City of Vincent facts for kids

Quick facts for kids City of Vincent Western Australia
The City of Vincent within the Perth Metropolitan Area
Population	33,693 (2016 census) 36,088 (2018 est.)
• Density	3,055/km2 (7,910/sq mi)
Established	1994
Area	10.4 km2 (4.0 sq mi)
Mayor	Emma Cole
Council seat	Leederville
Region	North Metropolitan Perth
State electorate(s)	Perth, Mount Lawley
Federal Division(s)	Perth, Curtin
Website	City of Vincent
LGAs around City of Vincent: Stirling Stirling Bayswater Cambridge City of Vincent Bayswater Subiaco Perth Victoria Park

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.

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.

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.

Suburbs

• Coolbinia (shared with City of Stirling)
• East Perth (shared with City of Perth)
• Highgate
• Leederville
• Mount Hawthorn
• Mount Lawley (shared with City of Stirling)
• North Perth
• Perth (shared with City of Perth)
• West Perth (shared with City of Perth)

Population

Sister cities

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