City of Swan


The City of Swan is a local government area of Western Australia. It is in the eastern metropolitan region of Perth and includes the Swan Valley and 42 suburbs. It is centred approximately 20 km north-east of the Perth central business district. The City covers an area of 1,042 km² and had an estimated population of 155,653 in 2020.
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.

History

The City of Swan was formed on 1 April 1970 as the Shire of Swan with the amalgamation of the Shire of Swan-Guildford and the Town of Midland. It assumed its current name when it gained city status on 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:
The populations of the City of Swan's antecedents were:
The post-1970 populations of the combined Shire/City of Swan were:
YearPopulation
197125,682
197626,932
198131,859
198637,383
199152,968
199668,795
200182,126
200693,279
2011108,461
2016133,851

Heritage-listed places

As of 2020, 645 places are heritage-listed in the City of Swan, of which 316 are on the State Register of Heritage Places, among them the Garrick Theatre, Guildford Grammar School Chapel and the Midland Railway Workshops.