About Ballarat
Ballarat is a city in Victoria, Australia with a population of 111,973. It is the 19th largest of the 88 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Australia, and the 5,145th largest worldwide. It lies 536 km from Canberra.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#3of 21
Elevation
445 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Australia/Melbourne
Coordinates
-37.566, 143.850
Record updated
2025-11-10
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 88 in AustraliaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.