Bakery Hill ^{VIC 3350}

The median house sale price in Bakery Hill sits at $564,000, broadly flat year-on-year. That said, only four sales settled in the quarter, so the median is a noisy signal — treat it as a direction rather than a level.

Rental Market

The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.

Households face an average residential rates bill of $2,086 a year through Ballarat based on 2024 figures.

Planning zones cover 99% of the suburb's area. The rest is unzoned land such as water or road reserve.

Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.

In the year to August 2026, 1,451 new dwellings were approved across Ballarat. That mix is 1,134 houses and 317 units. Approvals are up 41.8% on the same period a year earlier.

Aboriginal Cultural Heritage

The Registered Aboriginal Party for this area is Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation (appointed 2009).

Registered Aboriginal Parties are appointed by the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council under the Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 as the primary guardians, keepers and knowledge holders of Aboriginal cultural heritage for their area. They are the body to contact about cultural heritage here.

Moderate rainfall — warm summers, cold winters with occasional frost.

Elevation

429 m

above sea level, at the suburb centre

Annual rainfall

605 mm

97 rainy days

Summer max (Jan)

25.7°C

6 days ≥ 35°C

Winter min (Jul)

3.5°C

17 frost days ≤ 0°C

Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.

• BALLARAT EAST FUEL POINTS

  Rail Passenger Transport

  Top reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Cumene (1-methylethylbenzene) · Xylenes (individual or mixed isomers)
  0.4 km
• Ballarat South Wastewater Treatment Plant

  Sewerage and Drainage Services

  Top reported: Total Nitrogen · Ammonia (total) · Total Phosphorus
  1.2 km
• Ballarat Hospital

  Hospitals (Except Psychiatric Hospitals)

  Top reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤2.5 µm (PM2.5)
  1.7 km
• BALLARAT BASE HOSPITAL

  Hospitals (Except Psychiatric Hospitals)

  Top reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10)
  1.7 km
• Queen Elizabeth Centre

  Hospitals (Except Psychiatric Hospitals)

  Top reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤2.5 µm (PM2.5)
  2.0 km

$10,000 for new homes priced up to $750,000.

The separate First Home Buyer Duty Reduction (stamp-duty concession) runs alongside this grant.

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Currently held by Catherine King Australian Labor Party

Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.

Currently held by Michaela Settle Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch

Next state election: 28 November 2026.

Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: Victorian Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0.