Haddon, Victoria
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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian place | type = town
| name = Haddon
| city =
| state = vic
| image = Haddon Bills Horse Trough.JPG
| caption = The Bills Horse Trough in Haddon
| coordinates = {{coord|37|35|18|S|143|41|58|E|display=inline,title}}
| use_lga_map = yes
| lga = Golden Plains Shire
| postcode = 3351
| pop =
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| area =
| dist1 = 13
| dir1 = SW
| location1= Ballarat
| dist2 = 112
| dir2 = NW
| location2 = Melbourne
| fedgov = Ballarat
| stategov = Ripon
| near-nw = Bo Peep
| near-n = Cardigan
| near-ne = Bunkers Hill
| near-w = Snake Valley
| near-e = Smythes Creek
| near-sw = Hillcrest
| near-s = Smythesdale
| near-se = Nintingbool
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Haddon is a township in the Golden Plains Shire, 12 km west of Ballarat.
The population at the {{CensusAU|2016}} was 1,194. 84.4% of people were born in Australia and 90.8% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 38.9%, Catholic 21.2% and Anglican 11.1%.{{Census 2016 AUS|id= SSC21115|name=Haddon (State Suburb)|accessdate=30 August 2017|quick=on}}
Haddon is home to Ballarat Kart Club, the original Haddon circuit was built in 1961, before being extended and widened to its modern configuration.
Around 3 km of the Ballarat-Skipton Rail Trail passes through Haddon on the east side.
Amongst Haddon there is a Day Care Centre, a Kindergarten, a Primary School, a General store and the Haddon Fire Brigade.
River
Haddon is set on the Woady Yaloak River, which rises in some swamp land a few kilometres to the north. The river runs through paddocks, parks and under a road. The river has two bridges in the town, a footbridge in the park and a road bridge.
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