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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Ballarat_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Ballarat (disambiguation)">Ballarat (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Local government area in Victoria, Australia</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above adr" style="font-size: 125%; line-height: 1.3em; background-color:#d2d5f9;"><span class="fn org locality">City of Ballarat</span><br /><span style="font-weight:normal; font-size:88%" class="region"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(state)" title="Victoria (state)">Victoria</a></span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Australia_Victoria_Ballarat_City_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Australia_Victoria_Ballarat_City_location_map.svg/270px-Australia_Victoria_Ballarat_City_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="270" height="355" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Australia_Victoria_Ballarat_City_location_map.svg/405px-Australia_Victoria_Ballarat_City_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Australia_Victoria_Ballarat_City_location_map.svg/540px-Australia_Victoria_Ballarat_City_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="533" data-file-height="700" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Map of the City of Ballarat's municipal borders, urban areas and location in Victoria</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">107,325 (2018)<sup id="cite_ref-ABSLGA_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABSLGA-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7002145230040595399♠"></span>145.23/km<sup>2</sup> (376.14/sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">6 May 1994</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;"><a href="/wiki/Gazetteer_of_Australia" title="Gazetteer of Australia">Gazetted</a></th><td class="infobox-data">6 May 1994<sup id="cite_ref-Gazette_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gazette-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">739 km<sup>2</sup> (285.3 sq mi)<sup id="cite_ref-ABSLGA_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABSLGA-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;">Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Cr Des Hudson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;">Council seat</th><td class="infobox-data">Central</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_Australia" title="List of regions of Australia">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Grampians_(region)" title="Grampians (region)">Grampians</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;"><a href="/wiki/Electorates_of_the_Australian_states_and_territories" title="Electorates of the Australian states and territories">State electorate(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><li> <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Eureka" title="Electoral district of Eureka">Eureka</a></li><li> <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Ripon" title="Electoral district of Ripon">Ripon</a></li><li> <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Wendouree" title="Electoral district of Wendouree">Wendouree</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;"><a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives">Federal division(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Ballarat" title="Division of Ballarat">Ballarat</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ballarat_ruralcity_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c9/Ballarat_ruralcity_logo.png" decoding="async" width="151" height="125" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="151" data-file-height="125" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au">City of Ballarat</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="3" style="width:100%; border: 1px #ddd solid;"> <tbody><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f0f0ff;padding: 2px 0px; text-align:center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Australia" title="Local government in Australia">LGAs</a> around City of Ballarat:</b></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Pyrenees" title="Shire of Pyrenees">Pyrenees</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:34%;"><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Hepburn" title="Shire of Hepburn">Hepburn</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Hepburn" title="Shire of Hepburn">Hepburn</a></td> </tr><tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Pyrenees" title="Shire of Pyrenees">Pyrenees</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px 0px; width:34%;font-weight:bold;">City of Ballarat</td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Moorabool" title="Shire of Moorabool">Moorabool</a></td> </tr><tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Golden_Plains_Shire" title="Golden Plains Shire">Golden Plains</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:34%;"><a href="/wiki/Golden_Plains_Shire" title="Golden Plains Shire">Golden Plains</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Moorabool" title="Shire of Moorabool">Moorabool</a></td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>City of Ballarat</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_Victoria" title="Local government areas of Victoria">local government area</a> in the west of the state of <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(state)" title="Victoria (state)">Victoria</a>, Australia. It covers an area of 739 square kilometres (285 sq mi) and, in June 2023, had a population of 118,137.