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Metropolitan Perth had 2.039 million residents in 20151 but only 21 thousand live in the Local Government Area.2 This state capital is on dunes and wetlands near the mouth of the Swan River, and the metropolitan area extends along a coastal plain named after that river. The metropolitan area grew in the 20th century as the state's extractive industries grew. The tallest building as of late winter 2017 is called Central Park (817 feet, 1992).3
Perth Airport, one of the nation's busiest,4 is located in the suburbs of Belmont, Swan and the Shire of Kalamunda. Belmont is east of the city of Perth along the south bank of the Swan. It has an estimated population of 41 thousand in 2015.5 Swan is further east and on both sides of the river it is named for. It has an estimated population of 132 thousand.6
Freemantle is at the river's mouth and is an important grain port.7 In 2011 27 thousand people lived there.8Year | Population | Political entity |
2001 CE | 1,452,0009 | Australia |
Skyline of Perth, Western Australia, Australia, with the Swan River in the foreground