City of Greater Bendigo

City of Greater Bendigo Victoria
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)	Bendigo East Bendigo West Euroa
Federal division(s)	Bendigo
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]

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]