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is primarily urban with the vast majority of its population living in the <a href="/wiki/Ballarat" title="Ballarat">Greater Ballarat</a> urban area, while other significant settlements within the LGA include <a href="/wiki/Buninyong" title="Buninyong">Buninyong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Waubra,_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Waubra, Victoria">Waubra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Learmonth,_Victoria" title="Learmonth, Victoria">Learmonth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Addington,_Victoria" title="Addington, Victoria">Addington</a>. It was formed on 6 May 1994 from the amalgamation of the City of Ballarat, <a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Ballarat" title="Shire of Ballarat">Shire of Ballarat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Sebastopol" title="Borough of Sebastopol">Borough of Sebastopol</a> and parts of the <a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Bungaree" title="Shire of Bungaree">Shire of Bungaree</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Buninyong" title="Shire of Buninyong">Shire of Buninyong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Grenville" title="Shire of Grenville">Shire of Grenville</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Ripon" title="Shire of Ripon">Shire of Ripon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gazette_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gazette-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city is governed and administered by the <b>Ballarat City Council</b>; its <a href="/wiki/Seat_of_local_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Seat of local government">seat of local government</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-ABSSUA_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABSSUA-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Council">Council</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Ballarat&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Council"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_composition">Current composition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Ballarat&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Current composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%; background-color: #ededed"><div style="display:inline" class="fn org">Ballarat City Council</div></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Type</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.3em;"><div style="display:inline" class="category">Council of the City of Ballarat</div> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Structure</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ballarat_City_Council_2020.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ballarat city council diagram"><img alt="Ballarat city council diagram" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Ballarat_City_Council_2020.svg/200px-Ballarat_City_Council_2020.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Ballarat_City_Council_2020.svg/300px-Ballarat_City_Council_2020.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Ballarat_City_Council_2020.svg/400px-Ballarat_City_Council_2020.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Council political groups</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#F00011; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_(Victorian_Branch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)">Labor</a>: 2 seats</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#10C25B; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Greens" title="Victorian Greens">Greens</a>: 1 seat</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#888888; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a>: 3 seats</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#080CAB; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia_(Victorian_Division)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)">Liberal</a>: 3 seats</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The council is composed of three wards and nine councillors, with three councillors per ward elected to represent each ward.<sup id="cite_ref-Council_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Council-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The current Council, elected in 2020, in order of election by ward, is:<sup id="cite_ref-VEC_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VEC-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Ward</th> <th colspan="2">Party</th> <th>Councillor</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Central </td> <td style="background-color:#888888;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>Mark Harris </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia_(Victorian_Division)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)">Liberal</a> </td> <td>Samantha McIntosh<sup id="cite_ref-Oliver-2014_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oliver-2014-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#10C25B;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australian_Greens_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Greens Victoria">Greens</a> </td> <td>Belinda Coates<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">North </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia_(Victorian_Division)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)">Liberal</a> </td> <td>Amy Johnson<sup id="cite_ref-Oliver-2014_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oliver-2014-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#888888;">  </td> <td>Independent </td> <td>Peter Eddy </td> <td>Deputy Mayor, Former CEO of Basketball Ballarat </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_(Victorian_Branch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)">Labor</a> </td> <td>Daniel Moloney </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">South </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_(Victorian_Branch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)">Labor</a> </td> <td>Des Hudson<sup id="cite_ref-Oliver-2014_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oliver-2014-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Mayor </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td>Ben Taylor </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#888888;">  </td> <td>Independent </td> <td>Tracey Hargreaves </td> <td>Yoga instructor and anti-vaccination advocate<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administration_and_governance">Administration and governance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Ballarat&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Administration and governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Ballarat Town Hall Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Ballarat, and its service centre in Buninyong. </p><p>The council's main offices are in a modern extension behind the Town Hall called The Phoenix. In 2009 the council voted to move to a new headquarters at Civic Hall on Mair Street,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which would turn the heritage listed Town Hall building into a public general purpose venue. