Ballarat Community Food Resources And Meal Services

Ballarat Community Food Activities lists resources for accessing affordable fresh food, parcels, and free or low-cost meals. The dataset was created by the City of Ballarat with assistance from Monash University students. It was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Map service locations like food parcel distribution points using geospatial coordinates.
• Analyze the distribution of free versus affordable meal services from listed activity types.
• Identify gaps in community food access by correlating service locations with demographic data.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple formats including GEOJSON, SHP, and CSV for flexibility.
• Maintained by a municipal authority (City of Ballarat) with a clear update in 2026.

Limitations

• Unknown row count and sample size limit statistical analysis.
• Specific data fields and column names are not documented.

Provenance

Source

City of Ballarat.

Collection Method

Recorded with help from Monash University students.

Freshness

Last updated April 2026.

Geography

City of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.