Ballarat

Victoria · Ballarat · 113,441 people · 59 suburbs · 11 postcodes

Ballarat at a glance

113,441
Population
#26 of 79 in VIC
731
km² area
155/km² density
39.3
Median age
+0.2 vs VIC
965
SEIFA IRSAD
#47 of 79 in VIC
50
Schools
32 gov, 14 Cath, 4 indep
11.3%
Born overseas
32.5%
Renting

Map shows the Ballarat LGA boundary in blue with a marker per suburb. Hover for suburb name, click for details.

Marker colour reflects SEIFA IRSAD decile: ● 1-2 (most disadvantaged), ● 3-4, ● 5-6, ● 7-8, ● 9-10 (most advantaged).

Boundary source: ABS ASGS 2021. Map tiles: OpenStreetMap contributors.

Federal electorate boundaries can be toggled on the map. Boundary source: ABS ASGS 2021 CED boundaries.

Ballarat is a Local Government Area in Victoria, in the Melbourne region. It covers 59 suburbs across 11 postcodes and an area of 731 km². Ballarat has a population of 113,441 , ranking #26 most populous in VIC. The most populous suburb is Alfredton (11,822 residents).About 11.3% of residents were born overseas and 7.0% speak a language other than English at home.

Who lives here

Age structure

0–14 (18.7%) 15–24 (12.4%) 25–44 (26.0%) 45–64 (23.9%) 65+ (19.0%)
Show counts
0–14 years21,248 (18.7%)
15–24 years14,048 (12.4%)
25–44 years29,508 (26.0%)
45–64 years27,084 (23.9%)
65+ years21,597 (19.0%)
11.3%
Born overseas
7.0%
Speak a language other than English at home
1.8%
First Nations
2.4
Avg household size

How they live

Housing tenure

Owned outright (33.6%) Mortgaged (33.9%) Renting (32.5%)

Dwelling type mix

Separate house (89.9%) Semi/townhouse (8.6%) Flat/apartment (1.5%)
$307
Median weekly rent
$1,478
Median monthly mortgage
44.0%
Households with 0-1 cars
56.0%
Households with 2+ cars

Work and learning

4.8%
Unemployment rate
29,558
In full-time work
19,624
In part-time work

Schools in Ballarat

50 schools across Ballarat: 64.0% Government, 28.0% Catholic, 8.0% Independent. The VIC average is 68.6% / 21.4% / 10.0%. Schools here have a median ICSEA of 1016 (range 840 to 1172). VIC median is 1027; national mean is 1000.

Sector mix

VIC average for comparison
Government Catholic Independent

Type breakdown

Primary (72.0%) Secondary (14.0%) Combined (10.0%) Special (4.0%)

ICSEA range

700 National mean 1000 1300
LGA median 1016 VIC median 1027LGA range 840 to 1172

ICSEA (Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage) summarises the socio-economic background of each school's families. Higher values indicate more advantage. Source: ACARA 2025.

All 50 schools in Ballarat, sorted by enrolment:

