City of Vincent

The City of Vincent is a local government area of Western Australia, Australia. It covers an area of approximately 10.4 square kilometres (4.0 sq mi) in metropolitan Perth, the capital of Western Australia, and lies about 3 km from the Perth CBD. The City of Vincent maintains 139 km of roads, 104 ha of parks and gardens and has a population of 31,549 as of the 2011 census.

The city was previously known as the Town of Vincent, before gaining city status on 1 July 2011.

History

The City of Vincent is named after Vincent Street, an arterial road through the centre of the City that is also the location of the City's Council Chambers and administrative offices. The road is believed to have been named after George Vincent, the Chief Draftsman in the Lands Department and original grantee of land on the north side, east from Charles Street. He named it after himself on issue of the first Crown Grant of Perth, circa 1876.

On 1 July 1994, the restructure of the City of Perth by the Government of Western Australia created three new local governments: the Town of Vincent, the Town of Cambridge and the Town of Shepperton (now the Town of Victoria Park), plus a smaller City of Perth.

Suburbs

Coolbinia (Shared with City of Stirling)
East Perth (Shared with City of Perth)
Highgate
Leederville
Mount Hawthorn
Mount Lawley (Shared with City of Stirling)
North Perth
Perth (Shared with City of Perth)
West Perth (Shared with City of Perth)

Population

Year	Population
1991	24,765
1996	24,422
2001	24,761
2006	26,878
2011	31,549

Sister cities

The City of Vincent has signed a friendship charter with:

Prilep, Prilep Municipality, Macedonia

References

↑ "3218.0 Regional Population Growth, Australia. Table 5. Estimated Resident Population, Local Government Areas, Western Australia". 30 August 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.

External links

The City of Vincent official website

Local government areas of Western Australia

Perth Metropolitan

Cities	Armadale^* Bayswater^* Belmont^* Canning^* Cockburn^* Fremantle^* Gosnells^* Joondalup^* Kwinana^* Melville^* Nedlands^* Perth^* Rockingham^* South Perth^* Stirling^* Subiaco^* Swan^* Vincent^* Wanneroo^*

Towns	Bassendean^† Cambridge^† Claremont^† Cottesloe^† East Fremantle^† Mosman Park^† Victoria Park^†

Shires	Kalamunda Mundaring Peppermint Grove Serpentine-Jarrahdale

Gascoyne

Goldfields-Esperance

Great Southern

Kimberley

Mid West

Peel

Pilbara

South West

Wheatbelt

Indian Ocean territories

^* This LGA holds city status under the Local Government Act 1995, ^† This LGA holds town status under the Local Government Act 1995

Coordinates: 31°56′10″S 115°50′02″E / 31.936°S 115.834°E / -31.936; 115.834

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