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. 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. 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.

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.

The council is composed of three wards and nine councillors, with three councillors per ward elected to represent each ward. The most recent election was held in October 2024.

The current council (elected in 2024)

Ward	Party		Councillor	Notes
Axedale		Independent Liberal	Shivali Chatley
Eppalock		Independent	Aaron Spong
Epsom		Independent	Andrea Metcalf	Mayor
Golden Square		Independent	Karen Corr
Kennington		Independent Labor	Abhishek Awasthi	Deputy Mayor
Lake Weeroona		Independent	Thomas Prince
Lockwood		Independent	John McIlrath
Ravenswood		Independent Labor	Damien Hurrell
Whipstick		Victorian Socialists	Owen Cosgriff

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.

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

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

^ – Territory divided with another LGA

• List of localities in Victoria

• Media related to City of Greater Bendigo at Wikimedia Commons
• Greater Bendigo City Council official website
• Bendigo information and community site
• Metlink local public transport profile
• Link to Land Victoria interactive maps Archived 24 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine

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