Town of Bassendean

This article is about a local government area. For the suburb, see Bassendean, Western Australia.

The Town of Bassendean is a local government area in the northeastern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, 6 kilometres (4 mi) west of the industrial centre of Midland and about 12 kilometres (7 mi) northeast of Perth's central business district. The Town covers an area of 10.4 square kilometres (4.0 sq mi), maintains 97 km of roads and had a population of approximately 15,000 as at the 2016 Census. The Town of Bassendean is a member of the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council.

Town of Bassendean Western Australia
Location of Town of Bassendean within inner Perth metropolitan area
Established	1901
Area	10.4 km2 (4.0 sq mi)
Mayor	Kath Hamilton
Council seat	Bassendean
Region	Eastern Metropolitan Perth
State electorate(s)	Bassendean
Federal division(s)	Perth
Website	Town of Bassendean
LGAs around Town of Bassendean: Bayswater Swan Swan Bayswater Town of Bassendean Swan Bayswater Belmont Belmont

History

The West Guildford Road District was created on 10 May 1901. It was renamed the Bassendean Road District on 7 July 1922, and on 1 July 1961, became the Shire of Bassendean following the enactment of the Local Government Act 1960, which reformed all remaining road districts into shires. It assumed its current name when it gained town status on 1 July 1975.^[1][2]

Wards

The Town does not have any wards however in the past it was divided into three wards.

2023 election results

2023 Western Australian local elections: Bassendean^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tallan Ames (elected)	813	23.40
	Independent	Jamayne Burke (elected)	624	17.96
	Independent Labor	Ken John (elected)	600	17.27
	Independent	Hilary MacWilliam	530	15.26
	Independent	Bill Busby	515	14.82
	Independent	Jess McCarthy	202	5.81
	Independent	Patrick Eijkenboom	190	5.47
Total formal votes			3,474	99.03
Informal votes			34	0.97
Turnout			3,508	29.88

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 Western Australian local elections § Bassendean.[edit]

Suburbs

The suburbs of the Town of Bassendean with population and size figures based on the most recent Australian census:^[5][6]

Suburb	Population	Area	Map
Ashfield	1,395 (SAL 2021)[7]	0.78 km2 (0.30 sq mi)
Bassendean	10,837 (SAL 2021)[8]	7.39 km2 (2.85 sq mi)
Eden Hill	3,703 (SAL 2021)[9]	2.17 km2 (0.84 sq mi)

Mayors

Main article: List of mayors of Bassendean

The current mayor is Kath Hamilton, who was elected in October 2021. Previous Mayor Renee McLennan is Deputy Mayor.^[10]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1911 987 —     1921 2,736 +10.73% 1933 3,803 +2.78% 1947 5,243 +2.32% 1954 7,152 +4.54% 1961 8,310 +2.17% 1966 9,747 +3.24% 1971 11,360 +3.11% 1976 11,382 +0.04%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1981 11,807 +0.74% 1986 12,836 +1.69% 1991 13,109 +0.42% 1996 13,230 +0.18% 2001 13,362 +0.20% 2006 13,462 +0.15% 2011 14,404 +1.36% 2016 15,092 +0.94% 2021 15,932 +1.09%

Heritage listed places

Main article: List of State Register of Heritage Places in the Town of Bassendean

As of 2024^[update], 335 places are heritage-listed in the Town of Bassendean,^[11] of which 13 are on the State Register of Heritage Places, among them the former Bassendean Fire Station and the Bassendean Oval.^[12]