City of Perth

This article is about a local government area and body. For the metropolitan area, see Perth. For the central business district of Perth, Western Australia, see Perth (suburb). For the city in Scotland, see Perth, Scotland.

City of Perth Western Australia
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Population	20,285 (2013 est)
• Density	2,540/km2 (6,600/sq mi)
Established	1856
Area	8 km2 (3.1 sq mi)
Mayor	Lisa Scaffidi
Council seat	Perth
Region	Central Perth
State electorate(s)	Perth
Federal Division(s)	Perth
File:Coat of arms of the City of Perth.svg
Website	City of Perth
LGAs around City of Perth: Cambridge Vincent Vincent Subiaco City of Perth Belmont Nedlands South Perth Victoria Park

The City of Perth is a local government area and body, within the Perth metropolitan area, which is the capital of Western Australia. The local government body is commonly known as Perth City Council. The city covers the Perth central business district and surrounding suburbs. The city covers an area of 12.7 square kilometres (5 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 18,988 as at June 2012. These figures would be more than doubled under controversial boundary changes proposed by the state's Coalition Government to take effect from July 2015.

History

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City of Perth offices lit at night

The City of Perth was declared on 20 September 1856. In 1915, it absorbed North Perth (1901) and Leederville (1895) municipalities, and on 1 November 1917, Victoria Park was also absorbed. A year later, it absorbed territory from Perth Road Board including the Belmont Park racecourse. By 1962, the council had 27 members representing nine wards.

On 1 July 1994, following the passage of the City of Perth Restructuring Act (1993), the City of Perth was broken up and a revised (and significantly reduced) City of Perth, Town of Victoria Park, Town of Cambridge and Town of Vincent were created. The first elections were held on 6 May 1995, with 8 councillors and a mayor.

Wards

The city has 8 councillors and no wards. Each councillor serves a four-year term, and half-elections are held every two years. The mayor is directly elected.

Suburbs

• Perth*
• Crawley*
• East Perth*
• Northbridge
• West Perth*

* The parts of these suburbs north of Newcastle and Summers Streets fall within the City of Vincent. These localities are only partially contained within the LGA boundary.

Population

Year	Population
1911	35,767
1921	64,166
1933	82,290
1947	98,890
1954	97,350
1961	94,508
1966	96,223
1971	97,546
1976	87,598
1981	79,398
1986	79,409
1991	79,422
1996	80,488
2001	110,180
2006	110,573
2011	160,714

The 1991 population has been broken down by the Australian Bureau of Statistics as follows: Perth (C) 7,604; Cambridge (T) 22,740; Victoria Park (T) 24,313; Vincent (T) 24,765.

Twin towns and sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Australia

The City of Perth is twinned with:

Kagoshima, Japan, 1974 Houston, USA, 1984 Rhodes, Greece, 1984 Megisti, Greece, 1984

San Diego, USA, 1987 Vasto, Italy, 1989 Nanjing, China, 1998 Taipei, Taiwan, 1999

Chengdu, China, 2012 Padang, Indonesia, 2015

See also

• List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Perth
• Perth

External links

• Perth City
• City of Perth Parking website