| City of Belmont Western Australia |
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| Population: | 35,082(2010)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1898 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 39.8 km² (15.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Mayor: | Glenys Godfrey | ||||||||||||
| Council Seat: | Belmont | ||||||||||||
| Region: | SE Metropolitan Perth | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Belmont | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Swan | ||||||||||||
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The City of Belmont is a Local Government Area in the inner eastern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, located about 5 kilometres (3 mi) east of Perth's central business district on the south bank of the Swan River. The City covers an area of 39.8 square kilometres (15.4 sq mi), maintains 225 km of roads and has a population of about 35,000 (2010).
Belmont contains Perth's domestic and international airports which account for 33.7% of the City of Belmont's land area.
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The Belmont Road District was created on 2 December 1898. On 4 October 1907, it was renamed Belmont Park. From 1906 until 1909, Burswood Island was part of the district.
On 1 July 1961, the Belmont Park Road District became the Shire of Belmont following the enactment of the Local Government Act 1960. On 17 February 1979 it attained City status.[2][3]
Historically Ascot and Belmont are suburbs long associated with horses, being close to the race tracks (see Ascot Racecourse and Belmont Park). Until the 1950s a railway branch went from Bayswater on the Perth to Midland line, to the Ascot race track.
The city has been divided into 4 wards.
| Year | Population |
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| 1911 | 1,088 |
| 1921 | 1,866 |
| 1933 | 3,139 |
| 1947 | 5,712 |
| 1954 | 15,820 |
| 1961 | 20,393 |
| 1966 | 26,978 |
| 1971 | 32,656 |
| 1976 | 31,531 |
| 1981 | 29,855 |
| 1986 | 28,867 |
| 1991 | 26,744 |
| 1996 | 26,613 |
| 2001 | 28,817 |
| 2006 | 30,331 |
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