:Town of East Fremantle

{{Short description|Local government area in Perth, Western Australia}}

{{About|the local government area|the suburb|East Fremantle, Western Australia}}

{{Infobox Australian place | type = lga

| name = Town of East Fremantle

| state = wa

| image = East Fremantle LGA WA.png

| image_upright = 0.9

| caption = The Town of East Fremantle within the Perth Metropolitan Area

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| pop =

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| area = 3.1

| est = 1897

| seat = East Fremantle

| mayor = Jim O'Neill

| region = South Metropolitan Perth

| logo = Logo of the Town of East Fremantle.svg

| url = http://www.eastfremantle.wa.gov.au

| stategov = Fremantle

| fedgov = Fremantle

| near-nw =

| near-n = Mosman Park

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| near-e = Melville

| near-w = Fremantle

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File:East Fremantle Town Hall (1).jpg

The Town of East Fremantle is a local government area in the southern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, located immediately northeast of the port city of Fremantle and about {{convert|17|km|mi|0}} southwest of Perth's central business district. The Town covers an area of {{convert|3.1|km2|sqmi|1}}, maintains 46 km of roads and had a population of over 7,000 as at the 2016 Census.

History

The Municipality of East Fremantle was gazetted on 2 April 1897. On 1 July 1961, it became a town following the enactment of the Local Government Act 1960.{{cite web | url=http://www.boundaries.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/content/documents//2003_municipal_boundary_amendments_register.pdf | title=Municipality Boundary Amendments Register | publisher=Western Australian Electoral Distribution Commission | access-date=11 January 2020}}

Wards

The town has been divided into four wards, each electing two councillors. Each councillor serves a four-year term, and half-elections are held every two years. The mayor is directly elected.{{cite web |url=https://www.eastfremantle.wa.gov.au/council/your-council/mayor-and-councillors.aspx |title=Mayor and Councillors |date=2021 |website= Town of East Fremantle |access-date=16 August 2021}}

Mayor: Jim O'Neill (elected 2017)
Preston Point Ward: Michael McPhail (2017) and Tony Natale (2019)
Richmond Ward: Andrew McPhail (2017) and Dean Nardi (2019)
Plympton Ward: Jenny Harrington (2017) and Cliff Collinson (2019)
Woodside Ward: Tony Watkins (2017) and Kerry Donovan (2019)

Suburbs

East Fremantle

Population

{{historical populations|cols=2|align=none

| percentages=pagr

| 1911 | 3,017

| 1921 | 4,423

| 1933 | 5,118

| 1947 | 6,197

| 1954 | 6,372

| 1961 | 6,542

| 1966 | 6,908

| 1971 | 7,325

| 1976 | 6,452

| 1981 | 6,169

| 1986 | 5,678

| 1991 | 6,398

| 1996 | 6,188

| 2001 | 6,327

| 2006 | 6,697

| 2011 | 6,930

| 2016 | 7,376

| 2021 | 7,819

}}

Heritage listed places

{{Main|List of State Register of Heritage Places in the Town of East Fremantle}}

{{As of|2024}}, 1,146 places are heritage-listed in the Town of East Fremantle,{{cite web |url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Search/Results?newSearch=True&placeNameContains=&streetNameContains=&suburbOrTownContains=&lgaContains=East+Fremantle&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=false|title=Town of East Fremantle Heritage Places|author= |website=inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au |publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia |access-date=2 March 2024 }} of which fifteen are on the State Register of Heritage Places.{{cite web |url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Search/Results?newSearch=True&placeNameContains=&streetNameContains=&suburbOrTownContains=&lgaContains=East+Fremantle&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=true&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=false|title=Town of East Fremantle State Register of Heritage Places|author= |website=inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au |publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia |access-date=2 March 2024 }}

References

External links

{{Official website}}

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East Fremantle