The City of Belmont is a

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in the inner eastern suburbs of the

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n capital city of

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, located about east of Perth's central business district on the south bank of the Swan River. The City covers an area of , maintains 225 km of roads and had a population of almost 40,000 as at the 2016 Census. The City of Belmont is a member of the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council Belmont contains Perth's domestic and

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which account for 33.7% of the City of Belmont's land area.

History

The Belmont Road District was created on 2 December 1898. On 4 October 1907, it was renamed Belmont Park. From 1906 until 1909, Burswood Island was part of the district. On 1 July 1961, the Belmont Park Road District became the Shire of Belmont following the enactment of the ''Local Government Act 1960''. On 17 February 1979 it attained city status. Ascot and Belmont are suburbs long associated with horses, being close to the

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s (see

Ascot Racecourse Ascot Racecourse ("ascot" pronounced , often pronounced ) is a dual-purpose British racecourse, located in Ascot, Berkshire, England, which is used for thoroughbred horse racing. It hosts 13 of Britain's 36 annual Flat Group 1 horse races and ...

and

Belmont Park Belmont Park is a major thoroughbred horse racing facility in the northeastern United States, located in Elmont, New York, just east of the New York City limits. It was opened on May 4, 1905. It is operated by the non-profit New York Racin ...

). Until 1956 the

Belmont Spur Railway The Belmont Railway Line was a branch railway in Western Australia that extended from the Eastern Railway (Western Australia), Eastern Railway at Bayswater, Western Australia, Bayswater to Ascot, Western Australia, Belmont near the Ascot Raceco ...

linked Bayswater on the Perth to Midland line to the Ascot race track.

Wards

The City is divided into three wards: East Ward, West Ward and South Ward. Each ward has three councillors. The Mayor and Deputy Mayor are elected from among the councillors. Elections are held on the third Saturday in October every odd year, with councillors elected to four year terms. Approximately half of all positions are up for election at each election. Political parties do not typically endorse candidates in local government in Western Australia. However, elected members are required to disclose membership of any political party.

Suburbs

The suburbs of the City of Belmont with population and size figures based on the most recent

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: ( * indicates suburb partially located within City)

Population

Mayors

Sister cities

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1 October 1984

Heritage-listed places

As of 2021, 111 places are heritage-listed in the City of Belmont, of which seven are on the

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, among them the

Garratt Road Bridge Garratt Road Bridge consists of two adjacent bridges over the Swan River, linking the suburbs of Bayswater and Ascot in Perth, Western Australia. The upstream bridge was built in 1935, while the matching downstream bridge was built in 1972. Th ...

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