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2023_Council_Review">2023 Council Review</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Ballarat&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2023 Council Review"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to the <a href="/wiki/2024_Victorian_local_elections" title="2024 Victorian local elections">2024 Election</a>, The <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Electoral_Commission" title="Victorian Electoral Commission">Victorian Electoral Commission</a> conducted a review into the electoral structure of multiple Victorian Councils including the City of Ballarat<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of this review it was deemed that from the 2024 Election, the council would take up nine single-councillor wards, namely: </p> <ul><li>Alfredton Ward</li> <li>Brown Hill Ward</li> <li>Buninyong Ward</li> <li>Central Ward</li> <li>Delacombe Ward</li> <li>Golden Point Ward</li> <li>North Ward</li> <li>Sebastopol Ward</li> <li>Wendouree Ward</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_results">Election results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Ballarat&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Election results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2024">2024</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Ballarat&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2024"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="excerpt-block"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066933788">.mw-parser-output .excerpt-hat .mw-editsection-like{font-style:normal}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">This section is an excerpt from <a href="/wiki/Results_of_the_2024_Victorian_local_elections_in_Grampians#Ballarat_results" title="Results of the 2024 Victorian local elections in Grampians">Results of the 2024 Victorian local elections in Grampians § Ballarat results</a>.<span class="mw-editsection-like plainlinks"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Results_of_the_2024_Victorian_local_elections_in_Grampians&action=edit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><div class="excerpt"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; margin-bottom:0"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2024_Victorian_local_elections" title="2024 Victorian local elections">2024 Victorian local elections</a>: Ballarat<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:10px" colspan="3">Party </th> <th style="width:70px;">Votes </th> <th style="width:40px;">% </th> <th style="width:40px;">Swing </th> <th style="width:40px;">Seats </th> <th style="width:40px;">Change </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#888888;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independents</a> </td> <td>35,499 </td> <td>51.50 </td> <td>+21.93 </td> <td>4 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal_(Australia)" title="Independent Liberal (Australia)">Independent Liberal</a> </td> <td>15,177 </td> <td>22.02 </td> <td>−3.37 </td> <td>2 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Labor_(Australia)" title="Independent Labor (Australia)">Independent Labor</a> </td> <td>9,955 </td> <td>14.44 </td> <td>−10.67 </td> <td>3 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#10C25B;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Greens" title="Victorian Greens">Greens</a> </td> <td>8,294 </td> <td>12.03 </td> <td>−4.91 </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" rowspan="1"> Formal votes </th> <td>68,925 </td> <td>97.10 </td> <td>−0.87 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" rowspan="1"> Informal votes </th> <td>2,057 </td> <td>2.90 </td> <td>+0.87 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" rowspan="1"> Total </th> <td>70,982 </td> <td>100.00 </td> <td> </td> <td>9 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" rowspan="1"> Registered voters / turnout </th> <td>86,108 </td> <td>82.43 </td> <td>−0.18 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020">2020</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Ballarat&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2020"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="excerpt-block"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066933788"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">This section is an excerpt from <a href="/wiki/Results_of_the_2020_Victorian_local_elections_in_Grampians#Ballarat" title="Results of the 2020 Victorian local elections in Grampians">Results of the 2020 Victorian local elections in Grampians § Ballarat</a>.<span class="mw-editsection-like plainlinks"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Results_of_the_2020_Victorian_local_elections_in_Grampians&action=edit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><div class="excerpt"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; margin-bottom:0"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2020_Victorian_local_elections" title="2020 Victorian local elections">2020 Victorian local elections</a>: Ballarat<sup id="cite_ref-Results_of_the_2020_Victorian_local_elections_in_Grampians_ballarat_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Results_of_the_2020_Victorian_local_elections_in_Grampians_ballarat-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:10px" colspan="3">Party </th> <th style="width:70px;">Votes </th> <th style="width:40px;">% </th> <th style="width:40px;">Swing </th> <th style="width:40px;">Seats </th> <th style="width:40px;">Change </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#888888;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td style="width:70px;">20,266 </td> <td style="width:40px;">29.57 </td> <td style="width:45px;">−17.82 </td> <td style="width:40px;">3 </td> <td style="width:40px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal_(Australia)" title="Independent Liberal (Australia)">Independent Liberal</a> </td> <td>17,403 </td> <td>25.39 </td> <td>−1.92 </td> <td>3 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Labor_Party" title="Victorian Labor Party">Labor</a> </td> <td>17,213 </td> <td>25.11 </td> <td>+11.62 </td> <td>2 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#10C25B;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Greens" title="Victorian Greens">Greens</a> </td> <td>11,614 </td> <td>16.94 </td> <td>+4.13 </td> <td>1 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#5D8AA5;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Australia_First_Party" title="Australia First Party">Australia First</a> </td> <td>1,391 </td> <td>2.03 </td> <td>+2.03 </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#5B2C86;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Animal_Justice_Party" title="Animal Justice Party">Animal Justice</a> </td> <td>659 </td> <td>0.96 </td> <td>+0.96 </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" rowspan="1"> Formal votes </th> <td>68,546 </td> <td>97.97 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" rowspan="1"> Informal votes </th> <td>1,420 </td> <td>2.03 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" rowspan="1"> Total </th> <td>69,966 </td> <td>100.0 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" rowspan="1"> Registered voters / turnout </th> <td>84,694 </td> <td>82.61 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2016">2016</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Ballarat&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2016"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="excerpt-block"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066933788"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">This section is an excerpt from <a href="/wiki/Results_of_the_2016_Victorian_local_elections#Ballarat" title="Results of the 2016 Victorian local elections">Results of the 2016 Victorian local elections § Ballarat</a>.<span class="mw-editsection-like plainlinks"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Results_of_the_2016_Victorian_local_elections&action=edit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><div class="excerpt"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; margin-bottom:0"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2016_Victorian_local_elections" title="2016 Victorian local elections">2016 Victorian local elections</a>: Ballarat<sup id="cite_ref-Results_of_the_2016_Victorian_local_elections_ballarat_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Results_of_the_2016_Victorian_local_elections_ballarat-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:10px" colspan="3">Party </th> <th style="width:70px;">Votes </th> <th style="width:40px;">% </th> <th style="width:40px;">Seats </th> <th style="width:40px;">Change </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#888888;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td style="width:70px;">27,257 </td> <td style="width:40px;">46.39 </td> <td style="width:40px;">2 </td> <td style="width:55px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal_(Australia)" title="Independent Liberal (Australia)">Independent Liberal</a> </td> <td>16,043 </td> <td>27.31 </td> <td>4 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Labor_Party" title="Victorian Labor Party">Labor</a> </td> <td>7,925 </td> <td>13.49 </td> <td>2 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#10C25B;">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Greens" title="Victorian Greens">Greens</a> </td> <td>7,527 </td> <td>12.81 </td> <td>1 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" rowspan="1"> Formal votes </th> <td>58,752 </td> <td>100.0 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2012">2012</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Ballarat&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2012"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; margin-bottom:0"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2012_Victorian_local_elections" title="2012 Victorian local elections">2012 Victorian local elections</a>: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ballarat</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:10px" colspan="3">Party </th> <th style="width:70px;">Votes </th> <th style="width:40px;">% </th> <th style="width:40px;">Swing </th> <th style="width:40px;">Seats </th> <th style="width:40px;">Change </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#888888;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independents</a> </td> <td>20,676 </td> <td>37.70 </td> <td> </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal_(Australia)" title="Independent Liberal (Australia)">Independent Liberal</a> </td> <td>19,849 </td> <td>36.19 </td> <td> </td> <td>5 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Labor_(Australia)" title="Independent Labor (Australia)">Independent Labor</a> </td> <td>9,829 </td> <td>17.92 </td> <td> </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#10C25B;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Greens" title="Victorian Greens">Greens</a> </td> <td>4,489 </td> <td>8.19 </td> <td> </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" rowspan="1"> Formal votes </th> <td>54,843 </td> <td>97.30 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" rowspan="1"> Informal votes </th> <td>1,524 </td> <td>2.70 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" rowspan="1"> Total </th> <td>56,367 </td> <td>100 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" rowspan="1"> Registered voters / turnout </th> <td>72,725 </td> <td>77.51 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Central Ward</b> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2012_Victorian_local_elections" title="2012 Victorian local elections">2012 Victorian local elections</a>: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Central Ward</a><sup id="cite_ref-ballarat_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ballarat-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal_(Australia)" title="Independent Liberal (Australia)">Independent Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Samantha McIntosh</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>4,355</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>26.10</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#10C25B;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Greens" title="Victorian