City Compass

LLM access for Ballarat (C), Victoria.

Entry point: https://citycompass.com.au/ballarat-c/community
Catalog: https://citycompass.com.au/ballarat-c/community/llm/index.json

How to use this data

Each topic is available as both an HTML page and a machine-readable JSON/CSV endpoint.

Read the HTML page first. It provides interpretation context: what the data measures, how to read the numbers, what benchmark deviations are meaningful, and which related topics to cross-reference. The "Key insight" section contains a pre-computed editorial summary of the most notable finding.

Then use the JSON endpoint for precise data. Responses include counts, percentages, benchmark comparisons, and change-over-time for both Census years. Rows with a non-null "highlight" field have a noteworthy deviation from the benchmark. The "manifest" block lists all valid parameter combinations for further queries.

To compare a single category across all suburbs within the LGA, use ?view=compare&category={slug} on the JSON endpoint. To understand what drives a pattern, pull related topics listed in topic_metadata.related_topics for the same area.

Canonical route patterns for this LGA:
https://citycompass.com.au/ballarat-c/community
https://citycompass.com.au/ballarat-c/community/{suburb}
https://citycompass.com.au/ballarat-c/community/api/{category}/{topic}.json
https://citycompass.com.au/ballarat-c/community/api/{category}/{topic}.csv
https://citycompass.com.au/ballarat-c/community/{category}/{topic}
https://citycompass.com.au/ballarat-c/community/{category}/{topic}?view=change
https://citycompass.com.au/ballarat-c/community/{category}/{topic}?view=compare
https://citycompass.com.au/ballarat-c/community/{category}/{topic}?view=compare&category={category-slug}
https://citycompass.com.au/ballarat-c/community/specialist/{topic}
https://citycompass.com.au/ballarat-c/community/specialist/{topic}?index=irsd&view=internal
https://citycompass.com.au/ballarat-c/community/{suburb}/{category}/{topic}
https://citycompass.com.au/ballarat-c/community/{suburb}/{category}/{topic}?view=change

Use the `/community/api/{category}/{topic}.json` and `.csv` routes for the canonical machine-readable topic contract.
Use `?view=change` for the change view on multi-year community topics.
Use `?view=compare&category={slug}` on the topic API to compare one category across all suburbs in the LGA.
Compare view is always LGA-scoped and does not accept suburb area values.
Use `?view=internal` for the SEIFA within-area specialist view.

Example API calls:
https://citycompass.com.au/ballarat-c/community/api/population/service-age-groups.json?area=addington&benchmark=gccsa&sex=persons
https://citycompass.com.au/ballarat-c/community/api/income/household-income-quartiles.json?area=addington&benchmark=gccsa&sex=persons
https://citycompass.com.au/ballarat-c/community/api/housing/dwellings.json?area=addington&benchmark=gccsa&sex=persons

Suburbs in this LGA (use as {suburb} in route patterns above):
- addington (Addington)
- alfredton (Alfredton)
- ascot-ballarat-vic (Ascot (Ballarat - Vic.))
- bakery-hill (Bakery Hill)
- bald-hills-vic (Bald Hills (Vic.))
- ballarat-central (Ballarat Central)
- ballarat-east (Ballarat East)
- ballarat-north (Ballarat North)
- black-hill-vic (Black Hill (Vic.))
- blowhard (Blowhard)
- bo-peep (Bo Peep)
- bonshaw-vic (Bonshaw (Vic.))
- brown-hill-vic (Brown Hill (Vic.))
- buninyong-part (Buninyong (part))
- bunkers-hill (Bunkers Hill)
- burrumbeet-part (Burrumbeet (part))
- canadian (Canadian)
- cardigan (Cardigan)
- cardigan-village (Cardigan Village)
- chapel-flat (Chapel Flat)
- coghills-creek (Coghills Creek)
- delacombe (Delacombe)
- durham-lead-part (Durham Lead (part))
- eureka-vic (Eureka (Vic.))
- glen-park-part (Glen Park (part))
- glendaruel (Glendaruel)
- glendonald (Glendonald)
- golden-point-ballarat-vic (Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.))
- gong-gong (Gong Gong)
- invermay-vic (Invermay (Vic.))
- invermay-park (Invermay Park)
- lake-gardens (Lake Gardens)
- lake-wendouree (Lake Wendouree)
- learmonth-vic (Learmonth (Vic.))
- lucas (Lucas)
- magpie (Magpie)
- miners-rest (Miners Rest)
- mitchell-park-vic (Mitchell Park (Vic.))
- mount-bolton (Mount Bolton)
- mount-clear (Mount Clear)
- mount-helen (Mount Helen)
- mount-pleasant-vic (Mount Pleasant (Vic.))
- mount-rowan (Mount Rowan)
- nerrina (Nerrina)
- newington-vic (Newington (Vic.))
- redan (Redan)
- scotchmans-lead (Scotchmans Lead)
- scotsburn-part (Scotsburn (part))
- sebastopol-vic (Sebastopol (Vic.))
- soldiers-hill-vic (Soldiers Hill (Vic.))
- tourello (Tourello)
- warrenheip-part (Warrenheip (part))
- weatherboard (Weatherboard)
- wendouree (Wendouree)
- windermere-vic (Windermere (Vic.))
- winter-valley (Winter Valley)

Only implemented Community Explorer pages and machine-readable topic contracts for this LGA are listed in the catalog.