Town of Victoria Park Western Australia |
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Population | 38,450 (2015 est) | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 2,182.2/km2 (5,651.8/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1994 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 17.62 km2 (6.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Mayor | Trevor Vaughan | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Victoria Park | ||||||||||||||
Region | South Metropolitan Perth | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Victoria Park, South Perth | ||||||||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Swan | ||||||||||||||
Website | Town of Victoria Park | ||||||||||||||
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The Town of Victoria Park is a local government area of Western Australia, Australia. It covers an area of 17.62 km² in metropolitan Perth, the capital of Western Australia. The Town of Victoria Park maintains 154.55 km of roads and a little over 1 km² of parks and gardens. It had a population of 32,433 at the 2011 census.
It lies on the southern side of the Swan River, at the eastern end of the Perth CBD, and is connected to Fremantle and South Perth via Canning Highway; to the Perth CBD by Graham Farmer Freeway and The Causeway; to Belmont and Perth Airport by Great Eastern Highway and to Cannington by Shepperton Road and Albany Highway. The Perth-Armadale rail line passes through Burswood and forms the eastern boundaries of Lathlain and Carlisle.