2022-23 financial year {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/regional-population/latest-release |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=www.abs.gov.au |language=en}} 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.

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.{{cite web|title=3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Significant Urban Area, 2008 to 2018|url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02017-18|publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics|date=27 March 2019|access-date=25 October 2019}} Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.

Council

=Current composition=

{{Infobox legislature

| name = Ballarat City Council

| house_type = Council of the City of Ballarat

| house1 = Council

| structure1 = File:Ballarat_City_Council_2020.svg

| political_groups1 = {{legend|#F00011|Labor: 2 seats}} {{legend|#10C25B|Greens: 1 seat}} {{legend|#888888|Independent: 3 seats}} {{legend|#080CAB|Liberal: 3 seats}}

}}

The council is composed of three wards and nine councillors, with three councillors per ward elected to represent each ward.{{cite web |url=http://www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/localgovernment/find-your-local-council/ballarat |title=Ballarat City Council |author=Local Government in Victoria |website=Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure |publisher=State Government of Victoria |access-date=10 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102022252/http://www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/localgovernment/find-your-local-council/ballarat |archive-date=2 January 2014 |url-status=dead }}

The current Council, elected in 2020, in order of election by ward, is:{{cite web |url=https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Results/Council2016/BallaratResult.html |title=Ballarat City Council election results 2016 |author=VEC |website=Victorian Electoral Commission |access-date=31 October 2016}}

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Ward	colspan="2"\|Party	Councillor	Notes
rowspan="3"\|Central \| {{Australian party style\|Independent}}\| \|Independent \| Mark Harris \|
{{Australian party style\|Liberal}}\| \|Liberal \| Samantha McIntosh{{cite web\|last1=Oliver\|first1=Jordan\|title=Timeline of party politics in Ballarat City Council\|url=http://www.thecourier.com.au/story/2283763/timeline-of-party-politics-in-ballarat-city-council/\|website=The Courier\|date=19 May 2014}} \|
{{Australian party style\|Greens}}\| \|Greens \| Belinda Coates{{cite web\|url=http://greens.org.au/vic/representatives\|title=Your Representatives\|publisher=Australian Greens Victoria}} \|
rowspan="3"\|North \| {{Australian party style\|Liberal}}\| \|Liberal \| Amy Johnson \|
{{Australian party style\|Independent}}\| \| Independent \| Peter Eddy \| Deputy Mayor, Former CEO of Basketball Ballarat
{{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \|Labor \| Daniel Moloney \|
rowspan="3"\|South \| {{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \|Labor \| Des Hudson \|Mayor
{{Australian party style\|Liberal}}\| \|Liberal \| Ben Taylor \|
{{Australian party style\|Independent}}\| \|Independent \| Tracey Hargreaves \| Yoga instructor and anti-vaccination advocate{{Cite web \|title=subscription required \|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/hyperlocal/protesters-march-through-ballarat-demand-premier-be-jailed/news-story/3e53f41d883682423ad7dab335d4f3f3 \|access-date=November 27, 2024 \|website=www.heraldsun.com.au}}

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Ward

colspan="2"|Party

Councillor

Notes

rowspan="3"|Central

| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|

|Independent

| Mark Harris

{{Australian party style|Liberal}}|

|Liberal

| Samantha McIntosh{{cite web|last1=Oliver|first1=Jordan|title=Timeline of party politics in Ballarat City Council|url=http://www.thecourier.com.au/story/2283763/timeline-of-party-politics-in-ballarat-city-council/|website=The Courier|date=19 May 2014}}

