Federal electorate · Victoria

Ballarat

Ballarat is a federal electorate in Victoria, held by Catherine King of the Australian Labor Party since the 2025 election, by a margin of 10.66 points — a safe seat.

Member for Ballarat

Catherine King

Australian Labor Party

Their voting record and expenses →

The 2025 result

Final two candidates after preferences were distributed, from the election held 3 May 2025.

Catherine KINGAustralian Labor Party60.66%63,419 votes
Paula DORANLiberal39.34%41,121 votes

Margin

10.66%

Safe

Two-party-preferred swing

-2.32%

to Australian Labor Party

Turnout

93.34%

116,238 enrolled

First preferences in 2025

How the seat voted before preferences were distributed. The Coalition is counted as one figure across its four registrations, and the Greens across both of theirs — in Victoria they contest as GVIC and elsewhere as GRN, which read as two separate minor parties if left unmerged.

Labor42.4%
Coalition28.6%
Greens14.3%
One Nation7.7%
Minor parties4.2%
Independents2.8%

Suburbs in Ballarat

192 suburbs and localities have residents in this electorate. 22of them also have residents in another one — the percentage is the share of that area’s Census population living here.

Alfredton
Wendouree
Sebastopol (Vic.)
Ballarat East
Delacombe
Ballarat Central
Brown Hill (Vic.)
Canadian
Ballarat North
Miners Rest
Buninyong
Mount Clear
Winter Valley
Creswick
Mount Helen
Redan
Lucas
Lake Wendouree
Soldiers Hill (Vic.)
Daylesford
Teesdale (Vic.)
Mount Pleasant (Vic.)
Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.)
Black Hill (Vic.)
Newington (Vic.)
Clunes (Vic.)
Lake Gardens
Smythes Creek
Invermay Park
Gordon (Vic.)
Trentham
Haddon
Ross Creek (Vic.)
Lethbridge
Smythesdale 96%
Cardigan
Nerrina
Bonshaw (Vic.)
Cardigan Village
Invermay (Vic.)
Mitchell Park (Vic.)
Scarsdale
Meredith
Warrenheip
Mount Egerton
Dereel
Hepburn
Eureka (Vic.)
Lal Lal
Linton 93%
Enfield (Vic.)
Napoleons
Glenlyon (Vic.)
Durham Lead
Learmonth (Vic.)
Hepburn Springs
Magpie
Yendon
Coomoora
Bungaree (Vic.)
Drummond
Cambrian Hill
Mount Rowan
Bunkers Hill
Navigators
Shelford
Dunnstown
Wheatsheaf
Sulky
Scotsburn
Smeaton
Blampied
Elaine
Newlyn North
Burrumbeet 88%
Wallace
Eganstown
Broomfield
Rokewood
Korweinguboora
Berringa
Drummond North 97%
Newtown (Golden Plains - Vic.)
Lyonville
Kingston (Vic.)
Allendale
Millbrook (Vic.)
Springmount
Yandoit
Bakery Hill
Musk Vale
Musk
Nintingbool
Clarendon (Vic.)
Porcupine Ridge
Denver
Cape Clear
Newlyn
Garibaldi
Dean
Corindhap
She Oaks
Morrisons
Mount Doran
Bald Hills (Vic.)
Springbank
Grenville
Glen Park
Scotchmans Lead
Wattle Flat (Vic.)
Mollongghip
Mount Franklin
Spring Hill (Vic.) 48%
Mount Mercer
Ascot (Ballarat - Vic.)
Windermere (Vic.)
Bullarto
Sailors Falls
Newbury
Coghills Creek
Blowhard
Happy Valley (Golden Plains - Vic.)
Pootilla
Bullarook
Clarkes Hill
Shepherds Flat
Little Hampton
Sailors Hill
Trentham East 39%
Anakie 9%
Franklinford
Fern Hill 54%
Addington
Leigh Creek (Vic.)
Mannibadar
Waubra 20%
Clydesdale (Vic.)
Bunding
Staffordshire Reef
Steiglitz (Vic.)
Creswick North
Weatherboard
Leonards Hill
Dunach 58%
North Blackwood
Glendaruel
Bolwarrah
Bullarto South
Tourello
Bamganie
Rocklyn
Spargo Creek
Wallinduc
Barkstead
Illabarook
Mount Prospect
Werneth 63%
Elevated Plains
Kooroocheang
Bungal
Cargerie
Claretown
Springdallah
Dry Diggings
Barunah Park
Guildford (Vic.) 10%
Smokeytown
Rokewood Junction
Mount Bolton
Basalt (Vic.)
Bo Peep
Tylden 4%
Ullina
Langdons Hill
Campbelltown (Vic.) 43%
Ercildoune 22%
Strangways 20%
Cressy (Vic.) 10%
Piggoreet
Mount Beckworth
Pitfield
Cabbage Tree
Glendonald
Tarilta 44%
Willowvale (Vic.)
Durdidwarrah
Glengower 50%
Lawrence (Vic.)
Pittong 73%
Werona 21%
Gong Gong
Evansford 4%

Postcodes in Ballarat

29 postcodes have residents in this electorate. 16of them also have residents in another one — the percentage is the share of that area’s Census population living here.

3350
3352 94%
3356
3355
3351 79%
3461 97%
3357
3363
3358
3460
3328
3364 95%
3370 99%
3458 74%
3345
3332
3333
3360 94%
3334
3329 97%
3330
3446 17%
3331 3%
3444 1%
3342 2%
3213 1%
3371 5%
3451 1%
3322 10%

Where this comes from

Results, margins and turnout are the AEC’s published 2025figures. The margin is derived — the winner’s two-candidate-preferred share minus 50 — and the seat status is the AEC’s own classification.
Suburbs and postcodes come from 2021 Census mesh blocks matched to CED_2025 boundaries, weighted by resident population rather than by area — otherwise a large, largely uninhabited postcode is assigned to whichever division holds the most empty land.
These are an approximation of the AEC’s legal boundaries, so close to a boundary they can differ. To confirm where you are enrolled, check the AEC.

Australian Statistical Geography Standard Edition 3 allocation files and 2021 Census Mesh Block Counts, © Australian Bureau of Statistics.