The City
of Nedlands Local Government Authority
The City
of Nedlands has an area of 20.6 square kilometres and a resident population of just over 22,000.
The City surrounds the Town of Claremont, of which it
was once a part, and stretches between the Swan River at Crawley and the Indian
Ocean at Swanbourne. It comprises the suburbs of Swanbourne, Mount Claremont,
Floreat (part), Shenton Park (part), Karrakatta, Nedlands and Dalkeith.
For local
government electoral purposes, the City is divided into four wards – Coastal,
Hollywood, Melvista and Dalkeith – each with three elected members for
approximately 5,000 residents