The City of Ballarat is a local government area in the west of the state of Victoria, Australia.

It covers an area of 739 square kilometres (285 sq mi) and, in June 2023, had a population of 118,137.

[3] It is primarily urban with the vast majority of its population living in the Greater Ballarat urban area, while other significant settlements within the LGA include Buninyong, Waubra, Learmonth and Addington.

[2] The city is governed and administered by the Ballarat City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Ballarat, it also has a service centre located in Buninyong.

The council's main offices are in a modern extension behind the Town Hall called The Phoenix.