| City of Swan Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 The City of Swan within the Perth Metropolitan Area | |||||||||||||||
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| Population | 152,974 (LGA 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1970 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1,042 km2 (402.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Tanya Richardson[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Midland | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Eastern Metropolitan Perth, Swan Valley | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Bassendean, Midland, Swan Hills, West Swan, Mirrabooka | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Swan, Cowan, Durack, Hasluck, Pearce | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | City of Swan | ||||||||||||||
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The City of Swan is a local government area of Western Australia, in the eastern metropolitan region of Perth. It is named after the Swan River which traverses most of the City's urban area.
Swan is centred approximately 20 km north-east of the Perth central business district. It covers 42 suburbs and localities across an area of 1,042 km2, making it the largest metropolitan LGA by area. It had an estimated population of 155,653 in 2020.[3]
The historic, administrative, commercial and industrial centre of Swan is Midland, a satellite city and strategic metropolitan centre of Perth. Other key areas of the City include the historic colonial town of Guildford, the Swan Valley tourism and winery region and the new town of Ellenbrook.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Swan (Local Government Area)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "2023 Ordinary Election - Swan". www.elections.wa.gov.au. Western Australian Electoral Commission. 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ "Population forecasts | City of Swan | forecast.id". forecast.id.com.au. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
