Is Ballarat safe? Australia travel risk
Is Ballarat safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Ballarat scores 28/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Australia Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 18 Aug 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Ballarat scores 28/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Australia (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Ballarat: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: health and medical access (41/100) and natural hazards (40/100).
A score of 28 is higher than the scores of 21% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Australia travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Ballarat belongs to Victoria (Australia), centered at coordinates 37.5608° S, 143.8475° E (445 m above sea level). Distance to Canberra is 535.3 km towards the ENE.
Victoria
37.5608° S, 143.8475° E
445 m
Australia/Melbourne
116,201
Emergency & Aviation Access
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Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Ballarat happened in January and October (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Australia travel advice & laws.
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