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City of Swan
Western Australia
Population: 112,960(2010)[1] Established: 1871 Area: 1043 km² (402.7 sq mi) Mayor: Charlie Zannino Council Seat: Midland Region: NE metropolitan Perth, Swan Valley State District: Bassendean, Darling Range, Midland, Swan Hills, West Swan Federal Division: Perth, Cowan, Hasluck, Pearce 
LGAs around City of Swan: Wanneroo Chittering Toodyay Wanneroo City of Swan Mundaring Stirling Bayswater
BassendeanKalamunda The City of Swan is a Local Government Area of Western Australia. It is located 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 105,000. 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.
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History
The City of Swan began as three entities:
- The Municipality of Guildford was gazetted in 1871.
- The Municipality of Helena Vale was gazetted in 1895, and became Midland Junction in 1901.
- Swan Road Board was gazetted in 1871.
On 1 July 1961, the Guildford and Swan areas merged into the Shire of Swan-Guildford, while Midland became the Town of Midland. They united on 1 April 1970 as the Shire of Swan, and exactly 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 only one councillor:
- Altone Ward (3 councillors)
- Ballajura Ward (3 councillors)
- Midland Ward (3 councillors)
- Ellenbrook
- Swan Valley Gidgegannup (2 Councillors)
- Guildford
- North Ward
Suburbs
- Ballajura
- Baskerville
- Beechboro
- Belhus
- Bellevue
- Bennett Springs
- Brabham
- Brigadoon
- Bullsbrook
- Caversham
- Cullacabardee
- Dayton
- Ellenbrook
Population
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 Sister cities
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.
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