The City of Subiaco is a Local Government Area

Local Government Areas of Western Australia

The Australian state of Western Australia is divided into 141 local government areas...

 of Western Australia

Western Australia

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. It covers an area of approximately 7 km² in inner western metropolitan Perth

Perth, Western Australia

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, the capital of Western Australia and lies about 3 km west of the Perth CBD

Central business district

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History

The Subiaco Municipal Council was gazetted in 1896, and was proclaimed a city on 1 March 1952.

Wards

The town has been divided into 4 wards, each of 3 councillors. The mayor is directly elected.

• North Ward
• South Ward
• Central Ward
• East Ward

Suburbs

• Crawley
  Crawley, Western Australia
  Crawley is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Subiaco.The earlier name of the locality was Crawley Park.It is home to the University of Western Australia, the state's oldest and most prestigious university...
  
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• Daglish
  Daglish, Western Australia
  Daglish is a small western suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Subiaco and is west of the CBD.It is quiet and is considered one of the more favourable suburbs in western Perth....
  
  
• Jolimont
  Jolimont, Western Australia
  Jolimont is a small suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Subiaco and west of the CBD. The suburb is believed to be named after the Melbourne suburb of Jolimont, which was in turn named after 'Jolimont' - the residence of Governor La Trobe...
  
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• Shenton Park
  Shenton Park, Western Australia
  Shenton Park is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Subiaco and 4 km west of the Central business district. Its postcode is 6008...
  
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• Subiaco
  Subiaco, Western Australia
  Subiaco is an inner western suburb of Perth, Western Australia, situated to the north west of Kings Park. Its Local Government Area is the City of Subiaco.-History:Prior to European settlement the area was home to the Noongar Indigenous people....
  
  

* These localities are only partially contained within the LGA boundary.

Population

Year	Population
1903	4,702
1911	8,926
1921	13,647
1933	16,809
1947	18,789
1954	17,642
1961	16,033
1966	16,621
1971	17,119
1976	15,271
1981	14,139
1986	14,826
1991	14,971
1996	14,804
2001	15,189
2006	16,380

External links

• City of Subiaco Website