City of Wanneroo

The City of Wanneroo is a local government area with city status in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. It is centred approximately Template:Convert north of Perth's central business district and forms part of the northern boundary of the Perth metropolitan area. Wanneroo encompasses the federal divisions of Cowan, Moore and Pearce.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The city's main commercial and residential town centres are located at Wanneroo in the east and Clarkson in the north. Further urban centres are planned at Alkimos, Yanchep and Two Rocks in the future to coincide with rapid metropolitan expansion and development in the area.<ref>Draft Urban Expansion Plan, Department of Planning</ref> It is also home to the Yanchep and Neerabup National Parks, as well as the Neerabup Industrial Estate in the north.

From the city's inception until 1998, it also incorporated the neighbouring City of Joondalup in its entirety.

Geography

Wanneroo covers a land area totalling Template:Convert. The city is bounded by Beach Road and the City of Stirling to the south, Alexander Drive and the City of Swan to the east, Wanneroo Road and Lake Joondalup to the south-west, the Indian Ocean to the west and the Shire of Gingin to the north.

Wanneroo's population is concentrated in three locations: at the southern end centred on Girrawheen; in the region surrounding Wanneroo near the city's geographical centre; and along the northern Perth coastline centred on Clarkson, separated from Joondalup by the rural localities of Neerabup and Tamala Park. Land in the city's north and east is predominantly rural in character.

The City of Wanneroo encompasses one of Perth's busiest industrial areas, Wangara. It is situated roughly 20 km north of the central business district, and is the industrial hub of the north side of Perth. The suburb of Wangara is a hub for commercial manufacturing, vehicle dealerships, industrial glaziers<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and commercial distribution warehousing. It is also roughly 10 km from Joondalup, Perth's largest satellite city north of the Swan River.

History

Prior to 1902, Wanneroo was part of the Perth Road District, which eventually went on to become the City of Stirling. The Wanneroo Road District was established on 31 October 1902 under the Roads Act 1888. The board was named after the Wanneroo wetlands in the area, first explored and recorded by John Butler in 1834.<ref>Template:Gazette WA</ref>

With the passage of the Local Government Act 1960, all road boards became shires effective from 1 July 1961,<ref>Template:Gazette WA</ref> and the Shire of Wanneroo came into being, encompassing everything north of Beach Road and west of Alexander Drive. With the development of and subsequent population growth surrounding Joondalup, the Shire of Wanneroo attained City status on 31 October 1985.<ref>Template:Gazette WA</ref>

On 1 July 1998, on the recommendation of a report by the Local Government Advisory Committee, the City of Wanneroo was bifurcated. The southwestern section, encompassing the urban centre of Joondalup, was separately incorporated as the new City of Joondalup. The remainder, including the inland suburbs east of Lake Joondalup and the coastal suburbs north of Burns Beach, formed a reduced Shire of Wanneroo, which quickly regained City status on 1 July 1999.<ref>Template:Gazette WA
* Template:Gazette WA</ref> As this was before the local government elections to elect a mayor and councillors, the second incarnation of the Shire did not have a Shire President.<ref>WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.</ref>

Demographics

The City of Wanneroo has experienced significant population growth of almost 110,000 persons in the 15 years between the 2001 Census and 2016 Census. The city also has the second largest population of any local government area in greater Perth.

Selected historical census data for Wanneroo local government area
Census year		2001<ref name="Census2001">Template:Census 2001 AUS</ref>	2006<ref name="Census2006">Template:Census 2006 AUS</ref>	2011<ref name="Census2011">Template:Census 2011 AUS</ref>	2016<ref name="Census2016">Template:Census 2016 AUS</ref>	2021
Population	Estimated residents on census night	80,008	110,940	152,077	188,212	209,111
	LGA rank in terms of size within Western Australia		3Template:Small	Template:Steady 3Template:Small	Template:Increase 2Template:Small	2nd
	% of Western Australia population	4.37%	Template:Increase 5.66%	Template:Increase 6.79%	Template:Increase 7.60%
	% of Australian population	0.43%	Template:Gain 0.56%	Template:Profit 0.71%	Template:Increase 0.80%
Cultural and language diversity
Ancestry, top responses	English			31.0%	Template:Decrease 29.5%	39.7%
	Australian			21.5%	Template:Decrease 19.9%	26.3%
	Scottish			6.2%	Template:Steady 6.2%	8.5%
	Irish			5.7%	Template:Increase 6.2%	8.5%
	Italian			3.6%	Template:Decrease 3.3%	4.6%
Language, top responses (other than English)	Vietnamese	3.8%	Template:Loss 3.1%	Template:Loss 2.7%	Template:Steady 2.7%	2.6%
	Italian	1.8%	Template:Loss 1.4%	Template:Loss 1.1%
	Macedonian	1.4%	Template:Loss 1.2%	Template:Loss 1.0%
	Arabic	0.6%	Template:Increase 0.8%	Template:Increase 1.0%	Template:Steady 1.0%	1.0%
	Polish	0.5%
	Spanish		0.5%
	Afrikaans			1.3%	Template:Increase 1.6%	1.5%
	Gujarati				0.9%	1.3%
	Mandarin				0.9%	0.8%
Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation, top responses	Catholic	25.3%	Template:Loss 23.4%	Template:Loss 23.3%	Template:Loss 20.9%	18.1%
	Anglican	21.3%	Template:Loss 20.6%	Template:Loss 19.6%	Template:Loss 14.3%	10.1%
	No religion	19.3%	Template:Profit 21.7%	Template:Profit 23.8%	Template:Profit 31.8%	42.0%
	Buddhism	3.5%	Template:Loss 3.0%	Template:Steady 3.0%
	Uniting	2.6%	Template:Steady 2.6%
	Not Stated					5.5%
	Christian, nfd					4.3%
Median weekly incomes
Personal income	Median weekly personal income		Template:AUD491	Template:AUD662	Template:AUD724	A$817
	% of Australian median income		105.4%	114.7%	109.4%
Family income	Median weekly family income		Template:AUD1184	Template:AUD1722	Template:AUD1910	A$2,148
	% of Australian median income		101.1%	116.2%	110.2%
Household income	Median weekly household income		Template:AUD1094	Template:AUD1415	Template:AUD1595	A$1,894
	% of Australian median income		106.5%	114.7%	110.9%

