The City of Kalamunda is a
local government area in the
eastern metropolitan region of the
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
n capital city of
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...
about east of
Perth's central business district. The area covers , much of which is state forest rising into the
Darling Scarp
The Darling Scarp, also referred to as the Darling Range or Darling Ranges, is a low escarpment running north–south to the east of the Swan Coastal Plain and Perth, Western Australia. The escarpment extends generally north of Bindoon, to t ...
to the east. In the mid 2010s, the area had a population of 57 thousand 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.
* North Ward (three councillors)
* North West Ward (three councillors)
* South East Ward (three councillors)
* South West Ward (three councillors)
Suburbs
The suburbs of the City of Kalamunda with population and size figures based on the
most recent Australian census:
( * indicates suburb partially located within City)
Population
Heritage listed places
As of 2021, 259 places are heritage-listed in the City of Kalamunda, of which 17 are on the
State Register of Heritage Places
The State Register of Heritage Places is the heritage register of historic sites in Western Australia deemed significant at the state level by the Heritage Council of Western Australia.
History
In the 1970s, following its establishment of the ...
, among them
Perth Observatory
The Perth Observatory is the name of two astronomical observatories located in Western Australia (WA). In 1896, the original observatory was founded in West Perth on Mount Eliza overlooking the city of Perth (obs. code 319). Due to the city ...
and the
Statham's Quarry.
References
External links
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