| City of Cockburn Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 The City of Cockburn within the Perth Metropolitan Area | |||||||||||||||
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| Population | 118,091 (LGA 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 703.34/km2 (1,821.6/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1871 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 167.9 km2 (64.8 sq mi)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Logan Howlett | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Spearwood | ||||||||||||||
| Region | South Metropolitan Perth | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Cockburn, Fremantle, Jandakot, Willagee | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Fremantle | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | City of Cockburn | ||||||||||||||
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The City of Cockburn (/ˈkoʊbərn/ KOH-bərn)[3][4] is a local government area in the southern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth about 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of Fremantle and about 24 kilometres (15 mi) south of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of 167.5 square kilometres (64.7 sq mi) and had a population of over 104,000 as at the 2016 Census.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Cockburn (Local Government Area)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "2021 Community Profiles: Cockburn". 2021 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ Campbell, Mark (23 November 2017). "'It's pronounced Coh-burn': Eight of WA's weird and wonderful place names". WAtoday. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ^ Hutchinson, Emily (3 September 2018). "Can you pronounce these Aussie cities and suburbs?". Realestate.com.au. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
