Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale Western Australia
The Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale within the Perth Metropolitan Area
Population	26,833 (2016 census) 30,933 (2018 est.)
• Density	29.650/km2 (76.79/sq mi)
Established	1894
Area	905 km2 (349.4 sq mi)
Shire President	Michelle Rich
Council seat	Mundijong
Region	Peel region
State electorate(s)	Darling Range
Federal Division(s)	Canning
Website	Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale
LGAs around Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale: Cockburn Armadale Armadale Kwinana Rockingham Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale Wandering Mandurah Murray Boddington

The Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale is a local government area in the outer southeastern metropolitan area of Perth, the capital of Western Australia, and has an area of 905 square kilometres (349 sq mi) and a population of almost 27,000 as at the 2016 Census. The Shire's seat of government is the town of Mundijong.

History

The Serpentine Road District was gazetted in December 1894, and in 1913 changed name to Serpentine-Jarrahdale Road District. On 1 July 1961, it became a Shire following the enactment of the Local Government Act 1960. In 1977, it acquired Byford from Shire of Armadale-Kelmscott.

Wards

The Shire was previously split into four wards named: Byford, Central, North West and South. Recently, the boundaries were realigned and on 29 July 2011, the gazetted boundaries became:

• North (4 councillors)
• North West (2 councillors)
• Southern (3 councillors)

Elections to fill all positions in these new wards were called for 15 October 2011.

Suburbs and towns

• Byford
• Cardup
• Darling Downs
• Hopeland
• Jarrahdale
• Karrakup
• Keysbrook
• Mardella
• Mundijong
• Oakford
• Oldbury
• Serpentine
• Whitby

Population

• 1911 populations were: Serpentine RD 328; Jarrahdale RD 1,126.
• The 1976 figure above, reported from the 1978 year book and 1981 census, is the figure after the addition of 1,634 residents living in Byford and nearby areas, which occurred in 1977.