{{Australian party style|Greens}}|

|Greens

| Belinda Coates{{cite web|url=http://greens.org.au/vic/representatives|title=Your Representatives|publisher=Australian Greens Victoria}}

rowspan="3"|North

| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|

|Liberal

| Amy Johnson

{{Australian party style|Independent}}|

| Independent

| Peter Eddy

| Deputy Mayor, Former CEO of Basketball Ballarat

{{Australian party style|Labor}}|

|Labor

| Daniel Moloney

rowspan="3"|South

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

|Labor

| Des Hudson

|Mayor

{{Australian party style|Liberal}}|

|Liberal

| Ben Taylor

{{Australian party style|Independent}}|

|Independent

| Tracey Hargreaves

| Yoga instructor and anti-vaccination advocate{{Cite web |title=subscription required |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/hyperlocal/protesters-march-through-ballarat-demand-premier-be-jailed/news-story/3e53f41d883682423ad7dab335d4f3f3 |access-date=November 27, 2024 |website=www.heraldsun.com.au}}

=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,{{cite web |url=http://www.thecourier.com.au/story/545501/ballarat-city-council-to-commit-850k-for-civic-hall-site-design/ |title=Ballarat City Council to commit $850k for Civic Hall site design |last1=Quinlan |first1=Kim |date=18 May 2010 |website=The Courier Regional Media |access-date=10 December 2013}} 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.{{Cite web |publisher=Victorian Electoral Commission |date=2024-02-15 |title=Ballarat City Council electoral structure review Final Report |url=https://www.localgovernment.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0013/205330/Ballarat-City-Council-electoral-structure-review-Final-report-August-2023.pdf |access-date=2024-02-16}} 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

=2024=

{{excerpt|Results of the 2024 Victorian local elections in Grampians|section=Ballarat results}}

=2020=

{{excerpt|Results of the 2020 Victorian local elections in Grampians|section=Ballarat}}

=2016=

{{excerpt|Results of the 2016 Victorian local elections|section=Ballarat}}

=2012=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; margin-bottom:0" \|+2012 Victorian local elections: Ballarat ! style="width:10px" colspan=3 \| Party ! style="width:70px;"\| Votes ! style="width:40px;"\| % ! style="width:40px;"\| Swing ! style="width:40px;"\| Seats ! style="width:40px;"\| Change
{{Australian party style\|Independent\|width:1px}} \| \| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"\| Independents \| 20,676 \| 37.70 \| \| 2 \|
{{Australian party style\|Independent Liberal\|width:1px}} \| \| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"\| Independent Liberal \| 19,849 \| 36.19 \| \| 5 \|
{{Australian party style\|Independent Labor\|width:1px}} \| \| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"\| Independent Labor \| 9,829 \| 17.92 \| \| 1 \|
{{Australian party style\|Greens\|width:1px}} \| \| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"\| Greens \| 4,489 \| 8.19 \| \| 1 \|
colspan="3" rowspan="1" \| Formal votes \| 54,843 \| 97.30 \| \| \|
colspan="3" rowspan="1" \| Informal votes \| 1,524 \| 2.70 \| \| \|
colspan="3" rowspan="1" \| Total \| 56,367 \| 100 \| \| \|
colspan="3" rowspan="1" \| Registered voters / turnout \| 72,725 \| 77.51 \| \| \|

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|+2012 Victorian local elections: Ballarat

! style="width:10px" colspan=3 | Party

! style="width:70px;"| Votes

! style="width:40px;"| %

! style="width:40px;"| Swing

! style="width:40px;"| Seats

! style="width:40px;"| Change

{{Australian party style|Independent|width:1px}} |

| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Independents

| 20,676

| 37.70

| 2

{{Australian party style|Independent Liberal|width:1px}} |

| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Independent Liberal

| 19,849

| 36.19

| 5

{{Australian party style|Independent Labor|width:1px}} |

| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Independent Labor

| 9,829

| 17.92

| 1

{{Australian party style|Greens|width:1px}} |

| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Greens

| 4,489

| 8.19

| 1

colspan="3" rowspan="1" | Formal votes

| 54,843

| 97.30

colspan="3" rowspan="1" | Informal votes

| 1,524

| 2.70

colspan="3" rowspan="1" | Total

| 56,367

| 100

colspan="3" rowspan="1" | Registered voters / turnout

| 72,725

| 77.51

Central Ward

{{Election box begin

|title = 2012 Victorian local elections: Central Ward{{cite web |title=Ballarat City Council election results 2012 |url=https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/results/council-election-results/2012-election-results |publisher=Victorian Electoral Commission}}

