| Alfredton Ballarat, Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 Victory Arch at the entrance to the Avenue of Honour, Ballarat | |||||||||||||||
  Alfredton | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 37°33′18″S 143°48′00″E / 37.555°S 143.800°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 11,822 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 1,556/km2 (4,029/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3350 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 7.6 km2 (2.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 4 km (2 mi) from Ballarat Central | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Ballarat | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Wendouree | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Ballarat | ||||||||||||||
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Alfredton is a suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, west of the CBD. The population at the 2021 census was 11,822[1] making it the most populated in the Ballarat urban area.
Alfredton is located west of Lake Wendouree along Sturt Street. The suburb has some of Ballarat's best known landmarks, including the Arch of Victory and a World War I memorial which once marked the entrance to Ballarat and the start of Ballarat's Avenue of Honour. The Avenue of Honour is the longest war memorial roadside plantation in Australia, which extends 18 km to the Western Freeway.
Originally part of Cardigan and known by that name, the present area was named in honour of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh following his visit to Ballarat in 1867.
The artists and illustrators Ambrose and Will Dyson were born and lived in Alfredton as did their brother the journalist Edward Dyson.
The Alfredton area is central to Western Ballarat's growth corridor, an area where suburban development is encouraged by the City of Ballarat and State Government of Victoria. Most of urban Ballarat's subdivision for new housing estates is happening in greenfield land to the south, north and west of the Avenue of Honour. Large estates include Balymanus, Alfredton Central, The Chase[2] and Insignia.[3]
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Alfredton (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ ":: Alfredton's most sought after address". Archived from the original on 26 February 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ "Insignia Ballarat | Premium Home Sites". Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
