City of Kalamunda Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Population | 58,762 ( LGA 2021) [1] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1897 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 324.2 km2 (125.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Mayor | Margaret Thomas [2] | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Kalamunda | ||||||||||||||
Region | Eastern Metropolitan Perth Darling Scarp | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Darling Range, Forrestfield, Kalamunda | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Hasluck, Pearce | ||||||||||||||
Website | City of Kalamunda | ||||||||||||||
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The City of Kalamunda is a local government area in the eastern metropolitan region of the Western Australian capital city of Perth about 25 kilometres (16 mi) east of Perth's central business district. The area covers 324 square kilometres (125 sq mi), much of which is state forest rising into the Darling Scarp to the east. As of 2021, the city had a population of 58,762.
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. [3] 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. [4] [5] [6]
The city is divided into four wards.
The suburbs of the City of Kalamunda with population and size figures based on the most recent Australian census: [7] [8]
Suburb | Population | Area | Map |
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Bickley | 713 ( SAL 2021) [9] | 9.9 km2 (3.8 sq mi) |
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Canning Mills | 26 ( SAL 2016) [10] [11] | 33.5 km2 (12.9 sq mi) |
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Carmel | 754 ( SAL 2021) [12] | 11.6 km2 (4.5 sq mi) |
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Forrestfield | 13,181 ( SAL 2021) [13] | 17.4 km2 (6.7 sq mi) |
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Gooseberry Hill | 3,323 ( SAL 2021) [14] | 8.9 km2 (3.4 sq mi) |
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Hacketts Gully | 55 ( SAL 2021) [15] | 12.2 km2 (4.7 sq mi) |
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High Wycombe | 12,198 ( SAL 2021) [16] | 10.5 km2 (4.1 sq mi) |
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Kalamunda | 7,163 ( SAL 2021) [17] | 10.6 km2 (4.1 sq mi) |
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Lesmurdie | 8,413 ( SAL 2021) [18] | 13.6 km2 (5.3 sq mi) |
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Maida Vale | 4,499 ( SAL 2016) [19] [20] | 8.4 km2 (3.2 sq mi) |
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Paulls Valley | 83 ( SAL 2021) [21] | 20.3 km2 (7.8 sq mi) |
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Perth Airport * | 25 ( SAL 2021) [22] | 19.2 km2 (7.4 sq mi) |
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Pickering Brook | 579 ( SAL 2021) [23] | 104.6 km2 (40.4 sq mi) |
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Piesse Brook | 214 ( SAL 2021) [24] | 10.2 km2 (3.9 sq mi) |
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Reservoir | 0 ( SAL 2021) [25] | 39.6 km2 (15.3 sq mi) |
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Walliston | 1,016 ( SAL 2021) [26] | 3.8 km2 (1.5 sq mi) |
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Wattle Grove | 6,547 ( SAL 2021) [27] | 8 km2 (3.1 sq mi) |
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( * indicates suburb partially located within City)
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As of 2024 [update], 259 places are heritage-listed in the City of Kalamunda, [28] of which 17 are on the State Register of Heritage Places, among them Perth Observatory and the Statham's Quarry. [29]