City of Belmont

The City of Belmont is a local government area in the inner eastern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, located about 8 kilometres (5 mi) east of Perth's central business district on the south bank of the Swan River. The City covers an area of 39.8 square kilometres (15.4 sq mi), maintains 225 km of roads and has a population of 35,209 (2011). The City of Belmont is a member of the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council

Belmont contains Perth's domestic and international airports 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.^[2]^[3]

Ascot and Belmont are suburbs long associated with horses, being close to the race tracks (see Ascot Racecourse and Belmont Park). Until 1956 the Belmont Spur Railway linked Bayswater on the Perth to Midland line to the Ascot race track.

Wards

The City is divided into four wards:

West Ward (three councillors)
Central Ward (two councillors)
East Ward (three councillors)
South Ward (three councillors)

Suburbs

Population

Year	Population
1911	1,088
1921	1,866
1933	3,139
1947	5,712
1954	15,820
1961	20,393
1966	26,978
1971	32,656
1976	31,531
1981	29,855
1986	28,867
1991	26,744
1996	26,613
2001	28,817
2006	30,331
2011	35,209

Mayors

Main article: List of mayors of Belmont

Sister cities

Adachi-ku, Tokyo, Japan - 1 October 1984

References

↑ "3218.0 Regional Population Growth, Australia. Table 5. Estimated Resident Population, Local Government Areas, Western Australia". 3 April 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
↑ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 3.0), 31 July 2007.
↑ "Local Government Act 1960-1978 - Order in Council (per LG. BL-1-10)". Western Australia Government Gazette. 22 December 1978. p. 1978:4778.

External links

Official website

Local government areas of Western Australia

Perth Metropolitan

Cities	Armadale^* Bayswater^* Belmont^* Canning^* Cockburn^* Fremantle^* Gosnells^* Joondalup^* Kwinana^* Melville^* Nedlands^* Perth^* Rockingham^* South Perth^* Stirling^* Subiaco^* Swan^* Vincent^* Wanneroo^*

Towns	Bassendean^† Cambridge^† Claremont^† Cottesloe^† East Fremantle^† Mosman Park^† Victoria Park^†

Shires	Kalamunda Mundaring Peppermint Grove

Gascoyne

Goldfields-Esperance

Great Southern

Kimberley

Mid West

Peel

Pilbara

South West

Wheatbelt

Indian Ocean territories

^* This LGA holds city status under the Local Government Act 1995, ^† This LGA holds town status under the Local Government Act 1995

Cities of Western Australia

Capital city	Perth

Metropolitan cities	Armadale Bayswater Belmont Canning Cockburn Fremantle Gosnells Joondalup Melville Nedlands Perth City Rockingham South Perth Stirling Subiaco Swan Vincent Wanneroo

Regional cities	Albany Bunbury Busselton Geraldton Kalgoorlie-Boulder Mandurah

Large towns	Broome Esperance Karratha Port Hedland

Coordinates: 31°56′42″S 115°55′37″E / 31.945°S 115.927°E / -31.945; 115.927

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