City of Swan

History

The City of Swan is the modern-day descendant of the Swan Road District, founded in 1871. The current organisation was created on 20 February 1970 as the Shire of Swan, after the forced amalgamation of the Shire of Swan-Guildford and the Town of Midland.

The Shire gained 'City' status on 25 April 2000.

On 1 July 2016 the portion of Noranda north of Widgee Road was transferred to the City of Bayswater.

Wards

The City of Swan is divided into 5 wards, most of which have three Councillors:

• Altone Ward (3 Councillors)
• Midland/Guildford Ward (3 Councillors)
• Pearce Ward (4 Councillors)
• Swan Valley/Gidgegannup Ward (2 Councillors)
• Whiteman Ward (3 Councillors)

Councillors

Suburbs

The suburbs of the City of Swan with population and size figures based on the most recent Australian census:

• ( * indicates suburb partially located within City)
• ( ‡ indicates boundaries of national park and locality are not identical)

Population

Population of antecedent councils

Population of the unified City of Swan

| 1911 | 6,982 | 1921 | 9,188 | 1933 | 10,948 | 1947 | 13,446 | 1954 | 17,996 | 1961 | 18,653 | 1966 | 19,135 | 1971 | 25,682 | 1976 | 26,932 | 1981 | 31,859 | 1986 | 37,383 | 1991 | 52,968 | 1996 | 68,795 | 2001 | 82,126 | 2006 | 93,279 | 2011 | 108,461 | 2016 | 133,851 | 2021 | 152,974

Demographics

32.7% of the City of Swan population was born overseas, compared with 36.1% for Greater Perth.

The largest non-English speaking country of birth in the City of Swan was India, where 3.1% of the population, or 4,163 people, were born.

Heritage-listed places

Main article: List of State Register of Heritage Places in the City of Swan

, 676 places are heritage-listed in the City of Swan, of which 317 are on the State Register of Heritage Places, among them the Garrick Theatre, Guildford Grammar School Chapel and the Midland Railway Workshops.

References

References

1. (2023). "2023 Ordinary Election - Swan". [[Western Australian Electoral Commission]].
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3. "Municipality Boundary Amendments Register". Western Australian Electoral Distribution Commission.
4. (31 March 2016). "Noranda joins Baysy". The Perth Voice.
5. [https://www.swan.wa.gov.au/In-around-Swan/Maps/Ward-map Ward Map], City of Swan, 21 October 2017 (accessed 17 April 2018)
6. City of Swan - https://www.swan.wa.gov.au/Your-Council/Council/Meet-your-Councillors
7. . ["SLIP Map"](https://maps.slip.wa.gov.au/landgate/locate/). *[[Landgate]]*.
8. . ["NationalMap"](https://nationalmap.gov.au/). *[[Geoscience Australia]]*.
9. "Birthplace {{!}} City of Swan {{!}} Community profile".
10. . ["City of Swan Park Heritage Places"](http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Search/Results?newSearch=True&placeNameContains=&streetNameContains=&suburbOrTownContains=&lgaContains=Swan&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=false). *Heritage Council of Western Australia*.
11. . ["City of Swan State Register of Heritage Places"](http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Search/Results?newSearch=True&placeNameContains=&streetNameContains=&suburbOrTownContains=&lgaContains=Swan&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=true&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=false). *Heritage Council of Western Australia*.