With less than 53% of the population having been born in Australia at the 2016 Census, Wanneroo has a large immigrant populace. Over 13% of Wanneroo's residents were born in the United Kingdom, compared to less than 4.0% nationwide. New Zealanders, Vietnamese and South Africans compose the city's most significant minority populations.<ref>Template:Census 2016 AUS</ref>

Suburbs

The suburbs of the City of Wanneroo with population and size figures based on the most recent Australian census:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Suburb	Population	Area	Map
Alexander Heights	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q4719109}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Alkimos	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q4727703}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Ashby	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q4804697}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Banksia Grove	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q4856530}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Butler	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q5002555}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Carabooda	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q5037352}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Carramar	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q5046010}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Clarkson	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q5127629}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Darch	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q5222326}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Eglinton	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q5348065}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Girrawheen	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q5564821}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Gnangara	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q5574076}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Hocking	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q14935812}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Jandabup	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q6150915}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Jindalee	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q6202095}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Koondoola	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q6430673}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Landsdale	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q6485146}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Madeley	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q14935857}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Marangaroo	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q14935860}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Mariginiup	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q6763274}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Merriwa	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q6820375}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Mindarie	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q21924252}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Neerabup	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q14935877}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Nowergup	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q21961312}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Pearsall	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q7158280}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Pinjar	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q7195912}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Quinns Rocks	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q7272319}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Ridgewood	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q7332842}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Sinagra	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q14935909}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Tamala Park	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q7680582}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Tapping	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q7684803}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Two Rocks	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q7859203}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Wangara	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q7967819}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Wanneroo	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q4018131}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Woodvale	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q8033498}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe
Yanchep	ListForInfobox | type=suburb | wikidata=Q3571528}}	Template:Cvt	Template:Infobox mapframe

Transport

The City of Wanneroo is served by two major north–south arterial roads, Wanneroo Road and Marmion Avenue. The two roads run parallel to each other through Wanneroo's eastern and western suburbs respectively. A third north–south arterial route, the Mitchell Freeway, extends north from Joondalup to terminate in the south of Alkimos.

The City of Wanneroo has five railway stations in Clarkson, Butler, Alkimos, Eglinton and Yanchep, which are all served by the Yanchep line.

Governance

Template:See also The Wanneroo City Council operates out of the Council Chambers on Dundebar Road, Wanneroo.

The current mayor is Linda Aitken,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> who was elected in September 2022.

Elections are held every four years, for a mayor and 14 councillors across the city's seven electoral wards, covering 36 suburbs. Two councillors are elected to each of the wards.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Local government wards

Ward	Councillors	Suburbs
North	Alex Figg Sonet Coetzee	Alkimos, Carabooda, Eglinton, Jindalee, Two Rocks, Yanchep
North-East	Glynis Parker Bronwyn Smith	Butler, Merriwa, Ridgewood, North Clarkson, Nowergup
Central-West	Helen Berry Phil Bedworth	Quinns Rocks, Mindarie, Tamala Park, South Clarkson, Neerabup
Central-East	Marizane Moore Paul Miles	Pinjar, Carramar, Banksia Grove, Tapping, Ashby, Mariginiup, Jandabup
Central	Jacqui Huntley Jordan Wright	Wanneroo, Sinagra, Hocking, Pearsall, Gnangara
South-West	Natalie Herridge Vinh Nguyen	East Woodvale, Wangara, Madeley, Darch, Landsdale, North-West Marangaroo
South	James Rowe (Deputy Mayor) Eman Seif	Marangaroo, Alexander Heights, Girrawheen, Koondoola

Sister cities

Wanneroo has three sister cities. It was also formerly twinned with Sorrento in Italy, but this association was broken with the bifurcation of Wanneroo in 1998, when the Wanneroo suburb of Sorrento was incorporated into the City of Joondalup.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

• Template:Flagicon Sinagra, Sicily, Italy
• Template:Flagicon Kastoria, Greece (1992)
• Template:Flagicon Guigang, Guangxi, China (2005)

Heritage listed places

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Template:As of, 149 places are heritage-listed in the City of Wanneroo,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> of which 34 are on the State Register of Heritage Places, a large number of those located in Yanchep National Park.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

External links

• Template:Official website