Bendigo, Victoria
regional city in Victoria, Australia
Bendigo is a city in central Victoria, Australia. There are about 86,000 people in Bendigo. It is the fourth biggest city in Victoria after Melbourne, Geelong and Ballarat. The city area is 3,000 square kilometres (1,200 sq mi) and has the towns Bendigo, Marong, Lockwood, Lockwood South, Ravenswood, Sebastian, Elmore, Heathcote, Maiden Gully, Lake Eppalock, Axedale, Goornong, Raywood and Huntly, all together, there are 100,000 people living there.
| Bendigo Victoria | |||||||||
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 Bendigo city centre | |||||||||
  Bendigo | |||||||||
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| Coordinates | 36°45′0″S 144°16′0″E / 36.75000°S 144.26667°E | ||||||||
| Population | 103,034 (2021)[1] (19th) | ||||||||
| • Density | 358.50/km2 (928.5/sq mi) | ||||||||
| Established | 1851 | ||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3550[2] | ||||||||
| Elevation | 213 m (699 ft) | ||||||||
| Area | 287.4 km2 (111.0 sq mi)[3] (2016 urban) | ||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10) | ||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | AEST (UTC+11) | ||||||||
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| LGA(s) | City of Greater Bendigo | ||||||||
| Region | Loddon Mallee | ||||||||
| County | Bendigo | ||||||||
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| Federal division(s) | Bendigo | ||||||||
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Strathfieldsaye
changeStrathfieldsaye is a small suburb in Bendigo. It takes its name from Stratfield Saye House, which was awarded to the Duke of Wellington after his defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. In the 2011 census, Strathfieldsaye had a population of 4,648.
References
change- ↑ "2021 Bendigo, Census All persons QuickStats". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
- ↑ Bendigo Postcode Australia Post
- ↑ "2016 Census Community Profiles: Bendigo". ABS Census. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
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