City of Greater Bendigo

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City of Greater Bendigo
Victoria
Australia Victoria Greater Bendigo City.svg
Location in Victoria
Population121,470 (2021) [1]
 • Density40/km2 (105/sq mi)
Established1994
Gazetted 7 April 1994 [2]
Area3,000 km2 (1,158.3 sq mi) [3]
Mayor Andrea Metcalf
Council seat Bendigo
Region Loddon Mallee
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s) Bendigo
Icon of City of Greater Bendigo.svg
Website City 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]

Contents

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 BendigoTownHall2.JPG
Bendigo Town Hall

Current composition

The council is composed of nine single member wards. [6] The most recent election was held in October 2024.

The current council (elected in 2024) [7]
WardPartyCouncillorNotes
Axedale  Independent LiberalShivali Chatley
Eppalock  IndependentAaron Spong
Epsom  Independent Andrea Metcalf Mayor
Golden Square  IndependentKaren Corr
Kennington  Independent Labor Abhishek Awasthi Deputy Mayor
Lake Weeroona  IndependentThomas Prince
Lockwood  IndependentJohn McIlrath
Ravenswood  Independent LaborDamien Hurrell
Whipstick   Victorian Socialists Owen Cosgriff

List of mayors

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.

2023 Council Election Review

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:

Towns, Suburbs and localities

At the 2021 census, the city had a population of 121,470 up from 110,477 in the 2016 census [8]

Population
Locality20162021
Argyle 215272
Ascot 1,9682,571
Avonmore 4342
Axe Creek 352452
Axedale 802984
Bagshot 288355
Bagshot North 3039
Barnadown 1712
Bendigo 5,5125,652
Big Hill 261281
California Gully 4,3634,476
Costerfield 7570
Derrinal 4999
Drummartin 3842
Eaglehawk 5,6915,538
Eaglehawk North 513
East Bendigo 2,0922,246
Elmore 776847
Emu Creek 359376
Population
Locality20162021
Eppalock 685746
Epsom 4,3255,014
Flora Hill 3,9553,989
Fosterville 6357
Golden Gully 211213
Golden Square 8,8209,220
Goornong 654718
Harcourt North^265291
Heathcote 2,7932,962
Hunter 4423
Huntly 2,3793,585
Huntly North 4346
Ironbark 1,0951,163
Jackass Flat 1,1411,907
Junortoun 3,2013,862
Kamarooka^9289
Kangaroo Flat 10,39411,328
Kennington 5,6495,880
Kimbolton 7396
Population
Locality20162021
Knowsley 160168
Ladys Pass 111118
Leichardt^125167
Lockwood 754806
Lockwood South^9611,052
Long Gully 3,3833,420
Longlea 506570
Maiden Gully 4,9925,407
Mandurang 641753
Mandurang South 247280
Marong^1,4162,005
Mia Mia^178213
Mount Camel 106136
Myers Flat 459545
Myrtle Creek^6768
Neilborough 290379
North Bendigo 4,0594,277
Population
Locality20162021
Quarry Hill 2,3392,365
Ravenswood^436443
Raywood^318329
Redcastle^6867
Redesdale^240299
Sailors Gully 711743
Sebastian^217251
Sedgwick 546614
Shelbourne^452423
Spring Gully 3,0003,092
Strathdale 5,6635,756
Strathfieldsaye 5,4286,850
Toolleen^182221
Wellsford 126144
West Bendigo 375378
Whipstick 1018
White Hills 3,2193,620
Wilsons Hill 7788
Woodvale 449556

^ – Territory divided with another LGA

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2021 Greater Bendigo, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  2. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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.
  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. 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. ↑ VEC. "Results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  8. ↑ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 11 January 2023.

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