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3350 · Ballarat · 1,844 residents
Newington earns a AusScore of 67 (B) — strong overall liveability. Its standout strength is excellent public transport. 5 school zones fall within its boundaries, and median rent sits around $440 a week.
Everyday amenities that lift the score
Recorded crime that lowers the score
Safety-weighted, so a very safe suburb with modest amenity outranks a high-amenity suburb with severe crime. Full methodology
Recorded offences per 1,000 residents, graded against the Victorian median. Lower is safer.
Grades use a 3-year averagerate, so one unusually quiet or busy year can't swing the result.
Offences per 1,000 residents over the last decade, against the Victorian median. A line below the dashed median means this suburb is safer than the typical Victorian suburb.
Over the past decade, property & deception offences — the bulk of recorded crime — eased from 44 to 39 per 1,000 residents in Newington (down from a 44 peak in 2016). That leaves it 36% above the typical Victorian suburb — a genuine concern for residents and local businesses. Encouragingly, all three safety measures have improved over the decade.
Recorded offences in the latest year.
Alleged offenders aged 10–17 per 1,000 residents, against the Victorian average. The Crime Statistics Agency reports this by council, not by suburb, so it covers all of Ballarat and is not part of this suburb's AusScore— it's shown here as council context. The grade compares Ballarat with the median Victorian council.
Youth offending in Ballarat council has risen from 5.1 to 6.3 alleged offenders aged 10–17 per 1,000 residents over the decade, having bottomed out at 2.6 in 2021. Since that low it has climbed about 140% — a worrying reversal that mirrors the statewide trend.
Nearest police station, hospital, ambulance and fire facilities to this suburb.
The nearest of each — distance shown when it’s outside the suburb (measured straight-line from the centre).
GP and private medical clinics are not published as open government data, so they are not shown.
Rents aren't reported separately here — these are figures for Alfredton, the nearest reported locality in the same postcode.
Median weekly rent across all rentals. Source: DFFH Rental Report (Residential Tenancies Bond Authority) — © State of Victoria, reused under CC BY 4.0.
Public-transport lines within a 1 km walk and how well each mode is served.
10 public transport linesreachable within a 1 km walk.
Closest train station: Ballarat Station · 3.4 km away
Official government primary and secondary school catchment zones covering this suburb.
Everyday amenities near the suburb centre, from the Vicmap government registers — these feed the parks, retail and family parts of the AusScore.