Ballan VIC 3342

Living Here

Ballan is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 3,392 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,560 a week, with median rent near $330 a week. Most homes are houses. About 81% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area. The median house sells for about $630,000.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Bacchus Marsh Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Ballan itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • St Brigid's Primary School
  • Ballan Primary School
• 5 cafés & restaurants

  • Sweet Temptations
  • Zest Cafe
  • Moonlight
  • Commercial Hotel
  • Mill Rose Cottage
• 1 supermarket

  • Ballan IGA
• 4 parks

  • McLean Reserve
  • Mill Park
  • Caledonian Park
  • A'cock Park
• 1 Catholic church

  • St Brigid's Catholic Church
• 1 hospital

  • Ballan District Health and Care
• 1 childcare centre

  • Ballan Kindergarten
• 3 service stations

  • Pama Motors
  • Mobil Ballan Westbound
  • Mobil Ballan Travel Stop Eastbound
• 1 golf club

  • Ballan Golf Course
• 1 hardware store

  • Ballan Hardware
• 1 mechanic

  • Pama Motors
• 3 places to stay

  • Ballan Hotel
  • Caledonian Caravan Park
  • Phoenix Park

Getting around. Train station: Ballan, 600 m south · Airport: Avalon Airport, 53 km south-east.

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Sport & Recreation

5 facilities recorded in Ballan.

• Ballan Bowls Club Lawn Bowls
• Ballan Golf Club Golf
• Ballan Outdoor Swimming Pool Swimming
• Ballan Racecourse Reserve Equestrian
• Ballan Recreation Reserve Australian Rules Football, Cricket, Netball, Skating, Tennis (Outdoor)

Socio-economic Standing

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Median Sale Prices

Median of recorded sales in the period, not a valuation. Source: Victorian Property Sales Report, Land Use Victoria.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 13.2% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Demographics

Unemployment 3.8% · Labour-force participation 60.4%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

2,981 bird observations recorded near Ballan — most often seen:

• Australian Magpie (250)
• Little Raven (216)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (179)
• Eurasian Blackbird (159)
• Superb Fairy-wren (156)
• Crimson Rosella (134)
• Grey Fantail (134)
• Red Wattlebird (130)
• Common Starling (109)
• Brown Thornbill (101)
• Welcome Swallow (101)
• Grey Shrike-thrush (100)
• House Sparrow (100)

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Ballan:

• Colbrook (7.2 km)
• Bunding (8.3 km)
• Greendale (8.7 km)
• Ingliston (8.8 km)
• Fiskville (9.3 km)
• Myrniong (10.3 km)
• Gordon (10.7 km)
• Korobeit (10.8 km)

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