School Sector Type Suburb Students ICSEA
Ballarat Grammar Independent Combined Wendouree 1,989 1120
Ballarat Clarendon College Independent Combined Ballarat 1,896 1172
Phoenix P-12 Community College Government Combined Sebastopol 1,473 947
Ballarat High School Government Secondary Lake Gardens 1,461 1016
St Patrick's College Catholic Secondary Ballarat 1,267 1055
Damascus College Catholic Secondary Mount Clear 1,215 1052
Mount Clear College Government Secondary Mount Clear 982 996
Loreto College Catholic Secondary Ballarat 948 1073
Mount Rowan Secondary College Government Secondary Wendouree 678 938
Delacombe Primary School Government Primary Delacombe 641 970
Woodmans Hill Secondary College Government Secondary Ballarat East 602 988
Buninyong Primary School Government Primary Buninyong 567 1044
Alfredton Primary School Government Primary Alfredton 527 1009
Lucas Primary School Government Primary Lucas 527 1029
St Francis Xavier School Catholic Primary Ballarat East 482 1071
Ballarat Specialist School Government Special Lake Gardens 453 950
St Thomas More School Catholic Primary Alfredton 431 1087
Ballarat Christian College Independent Combined Sebastopol 406 1058
Black Hill Primary School Government Primary Ballarat 397 1042
Emmaus Catholic Primary School Catholic Primary Mount Clear 362 1088
Miners Rest Primary School Government Primary Miners Rest 353 994
Pleasant Street Primary School (Ballarat) Government Primary Lake Wendouree 350 1095
Siena Catholic Primary School Catholic Primary Lucas 336 1055
St Columba's School Catholic Primary Ballarat North 334 1090
Ballarat North Primary School Government Primary Ballarat 330 1002
Lumen Christi School Catholic Primary Delacombe 324 1029
Newington Primary School Government Primary Ballarat 278 1007
St Aloysius' School Catholic Primary Redan 254 1022
St Patrick's School Catholic Primary Ballarat 249 1096
St Alipius' Parish School Catholic Primary Ballarat East 248 1052
Canadian Lead Primary School Government Primary Ballarat East 235 952
Forest Street Primary School Government Primary Wendouree 232 919
Ballarat Primary School (Dana Street) Government Primary Ballarat 227 1069
Mount Clear Primary School Government Primary Mount Clear 221 991
Caledonian Primary School Government Primary Brown Hill 215 1010
Yuille Park Community College Government Combined Wendouree 209 840
St James' School Catholic Primary Sebastopol 166 1034
Mount Pleasant Primary School Government Primary Ballarat 129 972
Wendouree Primary School Government Primary Wendouree 116 917
Magpie Primary School Government Primary Magpie 103 923
Our Lady Help of Christians School Catholic Primary Wendouree 101 1017
Sebastopol Primary School Government Primary Sebastopol 98 901
Little Bendigo Primary School Government Primary Nerrina 84 986
Macarthur Street Primary School Government Primary Soldiers Hill 83 951
Mount Blowhard Primary School Government Primary Blowhard 79 1008
Invermay Primary School Government Primary Invermay 74 945
Ballarat Steiner School Independent Primary Mount Helen 64 1076
Warrenheip Primary School Government Primary Warrenheip 32 909
Glen Park Primary School Government Primary Glen Park 10 1110
Sovereign Hill School Government Special Ballarat

Source: ACARA School Profiles 2025. ICSEA shown where reported; some schools (notably small primaries) do not publish ICSEA.

SEIFA socio-economic indexes

SEIFA 2021 ranks Australian areas across four dimensions. Scores are population-weighted averages of suburb-level SEIFA scores within Ballarat. Higher scores indicate more advantage; the national mean is 1000.

IRSAD

Relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage

965
Ranked #47 of 79 VIC LGAs

IRSD

Relative disadvantage only (lower = more disadvantaged)

986

IER

Economic resources: income, wealth, housing

971

IEO

Education and occupation: qualifications, skill levels

978

Suburbs in Ballarat

Ballarat contains 59 suburbs and 11 postcodes. Sorted by population.

