Ballarat Central (known as the Central Business
Area by the City of Ballarat) is the central locality
of Greater Ballarat in Victoria, Australia. The
population of Ballarat Central at the 2011 census
was 5,465, making it the third most populous in the
urban area. Ballarat Central is the administrative
headquarters for the City of Ballarat as well as the
Ballarat Base Hospital and health services and
home to the city's major religious institutions and a
major retail, commercial and inner city residential
area.