The City of Swan is a

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, in the

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. It is named after the Swan River which traverses most of the City's urban area. Swan is centred approximately 20 km north-east of the

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. It covers 42 suburbs and localities across an area of 1,042 km², making it the largest metropolitan LGA by area. It had an estimated population of 155,653 in 2020. The historic, administrative, commercial and industrial centre of Swan is Midland, a satellite city and strategic metropolitan centre of Perth. Other key areas of the City include the historic colonial town of

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, the Swan Valley tourism and winery region and the

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of Ellenbrook.

History

The City of Swan is the modern-day descendant of the

Swan Road District The Swan Road District was a local government area that covered much of the Swan Valley in Western Australia. It came into existence on 24 January 1871, as a result of the Districts Road Act of 1871. It ceased to exist when it was merged with the ...

, 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 Town of Midland was a local government area in the eastern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, centred on the suburb of Midland. History It was established as the Municipality of Helena Vale on 8 November 1895, when it was proclaimed as ...

. 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

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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

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: *( * 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

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

, 676 places are heritage-listed in the City of Swan, of which 317 are on the

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, among them the

Garrick Theatre The Garrick Theatre is a West End theatre, located in Charing Cross Road, in the City of Westminster, named after the stage actor David Garrick. It opened in 1889 with ''The Profligate'', a play by Arthur Wing Pinero, and another Pinero play, ...

Guildford Grammar School Chapel The Guildford Grammar School Chapel usually known as the Chapel of St. Mary and St. George is a Heritage-listed building situated on Terrace Road, East Guildford and is used and owned by Guildford Grammar School (GGS). History The Chapel of ...

and the

Midland Railway Workshops The Midland Railway Workshops in Midland, Western Australia, were the main workshops for the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) for over 80 years, (1904-1994). History The first railway workshops in Western Australia were located at ...

References

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Swan Swans are birds of the genus ''Cygnus'' within the family Anatidae. The swans' closest relatives include the goose, geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe (biology) ...