City of Ballarat
Local government area in Victoria, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The City of Ballarat is a local government area in the west of the state of Victoria, Australia. It covers an area of 739 square kilometres (285 sq mi) and, in June 2018, had a population of 107,325.[1] 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.[2]
City of Ballarat Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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Population | 107,325 (2018)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 145.23/km2 (376.14/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 6 May 1994 | ||||||||||||||
Gazetted | 6 May 1994[2] | ||||||||||||||
Area | 739 km2 (285.3 sq mi)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Mayor | Cr Des Hudson | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Central | ||||||||||||||
Region | Grampians | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | |||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Ballarat | ||||||||||||||
Website | City of Ballarat | ||||||||||||||
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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.[3]