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The electorate of Ballarat

Held by

Australian Labor Party

Margin

—

Median age

41

Census 2021

Median household income

$1,445

per week

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Ballarat within VIC · 5,323 km². Boundary: ABS Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2025 (ASGS Edition 3), CC BY 4.0. An approximation of the AEC’s legal boundary — to confirm the division you vote in, look up your postcode.

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Official portrait of Catherine King

Catherine King

Australian Labor Party · Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government

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What the Census says about Ballarat

Australian Bureau of Statistics Census of Population and Housing, 2021.

Median weekly household income
$1,445
Median weekly personal income
$734
Median weekly rent
$295
Median monthly mortgage repayment
$1,500
Average household size
2.4 people

How people live here

35.4%

Own outright

35.2%

Mortgage

26.4%

Renting

What people do

  • Health Care & Social Assistance18.5% · 12,691 people
  • Education & Training10.5% · 7,213 people
  • Construction10.5% · 7,193 people
  • Retail Trade9.9% · 6,753 people
  • Manufacturing7.4% · 5,038 people

Source: ABS Census 2021. Census figures describe the electorate as it stood at the Census and are not updated between Censuses.

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