City of South Perth

This article is about a local government authority. For the suburb, see South Perth, Western Australia.

City of South Perth Western Australia
Population:	43,908(2010)[1]
Established:	1892
Area:	19.8 km² (7.6 sq mi)
Mayor:	James Best
Council Seat:	South Perth
Region:	South Metropolitan Perth
State District:	South Perth
Federal Division:	Swan
Website: http://www.southperth.wa.gov.au
LGAs around City of South Perth: Swan River Perth Victoria Park Swan River City of South Perth Canning Melville Melville Canning

Council Chamber Buildings

The City of South Perth is a Local Government Area in the inner southern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, located about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of 19.9 square kilometres (7.7 sq mi), maintains 203 kilometres (126 mi) of roads and a little over 4.3 km² of parks and gardens, and has a population of about 38,500 (2006).

The area broadly forms a peninsula, being bounded on three sides by the waters of the Swan and Canning rivers.

History

The South Perth Road District was formed on 9 June 1892 and the district became a municipality on 21 February 1902. It then reverted to a road district on 1 March 1922,^[2][3] but regained municipality status on 1 March 1956.^[4] It was granted City status on 1 July 1959.

Wards

The City of South Perth is divided into six wards, each of whom elect two councillors. The mayor is directly elected.

• Civic Ward
• Como Beach Ward
• Manning Ward
• McDougall Ward
• Mill Point Ward
• Moresby Ward

Suburbs

• Como
• Karawara
• Kensington
• Manning
• Salter Point
• South Perth
• Waterford

Education

The City of South Perth is home to numerous primary schools, and five major secondary schools.

Secondary

• Aquinas College
• Como Secondary College
• Penrhos College
• Wesley College
• Clontarf Aboriginal College

Primary

• Collier Primary School
• Como Primary School
• Kensington Primary School
• Manning Primary School
• Saint Columba's College
• Saint Pius X Primary School
• South Kensington Primary School
• South Perth Primary School

Library

The City of South Perth has two libraries with branches in Manning and South Perth. The two libraries have in excess of 60,000 items including; books, magazines, music CD’s and DVD’s. [1] Website

Population

Year	Population
1903	947
1911	1,197
1921	2,960
1933	8,731
1947	15,266
1954	21,214
1961	29,941
1966	32,042
1971	31,702
1976	30,388
1981	31,524
1986	32,626
1991	34,007
1996	34,819
2001	35,228
2006	38,361

Notes

1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 March 2011). "Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2009–10 - Western Australia". http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Products/3218.0~2009-10~Main+Features~Western+Australia?OpenDocument. Retrieved 10 May 2010. 
2. ^ "Road Districts Act 1919. South Perth Municipality. Proposed conversion into a road district. Notice of intention (per PW 1268/21)". Western Australia Government Gazette: p. 1922:22. 5 January 1922. 
3. ^ "Road Districts Act 1919. Order in Council (per PW 1268/21)". Western Australia Government Gazette: p. 1922:421. 15 February 1922. 
4. ^ "Road Districts Act 1919. South Perth Road District. Constitution as Municipality of South Perth. Order in Council (per LG 524/55)". Western Australia Government Gazette: p. 1956:567. 9 February 1956. 

References

• The History of South Perth, by F K Crowley. Rigby Limited 1962
• Peninsula City, by Cecil Florey. City of South Perth 1995

External links

• City of South Perth Website
• City of South Perth suburbs on Google Maps

Coordinates: 31°58′55″S 115°51′47″E / 31.982°S 115.863°E / -31.982; 115.863