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent Liberal

|candidate = Samantha McIntosh

|votes = 4,355

|percentage = 26.10

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Greens Vic

|candidate = Belinda Coates

|votes = 3,197

|percentage = 19.16

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent Liberal

|candidate = John Burt

|votes = 3,006

|percentage = 18.02

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Mark Harris

|votes = 2,379

|percentage = 14.16

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Glen Crompton

|votes = 1,337

|percentage = 8.01

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Jenny Overington

|votes = 1,051

|percentage = 6.30

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Matthew Freeman

|votes = 836

|percentage = 5.01

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Gary Fitzgerald

|votes = 523

|percentage = 3.13

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 17,163

|percentage = 75.22

|change =

}}

=North=

{{Election box begin

|title = 2012 Victorian local elections: North Ward

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent Liberal

|candidate = Vicki Coltman

|votes = 4,963

|percentage = 28.38

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = John Philips

|votes = 4,046

|percentage = 21.02

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent Liberal

|candidate = Amy Johnson

|votes = 3,908

|percentage = 20.30

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Labor Vic

|candidate = Daniel Moloney

|votes = 2,901

|percentage = 15.07

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Labor Vic

|candidate = Scott Hebbard

|votes = 1,894

|percentage = 9.84

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Allan Carter

|votes = 1,535

|percentage = 7.98

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 19,735

|percentage = 79.57

|change =

}}

=South=

{{Election box begin

|title = 2012 Victorian local elections: South Ward

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Labor Vic

|candidate = Des Hudson

|votes = 5,034

|percentage = 26.62

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent Liberal

|candidate = Joshua Morris

|votes = 3,617

|percentage = 19.13

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Peter Innes

|votes = 3,075

|percentage = 16.26

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Jim Rinaldi

|votes = 2,930

|percentage = 15.49

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Stephen Pelchen

|votes = 1,726

|percentage = 9.13

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Greens Vic

|candidate = David Eldridge

|votes = 1,292

|percentage = 6.83

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Sundram Sivamalai

|votes = 849

|percentage = 4.49

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Matt Mattson

|votes = 889

|percentage = 4.80

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 19,469

|percentage = 77.55

|change =

}}

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the city had a population of 113,763 up from 101,686 in the 2016 census{{cite web |title=Census {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics|date=11 January 2023}}

colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold" \| Population
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
style="text-align:center; background: font-weight:bold" \| Locality	style="text-align:center; background: font-weight:bold" \| 2016	style="text-align:center; background: font-weight:bold" \| 2021
{{VICcity\|Addington}}	71	65
{{VICcity\|Alfredton}}	9,220	11,822
Ascot	96	93
{{VICcity\|Bakery Hill}}	164	180
{{VICcity\|Bald Hills}}^	107	114
{{VICcity\|Ballarat Central}}	5,328	5,378
{{VICcity\|Ballarat East}}	5,623	5,937
{{VICcity\|Ballarat North}}	3,925	4,041
{{VICcity\|Black Hill}}	2,126	2,124
{{VICcity\|Blowhard}}	84	82
{{VICcity\|Bo Peep}}^	21	25
{{VICcity\|Bonshaw}}	210	949
{{VICcity\|Brown Hill}}	3,582	4,489
{{VICcity\|Buninyong}}^	3,714	3,797
{{VICcity\|Bunkers Hill}}	261	270
{{VICcity\|Burrumbeet}}^	232	249

colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold" \| Population
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
style="text-align:center; background: font-weight:bold" \| Locality	style="text-align:center; background: font-weight:bold" \| 2016	style="text-align:center; background: font-weight:bold" \| 2021
{{VICcity\|Canadian}}	3,609	4,098
{{VICcity\|Cardigan}}	754	1,064
{{VICcity\|Cardigan Village}}	667	957
{{VICcity\|Chapel Flat}}	0	0
{{VICcity\|Coghills Creek}}	71	80
{{VICcity\|Creswick}}^	3,170	3,279
{{VICcity\|Delacombe}}	6,297	5,408
{{VICcity\|Durham Lead}}^	392	408
{{VICcity\|Ercildoune}}^	70	90
{{VICcity\|Eureka}}	626	633
{{VICcity\|Glen Park}}^	103	110
{{VICcity\|Glendaruel}}	52	49
{{VICcity\|Glendonald}}	11	12
{{VICcity\|Golden Point}}	2,107	2,217
{{VICcity\|Gong Gong}}	9	6
{{VICcity\|Invermay}}	835	900

colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold" \| Population
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
style="text-align:center; background: font-weight:bold" \| Locality	style="text-align:center; background: font-weight:bold" \| 2016	style="text-align:center; background: font-weight:bold" \| 2021
{{VICcity\|Invermay Park}}	1,814	1,692
{{VICcity\|Lake Gardens}}	1,695	1,801
{{VICcity\|Lake Wendouree}}	2,882	2,878
{{VICcity\|Learmonth}}	438	396
{{VICcity\|Lucas}}	1,014	2,994
{{VICcity\|Magpie}}	371	368
{{VICcity\|Miners Rest}}	3,095	3,829
{{VICcity\|Mitchell Park}}	868	887
{{VICcity\|Mount Bolton}}	29	29
{{VICcity\|Mount Clear}}	3,390	3,671
{{VICcity\|Mount Helen}}	2,975	3,011
{{VICcity\|Mount Pleasant}}	2,203	2,225
{{VICcity\|Mount Rowan}}	294	295
{{VICcity\|Nerrina}}	962	970
{{VICcity\|Newington}}	1,900	1,844

colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold" \| Population
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
style="text-align:center; background: font-weight:bold" \| Locality	style="text-align:center; background: font-weight:bold" \| 2016	style="text-align:center; background: font-weight:bold" \| 2021
{{VICcity\|Redan}}	2,889	3,000
{{VICcity\|Scotchmans Lead}}	97	105
{{VICcity\|Scotsburn}}^	258	244
{{VICcity\|Sebastopol}}	10,032	10,194
{{VICcity\|Smythes Creek}}^	1,467	1,762
{{VICcity\|Soldiers Hill}}	2,803	2,813
{{VICcity\|Sulky}}^	232	234
{{VICcity\|Tourello}}	39	46
{{VICcity\|Warrenheip}}^	669	721
{{VICcity\|Wattle Flat}}^	97	104
{{VICcity\|Waubra}}^	275	308
{{VICcity\|Weatherboard}}	51	52
{{VICcity\|Wendouree}}	10,445	10,376
{{VICcity\|Windermere}}	97	96
{{VICcity\|Winter Valley}}	*	3,440

^ – Territory divided with another LGA

* – Not noted in 2016 Census

Sister cities

The City of Ballarat's sister cities are:{{cite web |url=http://www.thecourier.com.au/story/581486/sister-cities-build-more-than-a-cultural-bond/ |title=Sister cities build more than a cultural bond |date=17 October 2004 |website=The Courier |access-date=10 December 2013}}

Inagawa, Hyōgo, Japan
Ainaro, East Timor

References

External links

[http://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/ Ballarat City Council official website]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20081119063336/http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/location/view/57 Metlink local public transport map]
[http://services.land.vic.gov.au/landchannel/jsp/map/InteractiveMapIntro.jsp Link to Land Victoria interactive maps] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324211834/http://services.land.vic.gov.au/landchannel/jsp/map/InteractiveMapIntro.jsp |date=24 March 2022 }}

{{Coord|37|33|00|S|143|51|00|E|type:adm2nd_region:AU-VIC|display=title}}

Category:Local government areas of Victoria (state)

Category:Grampians (region)

Category:Ballarat

City of Ballarat

Council

=Current composition=

=Administration and governance=

= 2023 Council Review =

Election results

=2024=

=2020=

=2016=

=2012=

=North=

=South=

Townships and localities

Sister cities

See also

References

External links