Greens">Greens</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Belinda Coates</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>3,197</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>19.16</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal_(Australia)" title="Independent Liberal (Australia)">Independent Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b>John Burt</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>3,006</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>18.02</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#888888;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians_in_Australia" title="Independent politicians in Australia">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Mark Harris </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,379 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14.16 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#888888;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians_in_Australia" title="Independent politicians in Australia">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Glen Crompton </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,337 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.01 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#888888;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians_in_Australia" title="Independent politicians in Australia">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jenny Overington </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,051 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.30 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#888888;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians_in_Australia" title="Independent politicians in Australia">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Matthew Freeman </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">836 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.01 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#888888;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians_in_Australia" title="Independent politicians in Australia">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Gary Fitzgerald </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">523 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.13 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17,163 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">75.22 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="North">North</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Ballarat&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: North"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2012_Victorian_local_elections" title="2012 Victorian local elections">2012 Victorian local elections</a>: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">North Ward</a><sup id="cite_ref-ballarat_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ballarat-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal_(Australia)" title="Independent Liberal (Australia)">Independent Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Vicki Coltman</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>4,963</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>28.38</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#888888;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians_in_Australia" title="Independent politicians in Australia">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b>John Philips</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>4,046</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>21.02</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal_(Australia)" title="Independent Liberal (Australia)">Independent Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Amy Johnson</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>3,908</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>20.30</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#F00011;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Labor_Party" title="Victorian Labor Party">Labor</a> </td> <td class="fn">Daniel Moloney </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,901 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.07 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#F00011;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Labor_Party" title="Victorian Labor Party">Labor</a> </td> <td class="fn">Scott Hebbard </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,894 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.84 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#888888;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians_in_Australia" title="Independent politicians in Australia">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Allan Carter </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,535 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.98 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19,735 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">79.57 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South">South</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Ballarat&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: South"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2012_Victorian_local_elections" title="2012 Victorian local elections">2012 Victorian local elections</a>: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">South Ward</a><sup id="cite_ref-ballarat_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ballarat-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#F00011;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Labor_Party" title="Victorian Labor Party">Labor</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Des Hudson</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>5,034</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>26.62</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal_(Australia)" title="Independent Liberal (Australia)">Independent Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Josh_Morris_(politician)" title="Josh Morris (politician)"> Joshua