Delacombe, Victoria
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Delacombe Ballarat, Victoria |
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 Delacombe
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| Coordinates | 37°35′20″S 143°48′50″E / 37.589°S 143.814°ECoordinates: 37°35′20″S 143°48′50″E / 37.589°S 143.814°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 4,932 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3356 | ||||||||||||
| Location | 6 km (4 mi) from Ballarat Central | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Ballarat | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Wendouree | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Ballarat | ||||||||||||
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Delacombe is a large and rapidly growing industrial/residential suburb on the south west rural-urban fringe of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The population at the 2011 census was 4,932 making it the sixth most populated in the Ballarat urban area.
Delacombe forms a large part of the Ballarat West Growth Area where suburban development is encouraged by the City of Ballarat and State Government of Victoria. Much of the city's planned subdivision for new housing estates is happening in Greenfield land in and around the suburb and it is predicted to be home to over 12,000 residents in 2030.
The suburb is built upon the floodplain of the Winter Creek. Its tributaries are stormwater drains, including the Banyule.
It is one of the few Ballarat suburbs with its own shopping centres and a future activity centre for the suburb is planned by the City of Ballarat.
It is named in 1965 after the then incumbent Governor of Victoria, Sir Rohan Delacombe.
Delacombe was originally part of Ballarat West and situated in the Shire of Grenville. The first development was a factory producing guncotton for World War I. Over the decades, industry expanded in the area.
In 1965 the Department of Crown Lands proposed it be named in honour of then governor Rohan Delacombe and the naming was passed by the shire.
As Ballarat's urban area expanded, the first residential subdivisions occurred in the following decades and the primary school opened in 1981.
During the 2011 Victorian floods, flash flooding caused the Banyule drain overflowed on more than one occasion, causing flooding to homes. The floods spurred implement stormwater upgrades and a flood strategy from the City of Ballarat including the creation of artificial wetlands.
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