| City of Greater Bendigo Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 121,470 (2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 40/km2 (105/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 7 April 1994[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 3,000 km2 (1,158.3 sq mi)[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Andrea Metcalf | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Bendigo | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Loddon Mallee | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | |||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Bendigo | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | City of Greater Bendigo | ||||||||||||||
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The City of Greater Bendigo is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central part of the state. It covers an area of 3,000 square kilometres (1,200 sq mi) and, in August 2021, had a population of 121,470.[3] It includes the city of Bendigo and the towns of Axedale, Elmore, Heathcote, Marong, Raywood and Strathfieldsaye. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the former City of Bendigo with the Borough of Eaglehawk, Shire of Strathfieldsaye, Shire of Huntly and parts of the Rural City of Marong and Shire of McIvor.[2] It is the state's third largest economy base and is considered a service and infrastructure centre for north central Victoria. The city is surrounded by 40,000 hectares of regional, state and national parkland.[4]
The city is governed and administered by the Greater Bendigo City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Bendigo, it also has service centres located in Heathcote, Huntly, Marong and a couple of other locations within Bendigo. The city is named after the main urban settlement lying in the centre-west of the LGA, that is Bendigo, which is also the LGA's most populous urban area with a population of 99,122.[5]
- ^ "2021 Greater Bendigo, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Order Constituting the Greater Bendigo City Council ..." Victoria Government Gazette (S12). State Government of Victoria: 1–5. 7 April 1994. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ^ a b "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2021: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2021), 2021". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2021.
- ^ "About Greater Bendigo". City of Greater Bendigo.
- ^ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Significant Urban Area, 2008 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.