Shire of Northampton

The Mines Road District was constituted on 25 January 1871 under the Road Boards Act 1871. It was renamed the Northampton Road District on 10 February 1887. On 1 July 1961, it became a shire 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}}

The Shire is divided into six wards, most of which elect one councillor:

• Kalbarri Ward (four councillors)
• Central Ward (three councillors)
• Coastal Ward
• North East Ward
• South East Ward
• West Ward

Prior to May 2003, the Coastal Ward was known as the Horrocks Ward, the Kalbarri Ward had three councillors and all the others had two councillors.{{cite web|url=http://www.northampton.wa.gov.au/council|title=Council|author=Shire of Northampton|date=31 August 2004|access-date=2007-05-08}}

The towns and localities of the Shire of Northampton 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=27 January 2023 |quote=}}{{cite web |url=https://nationalmap.gov.au/ |title=NationalMap |author= |date= |website=nationalmap.gov.au |publisher=Geoscience Australia |access-date=27 January 2023 |quote=}}

• ( ‡ indicates boundaries of national park and locality are not identical)

The population of the Shire of Northampton as at the 2006 census was 3,204 (Usual Residents) or 4,085 (Place of Enumeration). The disparity is due to holiday accommodation in Kalbarri being picked up in the latter count.

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| 1911 | 1,412

| 1921 | 1,518

| 1933 | 1,677

| 1947 | 1,470

| 1954 | 1,753

| 1961 | 1,821

| 1966 | 2,021

| 1971 | 2,142

| 1976 | 2,422

| 1981 | 2,366

| 1986 | 3,034

| 1991 | 3,480

| 1996 | 3,697

| 2001 | 4,136

| 2006 | 4,085

| 2011 | 3,192

| 2016 | 3,319

| 2021 | 3,227

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• Thomas Burges, Mines Road Board member 1871–1877, briefly chairman; later a colonial MP
• Samuel Mitchell, Mines Road Board member 1872–1879, chairman 1876–1879; later a colonial MP
• John Cunningham, Northampton Road Board member 1900s; later a state MP
• William Patrick, Northampton Road Board member 1918–1930; later a state MP
• Les Logan, Northampton Road Board member 1940–1945; later a state MP

{{main|List of State Register of Heritage Places in the Shire of Northampton}}

As of 2023, 223 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Northampton,{{cite web |url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Search/Results?newSearch=True&placeNameContains=&streetNameContains=&suburbOrTownContains=&lgaContains=Northampton&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=false|title=Shire of Northampton Heritage Places|author= |website=inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au |publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia |access-date=23 February 2023}} of which 30 are on the State Register of Heritage Places, among them the Lynton Convict Hiring Depot.{{cite web |url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Search/Results?newSearch=True&placeNameContains=&streetNameContains=&suburbOrTownContains=&lgaContains=Northampton&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=true&isCurrentlyStateRegistered=false|title=Shire of Northampton State Register of Heritage Places|author= |website=inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au |publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia |access-date=23 February 2023}}

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