Ballarat Car Parking Transaction Counts and Types

Ballarat's car parking transaction data, collected as transactions occurred. The dataset is updated monthly on a manual schedule and includes a period of free parking implemented from March to June 2020 in response to COVID-19. It is published by the City of Ballarat to inform the public about parking activity.

Use Cases

• Analyze daily and seasonal parking demand patterns based on transaction counts.
• Model the impact of policy changes, such as free parking periods, on parking usage.
• Forecast parking revenue and infrastructure needs based on transaction type and volume trends.

Strengths

• Includes documented policy intervention data (free parking from March to June 2020).
• Data is collected in real-time as transactions occur.
• Published by the City of Ballarat, a municipal authority.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Update schedule is manual, which may affect data freshness.

Provenance

Source

City of Ballarat

Collection Method

Collected as parking transactions occurred.

Freshness

Updated monthly on a manual schedule; last updated 2026-03-18.

Geography

Ballarat, Australia