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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Loddon Mallee
The Loddon Mallee is an economic rural region located in the north-western part of Victoria, Australia. Occupying more than a quarter of the state, it stretches from Greater Melbourne to the northernmost point of Victoria, sharing a border with South Australia and New South Wales, and has one of the most consistently warm climates in Victoria. It has two major regional cities Bendigo and Mildura and also contains the major settlements of Castlemaine, Echuca, Gisborne, Kerang, Kyneton, Maryborough, Swan Hill, Wedderburn and Wycheproof.

Comprising an area in excess of 58,000 square kilometres (22,000 sq mi) this is the largest region in Victoria hosting a population of over 348,000 people. The Loddon Malle region includes the Shire of Buloke, Shire of Campaspe, Shire of Central Goldfields, Shire of Gannawarra, City of Greater Bendigo, Shire of Loddon, Shire of Macedon Ranges, Rural City of Mildura, Shire of Mount Alexander and Rural City of Swan Hill local government areas.

The Loddon Mallee region is located along two major transport corridors, the Calder Highway corridor linking Melbourne to Bendigo and Mildura and the interstate Sturt Highway corridor linking Sydney to Mildura and Adelaide. The region comprises two distinct and inter-connected sub-regions or districts: Loddon Campaspe and Mallee.

Administration

Political representation

For the purposes of Australian federal elections for the House of Representatives, the Loddon Mallee region is contained within all or part of the electoral divisions of Bendigo, Mallee, McEwen and Nicholls.

For the purposes of Victorian elections for the Legislative Assembly, the Loddon Mallee region is contained within all or part of the electoral districts of Bendigo East, Bendigo West, Euroa, Macedon, Mildura, Murray Plains and Ripon.

Local government areas

The region contains ten local government areas, which are:

Loddon Mallee region LGA populations
Local government area Area Population
(2016 census) 		Source(s) Population
(2021 census) 		Source(s)
km sq mi
Shire of Buloke 8,000 3,100 6,201 6,178
Shire of Campaspe 4,519 1,745 37,061 38,735
Shire of Central Goldfields 1,533 592 12,995 13,483
Shire of Gannawarra 3,735 1,442 10,549 10,683
City of Greater Bendigo 3,000 1,200 110,477 121,470
Shire of Loddon 6,696 2,585 7,516 7,759
Shire of Macedon Ranges 1,748 675 46,100 51,458
Rural City of Mildura 22,083 8,526 53,878 56,972
Shire of Mount Alexander 1,530 590 18,761 20,253
Rural City of Swan Hill 6,115 2,361 20,584 21,403
Totals 58,959 22,764 324,122 348,394

Environmental protection

The Loddon Malle region contains the Murray Sunset National Park, Big Desert Wilderness Park, Wyperfeld National Park, Hattah - Kulkyne National Park, Kooyoora State Park and Greater Bendigo National Park.

See also