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City of Greater Bendigo
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population121,470 (2021)[1]
 • Density40/km2 (105/sq mi)
Established1994
Gazetted7 April 1994[2]
Area3,000 km2 (1,158.3 sq mi)[3]
MayorAndrea Metcalf
Council seatBendigo
RegionLoddon Mallee
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)Bendigo
WebsiteCity of Greater Bendigo
LGAs around City of Greater Bendigo:
Loddon Campaspe Campaspe
Loddon City of Greater Bendigo Strathbogie
Mount Alexander Mount Alexander Mitchell

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]


Council[edit]

Bendigo Town Hall

Current composition[edit]

The council is composed of three wards and nine councillors, with three councillors per ward elected to represent each ward.[6] The most recent election was held in October 2020.

The current council (elected in 2020) [7]
Ward Party Councillor Notes
Eppalock   Independent Margaret O'Rouke
  Independent Gregory Penna
  Liberal Matthew Evans
Lockwood   Independent Rod Fyffe
  Independent Jennifer Alden Deputy Mayor
  Independent Vaughan Williams
Whipstick   Independent Andrea Metcalf Mayor
  Independent David Fagg
  Animal Justice Party[8] Julie Sloan
Current Composition of the Council

Administration and governance[edit]

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Bendigo Town Hall offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at its administrative centre on Lyttleton Terrace in Bendigo and its service centres in Heathcote, Huntly and Marong and also on Hopetoun Street and St Andrews Avenue in Bendigo.

2023 Council Election Review[edit]

In the lead up to the 2024 Victorian local elections, The Victorian Electoral Commission conducted a review into the electoral structure of multiple Victorian councils, including the City of Greater Bendigo, The review found that the city should adopt nine single-councillor wards at the election, namely:

  • Axedale Ward
  • Eppalock Ward
  • Epsom Ward
  • Golden Square Ward
  • Kennington Ward
  • Lake Weeroona Ward
  • Lockwood Ward
  • Ravenswood Ward
  • Whipstick Ward

Townships and localities[edit]

At the 2021 census, the city had a population of 121,470 up from 110,477 in the 2016 census[9]

Population
Locality 2016 2021
Argyle 215 272
Ascot 96 93
Avonmore 43 42
Axe Creek 352 452
Axedale 802 984
Bagshot 288 355
Bagshot North 30 39
Barnadown 17 12
Bendigo 5,512 5,652
Big Hill 261 281
California Gully 4,363 4,476
Costerfield 75 70
Derrinal 49 99
Drummartin 38 42
Eaglehawk 5,691 5,538
Eaglehawk North 5 13
East Bendigo 2,092 2,246
Elmore 776 847
Emu Creek 359 376
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Eppalock 685 746
Epsom 4,325 5,014
Flora Hill 3,955 3,989
Fosterville 63 57
Golden Gully 211 213
Golden Square 8,820 9,220
Goornong 654 718
Harcourt North^ 265 291
Heathcote 2,793 2,962
Hunter 44 23
Huntly 2,379 3,585
Huntly North 43 46
Ironbark 1,095 1,163
Jackass Flat 1,141 1,907
Junortoun 3,201 3,862
Kamarooka^ 92 89
Kangaroo Flat 10,394 11,328
Kennington 5,649 5,880
Kimbolton 73 96
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Knowsley 160 168
Ladys Pass 111 118
Leichardt^ 125 167
Lockwood 754 806
Lockwood South^ 961 1,052
Long Gully 3,383 3,420
Longlea 506 570
Maiden Gully 4,992 5,407
Mandurang 641 753
Mandurang South 247 280
Marong^ 1,416 2,005
Mia Mia^ 178 213
Mount Camel 106 136
Myers Flat 459 545
Myrtle Creek^ 67 68
Neilborough 290 379
North Bendigo 4,059 4,277
Population
Locality 2016 2021
Quarry Hill 2,339 2,365
Ravenswood^ 436 443
Raywood^ 318 329
Redcastle^ 68 67
Redesdale^ 240 299
Sailors Gully 711 743
Sebastian^ 217 251
Sedgwick 546 614
Shelbourne^ 452 423
Spring Gully 3,000 3,092
Strathdale 5,663 5,756
Strathfieldsaye 5,428 6,850
Toolleen^ 182 221
Wellsford 126 144
West Bendigo 375 378
Whipstick 10 18
White Hills 3,219 3,620
Wilsons Hill 77 88
Woodvale 449 556

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2021 Greater Bendigo, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2021: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2021), 2021". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2021.
  4. ^ "About Greater Bendigo". City of Greater Bendigo.
  5. ^ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Significant Urban Area, 2008 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
  6. ^ Local Government in Victoria. "Greater Bendigo City Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  7. ^ "Cr Andrea Metcalf to serve as Mayor, Cr Matthew Evans as Deputy Mayor | City of Greater Bendigo".
  8. ^ "Cr Julie Sloan".
  9. ^ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.

External links[edit]

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