Shire of Quairading

Shire of Quairading
Western Australia
Shire of Quairading; Western Australia
	Quairading Shire Hall, 2018
	Location in Western Australia
Population	1,019 (2016 census)
• Density	0.50501/km2 (1.3080/sq mi)
Established	1913
Area	2,017.8 km2 (779.1 sq mi)
Mayor	Wayne Davies
Council seat	Quairading
Region	Wheatbelt
State electorate(s)	Central Wheatbelt
Federal Division(s)	Durack
Website	Shire of Quairading
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The Shire of Quairading is a local government area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about 170 kilometres (106 mi) east of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of 2,018 square kilometres (779 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Quairading.

History[]

Quairading was initially constituted as the Greenhills Road District on 15 December 1892, covering a large area east of York. The district was broken up on 14 February 1913, with Greenhills renamed the Avon Road District and large parts of the former district separated as the new East Avon Road District and Kunjinn Road District.^[2]

The Avon Road District was renamed to the Quairading Road District on 12 May 1922. On 1 July 1961, it became a shire as the Shire of Quairading under the Local Government Act 1960, which reformed all remaining road districts into shires.^[2]

Wards[]

The Shire is no longer divided into wards and the nine councillors sit at large. Prior to the 2003 elections, there were eleven councillors representing five wards: Town (3), Southwest, Southeast, Northwest and Northeast (2 each).

Towns and localities[]

Quairading
Badjaling
Balkuling
Dangin
Doodenanning
Pantapin
Yoting
Wamenusking
South Caroling

Population[]

Year	Population
1921	1,273
1933	1,754
1947	1,424
1954	1,721
1961	1,789
1966	1,687
1971	1,652
1976	1,470
1981	1,300
1986	1,243
1991	1,147
1996	1,173
2001	1,041
2006	1,022
2011	1,043
2016	1,019

Heritage-listed places[]

As of 2021, 223 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Quairading,^[3] of which seven are on the State Register of Heritage Places.^[4]

References[]

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Quairading (S)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Municipality Boundary Amendments Register" (PDF). Western Australian Electoral Distribution Commission. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
^ "Shire of Quairading Heritage Places". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
^ "Shire of Quairading State Register of Heritage Places". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 27 March 2021.