SuburbPostcodePopulationMedian incomeMedian age
Alfredton 3350 11,822 $1,883/wk 35
Wendouree 3355 10,376 $990/wk 42
Sebastopol 3356 10,194 $1,013/wk 39
Ballarat East 3350 5,937 $1,123/wk 43
Delacombe 3356 5,408 $1,339/wk 39
Ballarat Central 3350 5,378 $1,454/wk 41
Brown Hill 3350 4,489 $1,757/wk 36
Canadian 3350 4,098 $1,438/wk 37
Ballarat North 3350 4,041 $1,290/wk 43
Miners Rest 3352 3,829 $1,983/wk 33
Buninyong 3357 3,797 $1,745/wk 45
Mount Clear 3350 3,671 $1,462/wk 37
Winter Valley 3358 3,440 $2,013/wk 29
Mount Helen 3350 3,011 $2,076/wk 36
Redan 3350 3,000 $1,061/wk 39
Lucas 3350 2,994 $1,956/wk 32
Lake Wendouree 3350 2,878 $1,953/wk 53
Soldiers Hill 3350 2,813 $1,461/wk 40
Mount Pleasant 3350 2,225 $1,350/wk 35
Golden Point 3350 2,217 $1,309/wk 40
Black Hill 3350 2,124 $1,471/wk 40
Newington 3350 1,844 $1,695/wk 39
Lake Gardens 3355 1,801 $1,534/wk 51
Invermay Park 3350 1,692 $1,775/wk 50
Cardigan 3352 1,064 $2,713/wk 36
Nerrina 3350 970 $2,405/wk 42
Cardigan Village 3352 957 $2,200/wk 32
Bonshaw 3352 949 $1,854/wk 28
Invermay 3352 900 $2,345/wk 45
Mitchell Park 3352 887 $1,332/wk 37
Warrenheip 3352 721 $1,687/wk 41
Eureka 3350 633 $1,168/wk 38
Durham Lead 3352 408 $1,916/wk 44
Learmonth 3352 396 $1,520/wk 45
Magpie 3352 368 $2,097/wk 48
Mount Rowan 3352 295 $1,528/wk 50
Bunkers Hill 3352 270 $2,058/wk 46
Burrumbeet 3352 249 $949/wk 58
Scotsburn 3352 244 $1,924/wk 47
Bakery Hill 3350 180 $1,263/wk 34
Bald Hills 3364 114 $1,666/wk 40
Glen Park 3352 110 $1,833/wk 51
Scotchmans Lead 3352 105 $2,050/wk 50
Windermere 3352 96 $2,250/wk 46
Blowhard 3352 82 $1,458/wk 56
Coghills Creek 3364 80 $1,562/wk 42
Addington 3352 65 $1,042/wk 56
Weatherboard 3352 52 $1,792/wk 56
Glendaruel 3363 49 $2,187/wk 41
Tourello 3363 46 $1,312/wk 39
Mount Bolton 3352 29 $1,416/wk 60
Bo Peep 3351 25 $1,875/wk 39
Glendonald 3364 12 $900/wk 44
Gong Gong 3352 6 $2,874/wk 26
Ballarat 3350
Ballarat West 3350
Chapel Flat 3352
Sovereign Hill 3350
Wendouree Village 3355

Postcodes covered

3350, 3351, 3352, 3355, 3356, 3357, 3358, 3363, 3364, 3451, 3465

Compare Ballarat with neighbouring LGAs

Side-by-side demographic and socio-economic snapshot of Ballarat and its closest neighbouring LGAs.

LGA Population Median age SEIFA IRSAD % renting % overseas-born
Ballarat (VIC) 113,441 39.3 965 32.5% 11.3%
Hepburn 17,039 51.5 984 14.7% 14.0%
Golden Plains 25,556 39.2 998 7.5% 9.3%
Moorabool 37,481 39.4 987 17.7% 14.2%
Corangamite 16,100 48.0 955 18.6% 7.3%
Pyrenees 7,530 50.0 928 12.3% 9.6%

Services and amenities

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Frequently asked questions about Ballarat

What is the population of Ballarat?

The 2021 Census recorded 113,441 people living in Ballarat, across 59 suburbs.

What suburbs are in Ballarat?

Ballarat contains 59 suburbs. The most populous are Alfredton, Wendouree, Sebastopol, Ballarat East, Delacombe.See the full list in the Suburbs section above.

What postcodes are in Ballarat?

Ballarat covers 11 postcodes: 3350, 3351, 3352, 3355, 3356, 3357, 3358, 3363, 3364, 3451, 3465.

How many schools are in Ballarat?

Ballarat has 50 schools, including 32 government, 14 Catholic, and 4 independent schools (ACARA 2025).

What is the SEIFA score for Ballarat?

Ballarat has a population-weighted SEIFA IRSAD score of 965, where the national average is 1000. Higher scores indicate more relative advantage.

Page last reviewed . Data sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census (CC BY 4.0), SEIFA 2021 (IRSD, IRSAD, IER, IEO), ACARA School Profiles 2025, ABS ASGS 2021 LGA boundaries. How this data is sourced.