| Delacombe Ballarat, Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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  Delacombe | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 37°35′20″S 143°48′50″E / 37.589°S 143.814°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 5,408 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3356 | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 6 km (4 mi) from Ballarat Central | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Ballarat | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Wendouree | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Ballarat | ||||||||||||||
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Delacombe is a large and rapidly growing industrial/residential suburb on the south west rural-urban fringe of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The population at the 2021 census was 5,408[1] making it the fifth most populated in the Ballarat urban area.
Delacombe forms a large part of the Ballarat West Growth Area where suburban development is encouraged by the City of Ballarat and State Government of Victoria. Much of the city's planned subdivision for new housing estates is happening in Greenfield land in and around the suburb and it is predicted to be home to over 12,000 residents in 2030.
The suburb is built upon the floodplain of the Winter Creek. Its tributaries are stormwater drains, including the Banyule.[2]
It is one of the few Ballarat suburbs with its own shopping centres and a future activity centre for the suburb is planned by the City of Ballarat.
It was named in 1965 after the then incumbent Governor of Victoria, Sir Rohan Delacombe.[3]
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Delacombe (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Governor gives name to estate". The Age. 8 October 1965. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
