Service industries As a major service centre for the populous goldfields region, Ballarat has large sectors of employment in business including retail, professional services and trades as well as state and federal government branch offices for public services and health care and non-government service organisations. Collectively these industries employ more than half of the city's workforce and generate the bulk of the city's economic activity.
Service industries As a major service centre for the populous goldfields region Ballarat has large sectors of employment in business including retail professional services and trades as well as state and federal government branch offices for public services and health care and non-government service organisations Collectively these industries employ more than half of the city's workforce and generate the bulk of the city's economic activity