Shire of Capel
Shire of Capel | |||||||||||||
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| The Capel Shire offices The Capel Shire offices | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | South West | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1894 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Capel | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Shire President | Doug Kitchen | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 557.6 km2 (215.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
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| Website | Shire of Capel | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Capel is a local government area in the South West region of Western Australia, taking in the land between the cities of Bunbury and Busselton about 200 kilometres (124 mi) south of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of 557.6 square kilometres (215.3 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Capel.
The Shire of Capel has 29 km of beach frontage onto Geographe Bay including access at Forrest Beach, Peppermint Grove Beach, Minninup Beach and Dalyellup Beach.[1][2] The eight kilometer stretch of Stirling Beach (commencing at the Capel River, north to the Minninup Beach access at Rich Road) has no public access points since all the adjacent land is privately owned.[3]
According to the 2016 census figures, the population of the Shire of Capel was 17,123.[4]
History
[edit | edit source]Capel was initially constituted as the first Bunbury Road District on 15 June 1894 (as distinguished from the Bunbury Municipal District). On 26 July 1907, it was renamed to the Capel Road District, and on 1 July 1961, it became a shire under the Local Government Act 1960.[5]
Indigenous people
[edit | edit source]The Shire of Capel is located on the traditional land of the Wardandi (also spelled Wadandi) people of the Noongar nation.[6][7]
Wards
[edit | edit source]The Shire is no longer divided into wards and the nine councillors sit at large.
Towns and localities
[edit | edit source]The towns and localities of the Shire of Capel with population and size figures based on the most recent Australian census:[8][9]
| Locality | Population | Area | Map |
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| Boyanup | Lua error in Module:PopulationFromWikidata at line 140: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | <mapframe zoom="11" align="center" frameless="1" height="200" width="300">{"properties":{"stroke-width":6,"stroke":"#ff0000","title":"Shire of Capel"},"type":"ExternalData","service":"geoline","ids":"Q1151970"}</mapframe> | |
| Capel | Lua error in Module:PopulationFromWikidata at line 140: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | <mapframe zoom="11" align="center" frameless="1" height="200" width="300">{"properties":{"stroke-width":6,"stroke":"#ff0000","title":"Shire of Capel"},"type":"ExternalData","service":"geoline","ids":"Q1441026"}</mapframe> | |
| Capel River | Lua error in Module:PopulationFromWikidata at line 140: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | <mapframe zoom="11" align="center" frameless="1" height="200" width="300">{"properties":{"stroke-width":6,"stroke":"#ff0000","title":"Shire of Capel"},"type":"ExternalData","service":"geoline","ids":"Q55772042"}</mapframe> | |
| Dalyellup | Lua error in Module:PopulationFromWikidata at line 140: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | <mapframe zoom="11" align="center" frameless="1" height="200" width="300">{"properties":{"stroke-width":6,"stroke":"#ff0000","title":"Shire of Capel"},"type":"ExternalData","service":"geoline","ids":"Q5211794"}</mapframe> | |
| Elgin | Lua error in Module:PopulationFromWikidata at line 140: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | <mapframe zoom="11" align="center" frameless="1" height="200" width="300">{"properties":{"stroke-width":6,"stroke":"#ff0000","title":"Shire of Capel"},"type":"ExternalData","service":"geoline","ids":"Q31440630"}</mapframe> | |
| Forrest Beach | Lua error in Module:PopulationFromWikidata at line 140: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | <mapframe zoom="11" align="center" frameless="1" height="200" width="300">{"properties":{"stroke-width":6,"stroke":"#ff0000","title":"Shire of Capel"},"type":"ExternalData","service":"geoline","ids":"Q55522647"}</mapframe> | |
| Gelorup | Lua error in Module:PopulationFromWikidata at line 140: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | <mapframe zoom="12" align="center" frameless="1" height="200" width="300">{"properties":{"stroke-width":6,"stroke":"#ff0000","title":"Shire of Capel"},"type":"ExternalData","service":"geoline","ids":"Q31440645"}</mapframe> | |
| Gwindinup | Lua error in Module:PopulationFromWikidata at line 140: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | <mapframe zoom="12" align="center" frameless="1" height="200" width="300">{"properties":{"stroke-width":6,"stroke":"#ff0000","title":"Shire of Capel"},"type":"ExternalData","service":"geoline","ids":"Q55448664"}</mapframe> | |
| Ludlow * | Lua error in Module:PopulationFromWikidata at line 140: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | <mapframe zoom="11" align="center" frameless="1" height="200" width="300">{"properties":{"stroke-width":6,"stroke":"#ff0000","title":"Shire of Capel"},"type":"ExternalData","service":"geoline","ids":"Q21889347"}</mapframe> | |
| North Boyanup | Lua error in Module:PopulationFromWikidata at line 140: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | <mapframe zoom="11" align="center" frameless="1" height="200" width="300">{"properties":{"stroke-width":6,"stroke":"#ff0000","title":"Shire of Capel"},"type":"ExternalData","service":"geoline","ids":"Q31431784"}</mapframe> | |
| Peppermint Grove Beach | Lua error in Module:PopulationFromWikidata at line 140: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | <mapframe zoom="12" align="center" frameless="1" height="200" width="300">{"properties":{"stroke-width":6,"stroke":"#ff0000","title":"Shire of Capel"},"type":"ExternalData","service":"geoline","ids":"Q7166423"}</mapframe> | |
| Stirling Estate | Lua error in Module:PopulationFromWikidata at line 140: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | <mapframe zoom="11" align="center" frameless="1" height="200" width="300">{"properties":{"stroke-width":6,"stroke":"#ff0000","title":"Shire of Capel"},"type":"ExternalData","service":"geoline","ids":"Q55448663"}</mapframe> | |
| Stratham | Lua error in Module:PopulationFromWikidata at line 140: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | <mapframe zoom="11" align="center" frameless="1" height="200" width="300">{"properties":{"stroke-width":6,"stroke":"#ff0000","title":"Shire of Capel"},"type":"ExternalData","service":"geoline","ids":"Q31431634"}</mapframe> | |
| The Plains | Lua error in Module:PopulationFromWikidata at line 140: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | <mapframe zoom="11" align="center" frameless="1" height="200" width="300">{"properties":{"stroke-width":6,"stroke":"#ff0000","title":"Shire of Capel"},"type":"ExternalData","service":"geoline","ids":"Q55772043"}</mapframe> |
- (* indicates locality is only partially located within this shire)
Heritage-listed places
[edit | edit source]As of 2023, 189 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Capel,[10] of which eleven are on the State Register of Heritage Places.[11]
References
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- ^ "Capel Coastal Strategy, October 2005" Accessed 31 January 2020.
- ^ "2016 Census, Australian Bureau of Statistics" Accessed 31 January 2020.
- ^ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.
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External links
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