Town of Cambridge

The Town of Cambridge is a local government area in the inner western suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) west of Perth's central business district and extending to the Indian Ocean at City Beach. The Town covers an area of 22.0 square kilometres (8.5 sq mi) and has a population of 24,965 (2011). It was originally part of the City of Perth before the restructuring by the Western Australian State Government in 1994.

History

Historically the area was part of the North Perth municipality, gazetted in 1901, which was absorbed into the City of Perth in 1915 after becoming unsustainable as an autonomous political entity. In 1993 the Government of Western Australia decided to split up the local government area (LGA) of the City of Perth, creating three additional LGAs and retaining a smaller City of Perth. The new LGAs were Town of Vincent, Town of Cambridge and the Town of Victoria Park.^[2]

Parks and reserves

Cambridge has eight parks and reserves.^[3] The Town has two major reserves, Lake Monger and Perry Lakes, as well as 4.8 km of coastline, including City Beach and Floreat Beach and their respective parks, and the nearby dunes.

Wards

The city has been divided into 2 wards, each electing 4 councillors.

Coast Ward
Wembley Ward

Suburbs

(* indicates suburb only partially located within Town)

Population

Year	Population
1991	22,740
1996	22,706
2001	22,859
2006	23,753
2011	24,965

References

↑ "3218.0 Regional Population Growth, Australia. Table 5. Estimated Resident Population, Local Government Areas, Western Australia". 30 August 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
↑ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 3.0), 31 May 2007.
↑ Town of Cambridge (26 March 2007). "Parks, Playgrounds, Barbecues". Retrieved 2007-04-22.

External links

Town of Cambridge 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′17″S 115°47′38″E / 31.938°S 115.794°E / -31.938; 115.794

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