City of Armadale

The City of Armadale is a local government area in the south-eastern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, about 28 kilometres (17.4 mi) southeast of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of 560 square kilometres (216 sq mi), much of which is state forest rising into the Darling Scarp to the east, and has a population of 62,296 as at the 2011 Census.

History

Prior to European settlement, the area now known as the City of Armadale was part of the land that was occupied by the Aboriginal Noongar people.^[2]

Prior to 1894, the area was part of the Canning Road District.

The Kelmscott Road District was created on 14 December 1894 out of parts of Fremantle and Jandakot Road Districts. On 24 March 1910, it was renamed Armadale-Kelmscott.^[3]

On 1 July 1961, it became the Shire of Armadale-Kelmscott following the enactment of the Local Government Act 1960. On 1 July 1977, its Byford Ward was abolished and transferred to the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale.^[4]

On 1 July 1979 it became the Town of Armadale and on 16 November 1985 it attained city status.^[3]

The City of Armadale maintains 615 km of roads and a little over 14 km² of parks and gardens.

Mayors

Main article: List of mayors of Armadale

Wards

The city has been divided into seven wards, each with two councillors. The mayor is elected from among the councillors.

Heron Ward
Lake Ward
Jarrah Ward
Minnawarra Ward
Neerigen Ward
Palomino Ward
River Ward

Suburbs

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1911	1,327	—
1921	2,251	+5.43%
1933	3,585	+3.95%
1947	4,253	+1.23%
1954	5,753	+4.41%
1961	6,469	+1.69%
1966	7,840	+3.92%
1971	15,644	+14.82%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1976	25,823	+10.54%
1981	36,116	+6.94%
1986	41,248	+2.69%
1991	46,716	+2.52%
1996	49,507	+1.17%
2001	49,893	+0.16%
2006	50,535	+0.26%
2011	62,296	+4.27%

Note: The 1976 figure above, reported from the 1978 year book and 1981 census, is the figure after the removal of 1,634 residents living in Byford and nearby areas, which occurred in 1977.

References

↑ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2014–15". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
↑ http://www.armadale.wa.gov.au/Home/About_Armadale/History/Traditional_Land_Ownership
1 2 WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 3.0), 31 July 2007.
↑ "Local Government Act, 1960-1976 - Order in Council (per LG. AK/4/2)". Western Australia Government Gazette. 17 June 1977. p. 1977:1821.

External links

Official website

Local government areas of Western Australia

Perth Metropolitan

Cities	Armadale^* Bayswater^* Belmont^* Canning^* Cockburn^* Fremantle^* Gosnells^* Joondalup^* Kwinana^* Melville^* Nedlands^* Perth^* Rockingham^* South Perth^* Stirling^* Subiaco^* Swan^* Vincent^* Wanneroo^*

Towns	Bassendean^† Cambridge^† Claremont^† Cottesloe^† East Fremantle^† Mosman Park^† Victoria Park^†

Shires	Kalamunda Mundaring Peppermint Grove

Gascoyne

Goldfields-Esperance

Great Southern

Kimberley

Mid West

Peel

Pilbara

South West

Wheatbelt

Indian Ocean territories

^* This LGA holds city status under the Local Government Act 1995, ^† This LGA holds town status under the Local Government Act 1995

Cities of Western Australia

Capital city	Perth

Metropolitan cities	Armadale Bayswater Belmont Canning Cockburn Fremantle Gosnells Joondalup Melville Nedlands Perth City Rockingham South Perth Stirling Subiaco Swan Vincent Wanneroo

Regional cities	Albany Bunbury Busselton Geraldton Kalgoorlie-Boulder Mandurah

Large towns	Broome Esperance Karratha Port Hedland

Coordinates: 32°9′11″S 116°0′54″E / 32.15306°S 116.01500°E / -32.15306; 116.01500

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