City of Swan

City of Swan Western Australia
Population:	112,960(2010)
Established:	1871
Area:	1043 km² (402.7 sq mi)
Mayor:	Charlie Zannino
Council Seat:	Midland
Region:	NE metropolitan Perth, Swan Valley
State electorate:	Bassendean, Darling Range, Midland, Swan Hills, West Swan
Federal Division:	Perth, Cowan, Hasluck, Pearce
Website: http://www.swan.wa.gov.au
LGAs around City of Swan: Wanneroo Chittering Toodyay Wanneroo City of Swan Mundaring Stirling Bayswater Bassendean Kalamunda

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.

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.

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

Gidgegannup Guildford Hazelmere Henley Brook Herne Hill Jane Brook Kiara Koongamia Lexia Lockridge Malaga Melaleuca Middle Swan

Midland Midvale Millendon Noranda Red Hill Stratton South Guildford Swan View The Vines Upper Swan Viveash West Swan Whiteman Woodbridge

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

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

External links

• City of Swan website