The City of Albany is a local government area in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, about south-southeast of Perth, the capital of Western Australia. It covers an area of , including the Greater Albany metropolitan area and the Port of Albany, as well as the surrounding agricultural district and some national parks. The City of Albany had a population of over 36,000 at the 2016 census.
History
The Municipality of Albany was gazetted in 1871. It was initially headed by a chairman, with William Finlay becoming the first mayor in 1885.
The Albany Road Board was gazetted in 1896. On 1 July 1961, they became respectively the Town of Albany and Shire of Albany councils following changes to the Local Government Act.
The City of Albany was established on 1 July 1998 with the amalgamation of the Town of Albany and the Shire of Albany.
A new administration building and Civic Centre was constructed and opened in 2005 on North Road.
Indigenous people The City of Albany is located on the traditional land of the Minang people of the Noongar nation.
Mayors See also List of mayors of Albany, Western Australia
Alison Goode was mayor from 1999 until 2007. Milton Evans was elected mayor in 2007. Evans served until elections in 2011; he was defeated by Dennis Wellington in that year. Dennis Wellington was elected mayor for a second time in 2015. Wellington was re-elected again in 2019, and served as mayor until 2023. Greg Stocks is the current mayor. He was elected in October 2023.
Wards The city has been divided into six wards, each of two councillors. Each councillor serves a four-year term, and half-elections are held every two years. The mayor is directly elected.
Albany's six wards are as follows: Breaksea Frederickstown (central Albany) Kalgan Vancouver West Yakamia
2023 election results
Towns, suburbs and localities The towns, suburbs and localities of the City of Albany with population and size figures based on the most recent Australian census: LocalityPopulationAreaMap Albany Bayonet Head Big Grove Bornholm Centennial Park Cheynes Collingwood Heights Collingwood Park Cuthbert Drome Elleker Emu Point Frenchman Bay Gledhow Gnowellen Goode Beach Green Range Green Valley Kalgan King River Kojaneerup South Kronkup Lange Little Grove Lockyer Lower King Lowlands Manypeaks Marbelup McKail Mettler Middleton Beach Millbrook Milpara Mira Mar Mount Clarence Mount Elphinstone Mount Melville Nanarup Napier Nullaki Orana Palmdale Port Albany Redmond Redmond West Robinson Sandpatch Seppings South Stirling Spencer Park Torbay Torndirrup Vancouver Peninsula Walmsley Warrenup Wellstead West Cape Howe Willyung Yakamia Youngs Siding
For the purpose of the 2021 Australian census, Frenchman Bay was counted as part of Torndirrup.
Heritage-listed places
As of 2023, 471 places are heritage-listed in the City of Albany, of which 95 are on the State Register of Heritage Places.
National Parks and Reserves Bakers Junction Nature Reserve Bald Island Nature Reserve Gull Rock National Park Mill Brook Nature Reserve North and South Sister Nature Reserves Tinkelelup Nature Reserve Torndirrup National Park Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve Waychinicup National Park West Cape Howe National Park
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