Town of Claremont
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| Town of Claremont Western Australia |
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| Population: • Density: |
8,562 (2001 census) 1,747/km² |
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| Area: | 4.9 km² | ||||||||||||
| Mayor: | Peter Olson JP | ||||||||||||
| Council Seat: | Claremont | ||||||||||||
| Region: | West Metropolitan Perth | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Nedlands, Cottesloe | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Curtin | ||||||||||||
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- This article is about a local government area. For the suburb, see Claremont, Western Australia.
The Town of Claremont is a Local Government Area of Western Australia. It covers an area of approximately 5 km² in western metropolitan Perth, the capital of Western Australia and lies about 9 km west of the Perth CBD. The Town of Claremont maintains 48 km of roads, 87 km of footpaths and has a population of 8,562.
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[edit] History
The Claremont Municipal Council was gazetted in 1898 and on 1 July 1961, became a Town Council following changes to the Local Government Act.[1]
[edit] Wards
The town has been divided into 3 wards, each of 3 councillors. The mayor is directly elected.
- South Ward
- West Ward
- East Ward
[edit] Suburbs
- Claremont *
- Swanbourne *
* Both these localities are only partially contained within the LGA boundary.
[edit] References
- ^ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.
[edit] External links
| Western suburbs of Perth, Western Australia | |
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City Beach | Claremont | Cottesloe | Crawley | Daglish | Dalkeith | Floreat | Jolimont | Karrakatta | Mosman Park | Mount Claremont | Nedlands | North Fremantle | Peppermint Grove | Shenton Park | Subiaco | Swanbourne | Wembley | Wembley Downs | West Leederville |
| Local Government Areas of Perth | |
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Armadale | Bassendean | Bayswater | Belmont | Cambridge | Canning | Claremont | Cockburn | Cottesloe | East Fremantle | Fremantle | Gosnells | Joondalup | Kalamunda | Kwinana | Melville | Mundaring | Nedlands | Peppermint Grove | Perth | Rockingham | Serpentine-Jarrahdale | South Perth | Stirling | Subiaco | Swan | Victoria Park | Vincent | Wanneroo |
