Shire of Capel
| Shire of Capel Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 The Capel Shire offices | |||||||||||||||
 Location in Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| Established | 1894 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 557.6 km2 (215.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Shire President | Doug Kitchen | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Capel | ||||||||||||||
| Region | South West | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Collie-Preston | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Forrest | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | Shire of Capel | ||||||||||||||
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The Shire of Capel is a local government area in the South West region of Western Australia, taking in the land between the cities of Bunbury and Busselton about 200 kilometres (124 mi) south of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of 557.6 square kilometres (215.3 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Capel.
The Shire of Capel has 29 km of beach frontage onto Geographe Bay including access at Forrest Beach, Peppermint Grove Beach, Minninup Beach and Dalyellup Beach.[1][2] The eight kilometer stretch of Stirling Beach (commencing at the Capel River, north to the Minninup Beach access at Rich Road) has no public access points since all the adjacent land is privately owned.[3]
According to the 2016 census figures, the population of the Shire of Capel was 17,123.[4]
History
Capel was initially constituted as the first Bunbury Road District on 15 June 1894 (as distinguished from the Bunbury Municipal District). On 26 July 1907, it was renamed to the Capel Road District, and on 1 July 1961, it became a shire under the Local Government Act 1960.[5]
Wards
The Shire is no longer divided into wards and the nine councillors sit at large.
Towns and localities
The shire contains the following fourteen localities:[6]
- Capel
- Boyanup
- Capel River
- Dalyellup
- Elgin
- Forrest Beach
- Gelorup
- Gwindinup
- Ludlow (partial)
- North Boyanup
- Peppermint Grove Beach
- Stirling Estate
- Stratham
- The Plains
Heritage-listed places
As of 2021, 187 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Capel,[7] of which eleven are on the State Register of Heritage Places.[8]
References
- ^ "My Capel". 2009. Archived from the original on 12 October 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- ^ Shire of Capel (2013). "Local Profile 2013" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2013.
- ^ "Capel Coastal Strategy, October 2005" Accessed 31 January 2020.
- ^ "2016 Census, Australian Bureau of Statistics" Accessed 31 January 2020.
- ^ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.
- ^ "Shire of Capel agenda attachemnts" (PDF). 24 January 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ "Shire of Capel Heritage Places". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ "Shire of Capel State Register of Heritage Places". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
