Ballarat Central VIC 3350
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Living Here
Ballarat Central is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 5,378 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $1,454 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 58% of households own their home and 40% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area. The median house sells for about $575,000.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Ballarat statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Ballarat Central itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 dentists
1 physiotherapist
3 childcare & kindergartens
1 dog park
Getting around. Train station: Ballarat, 900 m north-east · Tram stop: Carlton Street, 2.7 km west · Railway halt: Invermay Miniature Railway, 4.9 km north-east · Bus interchange: Ballarat Station, 850 m north-east.
Sport & Recreation
6 facilities recorded in Ballarat Central.
- Ballarat Western Croquet Club Croquet
- City Bowling Club Lawn Bowls
- Fernwood Ballarat Aerobics, Fitness / Gymnasium Workouts
- On Track Personal Fitness Aerobics, Fitness / Gymnasium Workouts
- Western Oval Australian Rules Football, Cricket
- White Flat Australian Rules Football, Cricket
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: 10.3% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 10.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 5.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.9% · Labour-force participation 61.9%
Population by age in Ballarat Central
| 0-4 | 253 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 516 |
| 15-19 | 260 |
| 20-24 | 399 |
| 25-34 | 808 |
| 35-44 | 701 |
| 45-54 | 711 |
| 55-64 | 723 |
| 65-74 | 600 |
| 75-84 | 285 |
| 85+ | 121 |
Dwelling types in Ballarat Central
| House | 1,736 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 302 |
| Apartment | 273 |
| Other | 21 |
Households by weekly income in Ballarat Central
| <$650 | 451 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 701 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 655 |
| $3,000+ | 422 |
Top ancestries in Ballarat Central
| English | 2,227 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 1,880 |
| Irish | 1,078 |
| Scottish | 783 |
| Other | 425 |
| Ancestry NS | 319 |
Housing tenure in Ballarat Central
| Owned | 758 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 594 |
| Rented | 940 |
| Other | 29 |
Cars per household in Ballarat Central
| 0 | 215 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1,108 |
| 2 | 765 |
| 3 | 166 |
| 4+ | 62 |
Commute to work in Ballarat Central
| Car | 1,358 |
|---|---|
| Train | 13 |
| Bus | 26 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 329 |
| Bicycle | 42 |
| Home | 561 |
Top countries of birth in Ballarat Central
| England | 129 |
|---|---|
| India | 96 |
| New Zealand | 60 |
| United States | 28 |
| China | 27 |
| Nepal | 23 |
Languages used at home in Ballarat Central
| Mandarin | 45 |
|---|---|
| Punjabi | 44 |
| Japanese | 28 |
| Nepali | 24 |
| Malayalam | 24 |
| Bengali | 20 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
177,621 bird observations recorded near Ballarat Central — most often seen:
- Pacific Black Duck (10,132)
- Magpie-lark (10,112)
- Black Swan (10,032)
- Eurasian Coot (10,021)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (8,950)
- Dusky Moorhen (8,902)
- Little Raven (8,281)
- Red Wattlebird (7,951)
- Little Pied Cormorant (7,655)
- Australian Wood Duck (7,471)
- Silver Gull (6,877)
- Australian White Ibis (6,246)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (6,126)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Ballarat Central
- Eurasian Blackbird (5,972)
- Common Starling (5,764)
- Musk Duck (5,575)
- Superb Fairy-wren (5,567)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (5,168)
- Grey Teal (4,842)
- Crested Pigeon (4,321)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (3,887)
- Australian Magpie (3,754)
- Australian Reed Warbler (3,732)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (3,510)
- Welcome Swallow (3,150)
- Brown Thornbill (3,141)
- Little Black Cormorant (3,006)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (2,520)
- Long-billed Corella (2,483)
- Masked Lapwing (2,473)
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 Ballarat Central:
- Newington (1.4 km)
- Bakery Hill (1.4 km)
- Golden Point (1.6 km)
- Soldiers Hill (1.6 km)
- Lake Wendouree (1.7 km)
- Redan (1.8 km)
- Mount Pleasant (1.9 km)
- Black Hill (2.2 km)
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Streets
- Albert Street (55)
- Anderson Street E (4)
- Anderson Street W (20)
- Anticline Lane (1)
- Arapiles Street (1)
- Ararat Street (3)
- Armstrong Street N (68)
- Armstrong Street S (117)
- Ascot Street N (39)
- Ascot Street S (132)
- Baird Street (25)
- Bath Lane (18)
- Beaufort Crescent (10)
- Block Arcade (13)
- Bridge Mall (84)
- Buccaneer Place (1)
- Camp Street (33)
- Cattan Street (2)
- Central Square (22)
- Chancery Lane (5)
- Church Street (27)
- Claxton Street (13)
- Coliseum Walk (6)
- Cosmopolitan Place (5)
- Creswick Road (108)
- Curtis Street (36)
- Dana Street (183)
- Davey Street (46)
- Davies Street (1)
- Dawson Street N (9)
- Dawson Street S (111)
- Dixon Street (3)
- Doveton Street (1)
- Doveton Street N (62)
- Doveton Street S (82)
- Drummond Street N (98)
- Drummond Street S (175)
- Duncan Street (18)
- Eastwood Street (44)
- Errard Street N (30)
- Errard Street S (143)
- Essex Street (16)
- Eyre Street (133)
- Fawkner Street (22)
- Field Street (5)
- Foundry Way (1)
- Frank Street (41)
- Freehold Place (5)
- Grant Street (16)
- Gregory Street (18)
- Grenville Street (1)
- Grenville Street N (11)
- Grenville Street S (18)
- Hickman Street (51)
- Hill Street (10)
- Holmes Street (20)
- Humffray Street N (1)
- Isabella Place (2)
- Johnson Street (37)
- Kent Street (29)
- Leechs Lane (1)
- Leviathan Place (1)
- Lewis Street (6)
- Lexton Street (20)
- Little Bridge Street (28)
- Little Channel Street (5)
- Little Raglan Street (18)
- Loch Avenue (56)
- London Place (1)
- Lowe Street (7)
- Lydiard Street N (94)
- Lydiard Street S (97)
- Lyons Street N (132)
- Lyons Street S (175)
- Macarthur Street (31)
- Mair Street (155)
- Mair Street E (27)
- Market Street (9)
- Mckenzie Street (1)
- Mcwilliam Street (8)
- Mill Street (7)
- Monteith Place (30)
- Moyle Street (11)
- Norwich Plaza (20)
- Pebble Close (4)
- Peel Street N (6)
- Peel Street S (7)
- Phoenix Foundry Mall (12)
- Pisgah Street (18)
- Pleasant Street N (11)
- Pleasant Street S (48)
- Quarry Lane (1)
- Quarry Lane S (1)
- Raglan Street N (22)
- Raglan Street S (142)
- Republic Lane (1)
- Ripon Street N (28)
- Ripon Street S (150)
- Ronald Street (5)
- Sebastopol Street (63)
- Shepperd Street (8)
- Short Street (1)
- Skipton Street (63)
- South Street (134)
- Steinfeld Street N (8)
- Sturt Street (460)
- Surrey Street (16)
- Sussex Street (22)
- Talbot Street N (23)
- Talbot Street S (113)
- Trench Street (2)
- Unicorn Lane (6)
- Urquhart Street (119)
- Watermans Place (8)
- Webster Street (110)
- Wigton Place (1)
- Windermere Street (133)
- Yuille Street (16)