City of Vincent

The City of Vincent is a local government area of Western Australia. It covers an area of approximately 10.4 square kilometres (4.0 sq mi) in metropolitan Perth, the capital of Western Australia, and lies about 3 km from the Perth CBD. The City of Vincent maintains 139 km of roads and 104 ha of parks and gardens. It had a population of over 33,000 at the 2016 Census.

City of Vincent
Western Australia
Population
 • Density3,055/km2 (7,910/sq mi)
Established1994
Area10.4 km2 (4.0 sq mi)
MayorEmma Cole
Council seatLeederville
RegionNorth Metropolitan Perth
State electorate(s)Perth, Mount Lawley
Federal Division(s)Perth, Curtin
WebsiteCity of Vincent
LGAs around City of Vincent:
Stirling Stirling Bayswater
Cambridge City of Vincent Bayswater
Subiaco Perth Victoria Park

The city was known as the Town of Vincent before gaining city status on 1 July 2011.

History

The City of Vincent is named after the street of that name that runs through it, which itself was believed to have been named by the chief draftsman in the Lands Department, George Vincent, after himself in about 1876. George Vincent was the recipient of the land on the north side of the street, east of Charles Street, in the first Crown grant of Perth.[3]

In May 1895, the developing area that included Leederville and West Leederville was gazetted the Leederville Roads Board.

In 1895, the Leederville Roads Board became a municipality, and in April 1897 was divided into north, south and central wards. By this point the municipal population had reached more than one thousand people.[4]

In 1914, the greater Perth movement led to the amalgamation of the municipalities of North Perth, Leederville and Perth (subsequently joined in 1917 by Victoria Park).

On 1 July 1994, the restructure of the City of Perth by the Government of Western Australia created three new local governments: the Town of Vincent, the Town of Cambridge and the Town of Shepperton (now the Town of Victoria Park), plus a smaller City of Perth.

In 2014, a municipal reform proposal to abolish the City and split its territory between the City of Perth and the City of Stirling was countered with a proposal to amalgamate Vincent with Perth.[5][6] Ultimately these negotiations failed[7] and the reform process was abandoned, with no change to the boundaries of the City of Vincent.[8]

Suburbs

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1991 24,765—    
1996 24,422−0.28%
2001 24,761+0.28%
2006 26,878+1.65%
2011 31,549+3.26%
2016 33,693+1.32%

Sister cities

The City of Vincent has signed a friendship charter with the city of Prilep, in North Macedonia.

Heritage listed places
Main article: List of State Register of Heritage Places in the City of Vincent

As of 2020, 422 places are heritage-listed in the City of Vincent,[9] of which 63 are on the State Register of Heritage Places, among them Perth Oval, East Perth Power Station and the Redemptorist Monastery.[10]

See also

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Vincent (C)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  2. "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019. Estimated resident population (ERP) at 30 June 2018.
  3. "History of Vincent". City of Vincent. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  4. "History". City of Vincent.
  5. "Opposition to Perth city amalgamation proposal". ABC News. 8 April 2013.
  6. Nicholson, Leanne (5 August 2013). "City of Vincent opposes split in favour of merging with City of Perth". WA Today.
  7. "Cities of Perth, Vincent merger unlikely; Councils fail to reach agreement". ABC News. 10 February 2015.
  8. O'Connor, Andrew (10 February 2015). "Perth council amalgamation process 'on hold' as Premier concedes reform agenda failed". ABC News.
  9. "City of Vincent Heritage Places". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  10. "City of Vincent State Register of Heritage Places". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 1 May 2020.


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