City of Wanneroo

Wanneroo covers a land area totalling {{convert|685.8|km2|sqmi|1}}. 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{{Cite web|url=https://glazewell.com.au/|title=Perth Glaziers}} and commercial distribution warehousing. It is also roughly 10 km from Joondalup, Perth's largest satellite city north of the Swan River.

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.{{Gazette WA|title=Wanneroo Roads District|date=22 October 1902|page=1902:4213}}

With the passage of the Local Government Act 1960, all road boards became shires effective from 1 July 1961,{{Gazette WA|title=Local Government Act, 1960. Names and Common Seals of Municipalities. Order in Council.|file=L.G. 824/60, 860/60|date=23 June 1961|page=1961:1995–2000}} 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.{{Gazette WA|title=Local Government Act 1960 – City of Wanneroo (City Status) Order 1985|date=19 July 1985|page=1985:2514}}

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.{{Gazette WA | title = City of Wanneroo (Reinstatement of Council) Order 1998 | page = 1998:3430 | date=26 June 1998}}
* {{Gazette WA | title = Joondalup and Wanneroo Order 1998 | page = 1998:3431–3444 | date=26 June 1998}} 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.WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.

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.

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.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=LGA58760|name=Wanneroo (C) (Local Government Area)|accessdate=4 December 2017|quick=on}}

The suburbs of the City of Wanneroo with population and size figures based on the most recent Australian census:{{cite web |url=https://maps.slip.wa.gov.au/landgate/locate/ |title=SLIP Map |author= |date= |website=maps.slip.wa.gov.au |publisher=Landgate |access-date=1 January 2023 |quote=}}{{cite web |url=https://nationalmap.gov.au/ |title=NationalMap |author= |date= |website=nationalmap.gov.au |publisher=Geoscience Australia |access-date=1 January 2023 |quote=}}

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

| percentages=pagr

| 1911 | 197

| 1921 | 312

| 1933 | 694

| 1947 | 947

| 1954 | 1,299

| 1961 | 1,732

| 1966 | 2,437

| 1971 | 8,620

| 1976 | 55,328

| 1981 | 93,611

| 1986 | 126,053

| 1991 | 167,176

| 1996 | 201,853

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{{historical populations|cols=1|align=none

| percentages=pagr

| 1991 | 45,024

| 1996 | 61,660

| 2001 | 80,008

| 2006 | 110,940

| 2011 | 152,077

| 2016 | 188,212

| 2021 | 209,111

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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.

{{See also|List of mayors of Wanneroo}}

The Wanneroo City Council operates out of the Council Chambers on Dundebar Road, Wanneroo.

The current mayor is Linda Aitken,{{cite web |url=https://www.elections.wa.gov.au/elections/local/election#/3161EF49-B87C-4630-9069-2327ABD65D08/Wanneroo |title=City of Wanneroo Extraordinary Election – 2 September 2022 |access-date=6 September 2022}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.wanneroo.wa.gov.au/citywards |title=Wards |author=City of Wanneroo |access-date=28 September 2022}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.wanneroo.wa.gov.au/files/f8fe9c1b-9e23-46f3-a9af-9e2b00c5867a/20%20March.pdf |title=Sister City Arrangements – Council Minutes – 20 March 2001 |author=City of Wanneroo |access-date=27 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321125058/http://www.wanneroo.wa.gov.au/files/f8fe9c1b-9e23-46f3-a9af-9e2b00c5867a/20%20March.pdf |archive-date=21 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}

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{{main|List of State Register of Heritage Places in the City of Wanneroo}}

{{As of|2024}}, 149 places are heritage-listed in the City of Wanneroo,{{cite web |url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Search/Results?newSearch=True&placeNameContains=&streetNameContains=&suburbOrTownContains=&lgaContains=Wanneroo&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=false|title=City of Wanneroo Heritage Places|author= |website=inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au |publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia |access-date=2 March 2024}} of which 34 are on the State Register of Heritage Places, a large number of those located in Yanchep National Park.{{cite web |url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Search/Results?newSearch=True&placeNameContains=&streetNameContains=&suburbOrTownContains=&lgaContains=Wanneroo&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=true&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=false|title=City of Wanneroo State Register of Heritage Places|author= |website=inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au |publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia |access-date=2 March 2024}}

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