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Location in Western Australia
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| Population | 3,459 (LGA 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1871 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 2,132.7 km2 (823.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Shire President | Denese Smythe | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | York | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Wheatbelt | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Central Wheatbelt | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Durack | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | Shire of York | ||||||||||||||
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The Shire of York is a local government area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, covering an area of 2,133 square kilometres (824 sq mi) just beyond the eastern fringe of Perth's metropolitan area. The Shire's seat of government is the town of York.
The Shire of York was established as the York Road District on 24 January 1871. The townsite of York separated as the Municipality of York (later the Town of York) ten weeks later on 7 March 1871. It became a shire on 1 July 1961 following the passage of the Local Government Act 1960, which reformed all road districts into shires. The Town of York merged back into the shire on 15 March 1965.[2]
The council was previously split into three wards - Town (4 councillors), West (2 councillors) and East (3 councillors) - but these were abolished and an election for 6 councillors for the entire Shire was held on 6 May 2006.
The towns and localities of the Shire of York with population and size figures based on the most recent Australian census:[3][4]
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| Badgin | 11 (SAL 2021)[5] | 85 km2 (33 sq mi) | 
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| Balladong | 93 (SAL 2021)[6] | 50.3 km2 (19.4 sq mi) | 
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| Burges | 11 (SAL 2021)[7] | 40.8 km2 (15.8 sq mi) | 
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| Caljie | 38 (SAL 2021)[8] | 77.6 km2 (30.0 sq mi) | 
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| Cold Harbour | 108 (SAL 2021)[9] | 41.2 km2 (15.9 sq mi) | 
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| Daliak | 58 (SAL 2021)[10] | 43.9 km2 (16.9 sq mi) | 
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| Flynn | 0 (SAL 2016)[11][12] | 427.1 km2 (164.9 sq mi) | 
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| Gilgering | 85 (SAL 2021)[13] | 153.1 km2 (59.1 sq mi) | 
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| Greenhills | 46 (SAL 2021)[14] | 66.4 km2 (25.6 sq mi) | 
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| Gwambygine | 83 (SAL 2021)[15] | 48.2 km2 (18.6 sq mi) | 
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| Inkpen | 13 (SAL 2021)[16] | 79.4 km2 (30.7 sq mi) | 
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| Kauring | 72 (SAL 2021)[17] | 79.6 km2 (30.7 sq mi) | 
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| Malebelling | 39 (SAL 2021)[18] | 94 km2 (36 sq mi) | 
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| Mount Hardey | 154 (SAL 2021)[19] | 77.2 km2 (29.8 sq mi) | 
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| Mount Observation | 0 (SAL 2016)[20][21] | 135.8 km2 (52.4 sq mi) | 
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| Narraloggan | 36 (SAL 2021)[22] | 136.8 km2 (52.8 sq mi) | 
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| Quellington | 22 (SAL 2021)[23] | 57.1 km2 (22.0 sq mi) | 
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| St Ronans | 66 (SAL 2021)[24] | 98.8 km2 (38.1 sq mi) | 
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| Talbot | 114 (SAL 2021)[25] | 180.4 km2 (69.7 sq mi) | 
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| Wilberforce | 21 (SAL 2021)[26] | 141.9 km2 (54.8 sq mi) | 
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| York | 2,393 (SAL 2021)[27] | 17.6 km2 (6.8 sq mi) | 
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As of 2023, 321 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of York,[28] of which 34 are on the State Register of Heritage Places.[29]
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| Peel |
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| Pilbara |
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| Wheatbelt |
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| Indian Ocean Territories |
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^* This LGA holds city status under the Local Government Act 1995, ^† This LGA holds town status under the Local Government Act 1995, ^# Western Australian law applies to the Indian Ocean Territories under the Territories Law Reform Act 1992 | |||||||
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