Morris</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>3,617</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>19.13</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#888888;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians_in_Australia" title="Independent politicians in Australia">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Peter Innes</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>3,075</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>16.26</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#888888;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians_in_Australia" title="Independent politicians in Australia">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jim Rinaldi </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,930 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.49 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#888888;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians_in_Australia" title="Independent politicians in Australia">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Stephen Pelchen </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,726 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.13 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#10C25B;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Greens" title="Victorian Greens">Greens</a> </td> <td class="fn">David Eldridge </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,292 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.83 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#888888;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians_in_Australia" title="Independent politicians in Australia">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Sundram Sivamalai </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">849 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.49 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#888888;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians_in_Australia" title="Independent politicians in Australia">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Matt Mattson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">889 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.80 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19,469 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">77.55 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Townships_and_localities">Townships and localities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Ballarat&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Townships and localities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 2021 census, the city had a population of 113,763 up from 101,686 in the 2016 census<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1088965794">@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .columns-start .column{float:left;min-width:20em}.mw-parser-output .columns-2 .column{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .columns-3 .column{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .columns-4 .column{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .columns-5 .column{width:20%}}</style><div class="columns-start columns-4"><div class="column"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold">Population </th></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center; background: font-weight:bold">Locality</th> <th style="text-align:center; background: font-weight:bold"><b>2016</b></th> <th style="text-align:center; background: font-weight:bold"><b>2021</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Addington,_Victoria" title="Addington, Victoria">Addington</a></td> <td>71</td> <td>65 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alfredton,_Victoria" title="Alfredton, Victoria">Alfredton</a></td> <td>9,220</td> <td>11,822 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ascot,_Ballarat" title="Ascot, Ballarat">Ascot</a></td> <td>96</td> <td>93 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bakery_Hill,_Victoria" title="Bakery Hill, Victoria">Bakery Hill</a></td> <td>164</td> <td>180 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bald_Hills,_Victoria" title="Bald Hills, Victoria">Bald Hills</a>^</td> <td>107</td> <td>114 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ballarat_Central,_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Ballarat Central, Victoria">Ballarat Central</a></td> <td>5,328</td> <td>5,378 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ballarat_East,_Victoria" title="Ballarat East, Victoria">Ballarat East</a></td> <td>5,623</td> <td>5,937 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ballarat_North,_Victoria" title="Ballarat North, Victoria">Ballarat North</a></td> <td>3,925</td> <td>4,041 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Black_Hill,_Victoria" title="Black Hill, Victoria">Black Hill</a></td> <td>2,126</td> <td>2,124 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Blowhard,_Victoria" title="Blowhard, Victoria">Blowhard</a></td> <td>84</td> <td>82 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bo_Peep,_Victoria" title="Bo Peep, Victoria">Bo Peep</a>^</td> <td>21</td> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bonshaw,_Victoria" title="Bonshaw, Victoria">Bonshaw</a></td> <td>210</td> <td>949 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Brown_Hill,_Victoria" title="Brown Hill, Victoria">Brown Hill</a></td> <td>3,582</td> <td>4,489 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Buninyong,_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Buninyong, Victoria">Buninyong</a>^</td> <td>3,714</td> <td>3,797 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bunkers_Hill,_Victoria" title="Bunkers Hill, Victoria">Bunkers Hill</a></td> <td>261</td> <td>270 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Burrumbeet,_Victoria" title="Burrumbeet, Victoria">Burrumbeet</a>^</td> <td>232</td> <td>249 </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1088965794"></div><div class="column"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold">Population </th></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center; background: font-weight:bold">Locality</th> <th style="text-align:center; background: font-weight:bold"><b>2016</b></th> <th style="text-align:center; background: font-weight:bold"><b>2021</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Canadian,_Victoria" title="Canadian, Victoria">Canadian</a></td> <td>3,609</td> <td>4,098 