| Shire of Capel Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 The Capel Shire offices | |||||||||||||||
 Location in Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| Population | 18,175 (LGA 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1894 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 557.6 km2 (215.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Shire President | Doug Kitchen | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Capel | ||||||||||||||
| Region | South West | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | |||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Forrest | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | Shire of Capel | ||||||||||||||
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The Shire of Capel is a local government area in the South West region of Western Australia, taking in the land between the cities of Bunbury and Busselton about 200 kilometres (124 mi) south of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of 557.6 square kilometres (215.3 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Capel.
The Shire of Capel has 29 km of beach frontage onto Geographe Bay including access at Forrest Beach, Peppermint Grove Beach, Minninup Beach and Dalyellup Beach.[2][3] The eight kilometer stretch of Stirling Beach (commencing at the Capel River, north to the Minninup Beach access at Rich Road) has no public access points since all the adjacent land is privately owned.[4]
According to the 2016 census figures, the population of the Shire of Capel was 17,123.[5]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Capel (Local Government Area)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "My Capel". 2009. Archived from the original on 12 October 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- ^ Shire of Capel (2013). "Local Profile 2013" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2013.
- ^ "Capel Coastal Strategy, October 2005" Accessed 31 January 2020.
- ^ "2016 Census, Australian Bureau of Statistics" Accessed 31 January 2020.
