Shire of Mundaring

The Greenmount Road District was created on 17 April 1903. On 29 March 1934, it was renamed the Mundaring Road District. On 1 July 1961, it became the Shire of Mundaring following the passage of the Local Government Act 1960, which reformed all remaining road districts into shires.{{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}}

Mundaring Shire has published the following statistics for the period 1994-2006:{{cite web|url=http://www.mundaring.wa.gov.au/Things/Rate_Payers/about_mundaring.htm|title=Population & Area|author=Mundaring Shire Council|access-date=2006-04-01 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060219011133/http://www.mundaring.wa.gov.au/Things/Rate_Payers/about_mundaring.htm |archive-date = 2006-02-19}}

• Population: 35,097
• Area: 643.32 km²
• Rateable area: 205.91 km²
• Rateable properties: 15,251
• Revenue: A$50.1M
• Vested reserves: 104.60 km²
• Forests and National Parks: 238.30 km²

The shire is divided into four wards.

• West Ward - three councillorshttps://www.mundaring.wa.gov.au/AboutCouncil/Council/Pages/ElectedMembers.aspx West Ward (three councillors)]
• South Ward - three councillors[https://www.mundaring.wa.gov.au/AboutCouncil/Council/Pages/ElectedMembers.aspx South Ward (three councillors)]
• Central Ward - three councillors[https://www.mundaring.wa.gov.au/AboutCouncil/Council/Pages/ElectedMembers.aspx Central Ward (three councillors)]
• East Ward - three councillors[https://www.mundaring.wa.gov.au/AboutCouncil/Council/Pages/ElectedMembers.aspx East Ward (three councillors)]

The Shire contains three national parks and numerous nature reserves:

• Beelu National Park
• Greenmount National Park
• John Forrest National Park
• Lake Leschenaultia
• Mundaring Weir and Interpretation Precinct

File:The Volunteer 2016, Art Piece, Parkerville.jpg, Parkerville]]

The Shire is recognised for its natural environment and has numerous walk and ride trails:

• Bibbulmun Track
• C Y O'Connor Trail
• Eagle View Walk Trail
• Forsyths Mill Mountain Bike Track
• Kep Track
• Lake Leschenaultia Trails
• Munda Biddi Trail
• Railway Reserves Heritage Trail
• Weir View Walk

The suburbs and localities of the Shire of Mundaring 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 | 2,716

| 1921 | 3,296

| 1933 | 4,975

| 1947 | 6,072

| 1954 | 7,619

| 1961 | 8,104

| 1966 | 8,925

| 1971 | 12,018

| 1976 | 16,867

| 1981 | 20,786

| 1986 | 24,415

| 1991 | 29,184

| 1996 | 31,462

| 2001 | 33,281

| 2006 | 35,095

| 2011 | 36,529

| 2016 | 38,157

| 2021 | 39,166

}}

{{Main|List of shire presidents of Mundaring}}

{{Main|List of State Register of Heritage Places in the Shire of Mundaring}}

{{As of|2024}}, 144 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Mundaring,{{cite web |url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Search/Results?newSearch=True&placeNameContains=&streetNameContains=&suburbOrTownContains=&lgaContains=Mundaring&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=false|title=Shire of Mundaring Heritage Places|author= |website=inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au |publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia |access-date=28 February 2024 }} of which 26 are on the State Register of Heritage Places, among them John Forrest National Park, Lake Leschenaultia and the Swan View Tunnel.{{cite web |url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Search/Results?newSearch=True&placeNameContains=&streetNameContains=&suburbOrTownContains=&lgaContains=Mundaring&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=true&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=false|title=Shire of Mundaring State Register of Heritage Places|author= |website=inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au |publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia |access-date=28 February 2024 }}

• 2014 Perth Hills bushfire
• 2021 Wooroloo bushfire

{{Reflist}}

• {{Official website}}

{{Local Government Areas of Western Australia}}

{{Shire of Mundaring suburbs}}

{{Authority control}}

{{Coord|-31.897|116.171|type:adm2nd_region:AU-WA|format=dms|display=title}}

Mundaring