Shire of Mundaring
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| Shire of Mundaring Western Australia |
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| Population: • Density: |
33,280 (2001 census) 52/km² |
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| Area: | 644.9 km² | ||||||||||||
| Mayor: | John Beaton | ||||||||||||
| Council Seat: | Mundaring | ||||||||||||
| Region: | Darling Scarp | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Midland, Swan Hills | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Hasluck, Pearce | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Mundaring is a Local Government Area of Western Australia. It covers an area of approximately 645 km² in outer eastern metropolitan Perth, the capital of Western Australia and lies about 36km East of the Perth CBD. The Shire of Mundaring has a population of 46,000.
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[edit] History
The Greenmount Road Board was gazetted in 1903. In 1934, it was renamed the Mundaring Road Board. On 1 July 1961, it became the Mundaring Shire Council after changes to the Local Government Act.[1]
[edit] Statistics
Mundaring Shire has published the following statistics for the period 1994-2000 [2]:
- Population: 35,117 (300% increase from 1966 (8,925) to 2006)
- Area: 643.32 km²
- Rateable area: 205.91 km²
- Rateable properties: 13,600
- Revenue: A$17.4M
- Vested reserves: 104.60 km²
- Forests and National Parks: 238.30 km²
[edit] Wards
The shire has been divided into 4 wards.
- West Ward (2 councillors)
- South Ward (3 councillors)
- Central Ward (3 councillors)
- East Ward (3 councillors)
[edit] Suburbs/localities
At the 1996 ABS Census, Bailup, Gorrie and Malmalling were not identified as they were not created until 1999. Mundaring Weir was not listed as a separate locality.
- Bailup
- Bellevue
- Beechina
- Boya
- Chidlow
- Darlington
- Glen Forrest
- Greenmount
- Helena Valley
- Hovea
- Mahogany Creek
- Midvale
- Mount Helena
- Mundaring
- Mundaring Weir
- Parkerville
- Sawyers Valley
- Stoneville
- Swan View
- The Lakes
- Wooroloo
[edit] References
- ^ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.
- ^ Mundaring Shire Council. Population & Area. Retrieved on April 1, 2006.
[edit] External links
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