City of Swan

The City of Swan is a local government area of Western Australia. It is 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 120,000. 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.

History

The City of Swan began as three entities:

The Municipality of Guildford, gazetted in 1871.
The Municipality of Helena Vale, gazetted in 1895, becoming the Municipality of Midland Junction in 1901 and the Town of Midland in 1961.
The Swan Roads Board, gazetted in 1871.

On 1 July 1961, Guildford and the Swan Roads Board merged into the Shire of Swan-Guildford. Swan-Guildford and Midland united on 1 April 1970 as the Shire of Swan, and 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 three Councillors:

Altone Ward (3 Councillors)
Ballajura Ward (3 Councillors)
Midland/Guildford Ward (3 Councillors)
Ellenbrook (3 Councillors)
Swan Valley Gidgegannup (2 Councillors)
North Ward (1 Councillor)

Suburbs

Population

Original Council Chambers in Guildford

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
2011	108,461

Sister cities

Bivongi, Calabria, Italy (2007)
San Salvo, Abruzzo, Italy (2006)

References

↑ "3218.0 Regional Population Growth, Australia. Table 5. Estimated Resident Population, Local Government Areas, Western Australia". 3 April 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
↑ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.

External links

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

Cities of Western Australia

Capital city	Perth

Metropolitan cities	Armadale Bayswater Belmont Canning Cockburn Fremantle Gosnells Joondalup Melville Nedlands Perth City Rockingham South Perth Stirling Subiaco Swan Vincent Wanneroo

Regional cities	Albany Bunbury Busselton Geraldton Kalgoorlie-Boulder Mandurah

Large towns	Broome Esperance Karratha Port Hedland

Coordinates: 31°53′42″S 115°59′35″E / 31.895°S 115.993°E / -31.895; 115.993