▁gold ▁r ush . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁survey ed ▁by ▁William ▁Ur qu hart ▁as ▁early ▁as ▁October ▁ 1 8 5 1 . ▁By ▁ 1 8 5 2 ▁his ▁grid ▁plan ▁and ▁wide ▁streets ▁were ▁prepared ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁land ▁sales ▁in ▁the ▁new ▁town ship ▁of ▁West ▁Ball ar at . ▁ ▁As ▁the ▁city ▁grew , ▁Ball ar at ▁West ▁became ▁home ▁to ▁the ▁city ' s ▁middle ▁class , ▁bank ers ▁and ▁wealth y ▁profession als ▁establish ing ▁business es ▁around ▁L yd i ard ▁Street ▁and ▁institutions ▁along ▁St urt ▁and ▁Dr um mond ▁Stre ets . ▁ ▁Population ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁Census , ▁there ▁were ▁ 5 , 3 2 8 ▁people ▁in ▁Ball ar at ▁Central . ▁ 8 2 . 0 % ▁of ▁people ▁were ▁born ▁in ▁Australia ▁and ▁ 8 6 . 3 % ▁of ▁people ▁only ▁spoke ▁English ▁at ▁home . ▁The ▁most ▁common ▁responses ▁for ▁religion ▁were ▁No ▁Religion ▁ 4 0 . 1 % ▁and ▁Catholic ▁ 2 4 . 8 %. ▁ ▁Urban ▁form ▁and ▁planning ▁ ▁Ball ar at ▁Central ▁is ▁laid ▁out ▁in ▁grid ▁plan . ▁ ▁The ▁tall est ▁buildings ▁in ▁the ▁central ▁city ▁area ▁is ▁the ▁seven ▁store y ▁Henry ▁Bol te ▁wing ▁of ▁the ▁Ball ar at ▁Base ▁Hospital ▁( ere cted ▁ 1 9 9 4 ); ▁the ▁Law ▁Court ▁( now ▁Arts ▁Academy ) ▁tower ▁( ere cted ▁ 1 9 4 1 ) ▁on ▁Camp ▁Street ;