Miners Rest, Victoria

Miners Rest Ballarat, Victoria
Miners Rest
Coordinates	37°29′10″S 143°45′25″E / 37.486°S 143.757°E / -37.486; 143.757Coordinates: 37°29′10″S 143°45′25″E / 37.486°S 143.757°E / -37.486; 143.757
Population	2,542 (2011 census)
Postcode(s)	3352
Location	4 km (2 mi) from Ballarat Central
LGA(s)	City of Ballarat
State electorate(s)	Wendouree
Federal Division(s)	Ballarat
Suburbs around Miners Rest: Learmonth Blowhard Sulky Windermere Miners Rest Mount Rowan Cardigan Mitchell Park Brown Hill

Miners Rest is a suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia on the north-western rural-urban fringe of the city, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west of the Central Business District. The population at the 2011 census was 2542.

Miners Rest is a semi-rural suburb with a very small township and commercial area. It is located to the North of the Western Freeway.

The original Township of Miners Rest, surveyed in 1854, is located at the northern end of the district.

The local primary school is Miners Rest Primary School.

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