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The City of Swan is a local government area of Western Australia. It is in Perth's eastern metropolitan region and includes the Swan Valley, centred approximately 20 km north-east of the Perth Central Business District (CBD). The City covers an area of 1,044 km² (much of which is uninhabited) and has a population of about 132,000. At the 2001 census, 10% of the population were born in the United Kingdom, while significant Southern European and South-East Asian minorities are also located here.HistoryThe City of Swan began as three entities: The Municipality of Guildford, gazetted in 1871. The Municipality of Helena Vale, gazetted in 1895, becoming the Municipality of Midland Junction in 1901 and the Town of Midland in 1961. The Swan Roads Board, gazetted in 1871. On 1 July 1961, Guildford and the Swan Roads Board merged into the Shire of Swan-Guildford. Swan-Guildford and Midland united on 1 April 1970 as the Shire of Swan, and 30 years later, on 1 April 2000, became the City of Swan.On 1 July 2016 the portion of Noranda north of Widgee Road was transferred to the City of Bayswater.WardsThe City of Swan is divided into 7 wards, most of which have three Councillors: Altone Ward (3 Councillors) Ballajura Ward (3 Councillors) Midland/Guildford Ward (3 Councillors) Ellenbrook (3 Councillors) Swan Valley Gidgegannup (2 Councillors) North Ward (1 Councillor)