Its local government area is the City of Greater Bendigo.

The name "Marong" is derived from a Djadjawurrung word for the Murray River Pine.

[3] The first local government authority for Marong was the Marong Road District (an early form of single-purpose local government), which was proclaimed on 19 August 1860.

It absorbed Raywood Borough in 1915, and was proclaimed a Rural City in 1990.

Golfers play at the course of the Marong Golf Club on Ravenswood Road.