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cardigan,_Victoria" title="Cardigan, Victoria">Cardigan</a></td> <td>754</td> <td>1,064 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cardigan_Village,_Victoria" title="Cardigan Village, Victoria">Cardigan Village</a></td> <td>667</td> <td>957 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chapel_Flat,_Victoria" title="Chapel Flat, Victoria">Chapel Flat</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Coghills_Creek,_Victoria" title="Coghills Creek, Victoria">Coghills Creek</a></td> <td>71</td> <td>80 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Creswick,_Victoria" title="Creswick, Victoria">Creswick</a>^</td> <td>3,170</td> <td>3,279 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Delacombe,_Victoria" title="Delacombe, Victoria">Delacombe</a></td> <td>6,297</td> <td>5,408 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Durham_Lead,_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Durham Lead, Victoria">Durham Lead</a>^</td> <td>392</td> <td>408 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ercildoune,_Victoria" title="Ercildoune, Victoria">Ercildoune</a>^</td> <td>70</td> <td>90 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eureka,_Victoria" title="Eureka, Victoria">Eureka</a></td> <td>626</td> <td>633 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Glen_Park,_Victoria" title="Glen Park, Victoria">Glen Park</a>^</td> <td>103</td> <td>110 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Glendaruel,_Victoria" title="Glendaruel, Victoria">Glendaruel</a></td> <td>52</td> <td>49 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Glendonald,_Victoria" title="Glendonald, Victoria">Glendonald</a></td> <td>11</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_Point,_Victoria" title="Golden Point, Victoria">Golden Point</a></td> <td>2,107</td> <td>2,217 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gong_Gong,_Victoria" title="Gong Gong, Victoria">Gong Gong</a></td> <td>9</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Invermay,_Victoria" title="Invermay, Victoria">Invermay</a></td> <td>835</td> <td>900 </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1088965794"></div><div class="column"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold">Population </th></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center; background: font-weight:bold">Locality</th> <th style="text-align:center; background: font-weight:bold"><b>2016</b></th> <th style="text-align:center; background: font-weight:bold"><b>2021</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Invermay_Park,_Victoria" title="Invermay Park, Victoria">Invermay Park</a></td> <td>1,814</td> <td>1,692 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lake_Gardens,_Victoria" title="Lake Gardens, Victoria">Lake Gardens</a></td> <td>1,695</td> <td>1,801 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lake_Wendouree,_Victoria" title="Lake Wendouree, Victoria">Lake Wendouree</a></td> <td>2,882</td> <td>2,878 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Learmonth,_Victoria" title="Learmonth, Victoria">Learmonth</a></td> <td>438</td> <td>396 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lucas,_Victoria" title="Lucas, Victoria">Lucas</a></td> <td>1,014</td> <td>2,994 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Magpie,_Victoria" title="Magpie, Victoria">Magpie</a></td> <td>371</td> <td>368 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miners_Rest,_Victoria" title="Miners Rest, Victoria">Miners Rest</a></td> <td>3,095</td> <td>3,829 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Park,_Victoria" title="Mitchell Park, Victoria">Mitchell Park</a></td> <td>868</td> <td>887 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mount_Bolton,_Victoria" title="Mount Bolton, Victoria">Mount Bolton</a></td> <td>29</td> <td>29 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mount_Clear,_Victoria" title="Mount Clear, Victoria">Mount Clear</a></td> <td>3,390</td> <td>3,671 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mount_Helen,_Victoria" title="Mount Helen, Victoria">Mount Helen</a></td> <td>2,975</td> <td>3,011 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mount_Pleasant,_Victoria" title="Mount Pleasant, Victoria">Mount Pleasant</a></td> <td>2,203</td> <td>2,225 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mount_Rowan,_Victoria" title="Mount Rowan, Victoria">Mount Rowan</a></td> <td>294</td> <td>295 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nerrina,_Victoria" title="Nerrina, Victoria">Nerrina</a></td> <td>962</td> <td>970 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Newington,_Victoria" title="Newington, Victoria">Newington</a></td> <td>1,900</td> <td>1,844 </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1088965794"></div><div class="column"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold">Population </th></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center; background: font-weight:bold">Locality</th> <th style="text-align:center; background: font-weight:bold"><b>2016</b></th> <th style="text-align:center; background: font-weight:bold"><b>2021</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Redan,_Victoria" title="Redan, Victoria">Redan</a></td> <td>2,889</td> <td>3,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Scotchmans_Lead,_Victoria" title="Scotchmans Lead, Victoria">Scotchmans Lead</a></td> <td>97</td> <td>105 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Scotsburn,_Victoria" title="Scotsburn, Victoria">Scotsburn</a>^</td> <td>258</td> <td>244 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sebastopol,_Victoria" title="Sebastopol, Victoria">Sebastopol</a></td> <td>10,032</td> <td>10,194 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Smythes_Creek,_Victoria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Smythes Creek, Victoria (page does not exist)">Smythes Creek</a>^</td> <td>1,467</td> <td>1,762 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Soldiers_Hill,_Victoria" title="Soldiers Hill, Victoria">Soldiers Hill</a></td> <td>2,803</td> <td>2,813 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sulky,_Victoria" title="Sulky, Victoria">Sulky</a>^</td> <td>232</td> <td>234 