| Newington Ballarat, Victoria |
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Pleasant Street commercial area looking south. The Bunch of Grapes Hotel is on the left. |
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Newington
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| Population: | 1,747[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3350 | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 2 km (1 mi) from Ballarat Central | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Ballarat | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Ballarat West | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Ballarat | ||||||||||||
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Newington is a suburb south west of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The population at the 2006 census was 1,747.[1]
Newington is bordered by Gillies Street to the West, Sturt Street to the North, Pleasant Street to the East and Winter Street to the South
Newington is notable for Victoria Park, Ballarat's largest open parkland which features numerous sporting grounds connected by grand avenues of conifers and oaks planted in the 1920s as well as some ornamental wetlands and lakes.
With the exception of the park and schools, the suburb consists almost solely of Single-family detached homes in grid plan street layout. Many of the homes are either Victorian or interwar styles.
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