title: Lucas, Victoria
text: # Lucas, Victoria
  
  Lucas is a suburb of the City of Ballarat. It was created on 23 June 2011 from a former part of Cardigan. The population at the 2021 census was 2,994.
  
  ## History
  
  Lucas was created on 23 June 2011 from a former part of Cardigan. It is named after Eleanor Lucas and the staff of her local textile company, dubbed the "Lucas Girls", who planted Ballarat's Avenue of Honour after World War I.
  
  