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tourello,_Victoria" title="Tourello, Victoria">Tourello</a></td> <td>39</td> <td>46 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Warrenheip,_Victoria" title="Warrenheip, Victoria">Warrenheip</a>^</td> <td>669</td> <td>721 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wattle_Flat,_Victoria" title="Wattle Flat, Victoria">Wattle Flat</a>^</td> <td>97</td> <td>104 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Waubra,_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Waubra, Victoria">Waubra</a>^</td> <td>275</td> <td>308 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Weatherboard,_Victoria" title="Weatherboard, Victoria">Weatherboard</a></td> <td>51</td> <td>52 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wendouree,_Victoria" title="Wendouree, Victoria">Wendouree</a></td> <td>10,445</td> <td>10,376 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Windermere,_Victoria" title="Windermere, Victoria">Windermere</a></td> <td>97</td> <td>96 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Winter_Valley,_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Winter Valley, Victoria">Winter Valley</a></td> <td>*</td> <td>3,440 </td></tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="clear: both"></div></div> <p><b>^</b> – <i>Territory divided with another <a href="/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_Victoria" title="Local government areas of Victoria">LGA</a></i><br /> <b>*</b> – <i>Not noted in 2016 Census</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_cities">Sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Ballarat&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The City of Ballarat's sister cities are:<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inagawa,_Hy%C5%8Dgo" title="Inagawa, Hyōgo">Inagawa, Hyōgo</a>, Japan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ainaro" title="Ainaro">Ainaro</a>, East Timor</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Ballarat&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_localities_in_Victoria" title="List of localities in Victoria">List of localities in Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballarat" title="Ballarat">Ballarat</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Ballarat&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Gong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Bolton,_Victoria" title="Mount Bolton, Victoria">Mount Bolton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotchmans_Lead,_Victoria" title="Scotchmans Lead, Victoria">Scotchmans Lead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourello,_Victoria" title="Tourello, Victoria">Tourello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wattle_Flat,_Victoria" title="Wattle Flat, Victoria">Wattle Flat</a><b>^</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weatherboard,_Victoria" title="Weatherboard, Victoria">Weatherboard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windermere,_Victoria" title="Windermere, Victoria">Windermere</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="background: #001A57; color: White;"><div><b>^</b> - <i>Territory divided with another <a href="/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_Victoria" title="Local government areas of Victoria">LGA</a></i></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Cardinia" title="Shire of Cardinia">Cardinia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Casey" title="City of Casey">Casey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Frankston" title="City of Frankston">Frankston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Greater_Dandenong" title="City of Greater Dandenong">Greater Dandenong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Hume" title="City of Hume">Hume</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Knox" title="City of Knox">Knox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Melton" title="City of Melton">Melton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Mornington_Peninsula" title="Shire of Mornington Peninsula">Mornington Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Nillumbik" title="Shire of Nillumbik">Nillumbik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Whittlesea" title="City of Whittlesea">Whittlesea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Wyndham" title="City of Wyndham">Wyndham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yarra_Ranges_Shire" title="Yarra Ranges Shire">Yarra Ranges</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Barwon_South_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Barwon South West">Barwon South West</a> region</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Colac_Otway" title="Shire of Colac Otway">Colac Otway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Corangamite" title="Shire of Corangamite">Corangamite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Glenelg" title="Shire of Glenelg">Glenelg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Greater_Geelong" title="City of Greater Geelong">Greater Geelong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Moyne" title="Shire of Moyne">Moyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Queenscliffe" title="Borough of Queenscliffe">Queenscliffe</a></li> <li><a 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title="Shire of Mansfield">Mansfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Mitchell" title="Shire of Mitchell">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Moira" title="Shire of Moira">Moira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Murrindindi" title="Shire of Murrindindi">Murrindindi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Strathbogie" title="Shire of Strathbogie">Strathbogie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Towong" title="Shire of Towong">Towong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rural_City_of_Wangaratta" title="Rural City of Wangaratta">Wangaratta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Wodonga" title="City of Wodonga">Wodonga</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Loddon_Mallee" title="Loddon Mallee">Loddon Mallee</a> region</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Buloke" title="Shire of Buloke">Buloke</a></li> 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