City of Swan

City of Swan
Western Australia

Population: 112,960(2010)[1]
Established: 1871
Area: 1043 km² (402.7 sq mi)
Mayor: Charlie Zannino
Council Seat: Midland
Region: NE metropolitan Perth, Swan Valley
State District: Bassendean, Darling Range, Midland, Swan Hills, West Swan
Federal Division: Perth, Cowan, Hasluck, Pearce
Website: http://www.swan.wa.gov.au
LGAs around City of Swan:
Wanneroo Chittering Toodyay
Wanneroo City of Swan Mundaring
Stirling Bayswater
Bassendean		 Kalamunda

The City of Swan is a Local Government Area of Western Australia. It is located in Perth's north-eastern metropolitan region and the Swan Valley, centred approximately 20 km north-east of the Perth Central business district (CBD). The City covers an area of 1,043 km² (much of which is uninhabited) and has a population of about 105,000. At the 2001 census, 10% of the population were born in the United Kingdom, while significant Southern European and South-East Asian minorities are also located here.

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History

The City of Swan began as three entities:

On 1 July 1961, the Guildford and Swan areas merged into the Shire of Swan-Guildford, while Midland became the Town of Midland. They united on 1 April 1970 as the Shire of Swan, and exactly thirty years later, on 1 April 2000, became the City of Swan.[2]

Wards

The City of Swan is divided into 7 wards, most of which have only one councillor:

Suburbs

Population

The populations of the City of Swan's antecedents were:

Year Total Swan Guildford Midland
1911 6,982 1,829 1,669 3,484
1921 9,188 2,375 1,876 4,937
1933 10,948 3,501 2,039 5,408
1947 13,446 5,047 2,217 6,182
1954 17,996 7,366 2,134 8,496
1961 18,653 9,397 9,256
1966 19,135 9,800 9,335

The post-1970 populations of the combined Shire/City of Swan were:

Year Population
1971 25,682
1976 26,932
1981 31,859
1986 37,383
1991 52,968
1996 68,795
2001 82,126
2006 93,279

Sister cities

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 March 2011). "Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2009–10 - Western Australia". http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Products/3218.0~2009-10~Main+Features~Western+Australia?OpenDocument. Retrieved 10 May 2010. 
  2. ^ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.

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