City of Kalamunda


The City of Kalamunda is a local government area in the eastern metropolitan region of the Western Australian capital city of Perth about east of Perth's central business district. The city covers an area of, much of which is state forest rising into the Darling Scarp to the east. According to the 2016 Census, the city recorded a population of 57,449 people.

History

The Darling Range Road District was gazetted on 30 April 1897. On 1 July 1961, it became the Shire of Kalamunda after the enactment of the Local Government Act 1960, which reformed all remaining road districts into shires. The Shire of Kalamunda commenced community consultation on whether to become a city in 2015, and was renamed the City of Kalamunda on 1 July 2017.

Wards

The city is divided into four wards.

Population

Heritage listed places

As of 2020, 259 places are heritage-listed in the City of Kalamunda, of which 17 are on the State Register of Heritage Places, among them Perth Observatory and the Statham's Quarry.