| Lake Gardens Ballarat, Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 Lake Gardens Avenue looking West from Gillies Street near the Ballarat Botanic Gardens | |||||||||||||||
  Lake Gardens | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 37°32′46″S 143°49′12″E / 37.546°S 143.820°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 1,801 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 1,305/km2 (3,380/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3355 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1.38 km2 (0.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 5.5 km (3 mi) from Ballarat Central | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Ballarat | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Wendouree | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Ballarat | ||||||||||||||
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Lake Gardens is a relatively new suburb on the western rural-urban fringe of Ballarat, Victoria Australia located near Lake Wendouree and directly behind the Ballarat Botanical Gardens from which the suburb draws its name. The suburb is bounded by Gillies Street to the east, O'Donnell's Road to the west and Gregory Street West to the north. The population at the 2021 census was 1,801.[1]
Lake Gardens is almost entirely residential, laid out in street hierarchy with a centrepiece ornamental lake. It has no commercial area; the nearest shopping centres are in Wendouree to the north and Alfredton to the south.
Built on the site of a former lunatic asylum, some[by whom?] claim that the suburb is haunted by ghosts.[2]
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Lake Gardens State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ Betts, Marianne [Victoria's favourite haunts] from the Herald Sun, 28 February 2009, pg 6-7
