City of Greater Bendigo

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]

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 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
Bendigo Town Hall

Current composition

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

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.

Townships and localities

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

Population
Locality20162021
Argyle215272
Ascot9693
Avonmore4342
Axe Creek352452
Axedale802984
Bagshot288355
Bagshot North3039
Barnadown1712
Bendigo5,5125,652
Big Hill261281
California Gully4,3634,476
Costerfield7570
Derrinal4999
Drummartin3842
Eaglehawk5,6915,538
Eaglehawk North513
East Bendigo2,0922,246
Elmore776847
Emu Creek359376
Population
Locality20162021
Eppalock685746
Epsom4,3255,014
Flora Hill3,9553,989
Fosterville6357
Golden Gully211213
Golden Square8,8209,220
Goornong654718
Harcourt North^265291
Heathcote2,7932,962
Hunter4423
Huntly2,3793,585
Huntly North4346
Ironbark1,0951,163
Jackass Flat1,1411,907
Junortoun3,2013,862
Kamarooka^9289
Kangaroo Flat10,39411,328
Kennington5,6495,880
Kimbolton7396
Population
Locality20162021
Knowsley160168
Ladys Pass111118
Leichardt^125167
Lockwood754806
Lockwood South^9611,052
Long Gully3,3833,420
Longlea506570
Maiden Gully4,9925,407
Mandurang641753
Mandurang South247280
Marong^1,4162,005
Mia Mia^178213
Mount Camel106136
Myers Flat459545
Myrtle Creek^6768
Neilborough290379
North Bendigo4,0594,277
Population
Locality20162021
Quarry Hill2,3392,365
Ravenswood^436443
Raywood^318329
Redcastle^6867
Redesdale^240299
Sailors Gully711743
Sebastian^217251
Sedgwick546614
Shelbourne^452423
Spring Gully3,0003,092
Strathdale5,6635,756
Strathfieldsaye5,4286,850
Toolleen^182221
Wellsford126144
West Bendigo375378
Whipstick1018
White Hills3,2193,620
Wilsons Hill7788
Woodvale449556

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

See also

References
  1. "2021 Greater Bendigo, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  2. "Order Constituting the Greater Bendigo City Council ..." Victoria Government Gazette. State Government of Victoria (S12): 1–5. 7 April 1994. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. "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.

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