Shire of Exmouth

This article is about a local government area. For the town, see Exmouth, Western Australia.

The Shire of Exmouth is a local government area in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia, about 1,000 kilometres (600 mi) north of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of 6,503 square kilometres (2,511 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Exmouth.

Shire of Exmouth
Local government area
Location in Western Australia
Interactive map of Shire of Exmouth
Country	Australia
State	Western Australia
Region	Gascoyne
Established	1964
Council seat	Exmouth
Government
• Shire President	Matt Niikkula[1]
• State electorate	North West
• Federal division	Durack
Area
• Total	6,502.8 km2 (2,510.7 sq mi)
Population
• Total	3,085 (LGA 2021)[2]
Website	Shire of Exmouth
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History

The Shire of Exmouth was formed on 1 January 1964 by splitting from the Shire of Carnarvon. The original council had five members.^[3]

Wards

The shire was not divided into wards and the seven councillors sit at large.

Towns and localities

The towns and localities of the Shire of Exmouth with population and size figures based on the most recent Australian census:^[4][5]

Suburb	Population	Area	Map
Cape Range National Park ‡	18 (SAL 2021)[6]	503 km2 (194 sq mi)
Exmouth	2,806 (SAL 2021)[7][8]	50.7 km2 (19.6 sq mi)
Exmouth Gulf	49 (SAL 2021)[9]	4,934.3 km2 (1,905.1 sq mi)
Learmonth	25 (SAL 2021)[10]	334.4 km2 (129.1 sq mi)
Ningaloo	7 (SAL 2021)[11]	531.8 km2 (205.3 sq mi)
North West Cape	177 (SAL 2021)[12]	298.6 km2 (115.3 sq mi)

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

Heritage-listed places

Main article: List of State Register of Heritage Places in the Shire of Exmouth

As of 2024^[update], 38 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Exmouth,^[13] of which six are on the State Register of Heritage Places, among them the Vlamingh Head Lighthouse.^[14]