Shire of Chittering Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Population | 5,930 (LGA 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1896 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 1,221.8 km2 (471.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Shire President | Aaron King | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Bindoon | ||||||||||||||
Region | Wheatbelt | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Moore | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Pearce | ||||||||||||||
Website | Shire of Chittering | ||||||||||||||
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The Shire of Chittering is a local government area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, covering an area of about 1,200 square kilometres (460 sq mi) just beyond the northeastern fringe of the Perth metropolitan area, generally along and east of the Great Northern Highway. Its seat of government is the town of Bindoon.