Non-metropolitan LGAs
| Name | Council Seat | Region | Formed | Population (2010) |
Area | Website | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany, City of | Albany | Great Southern | 1998 | 36,042 | 4,310.5 km2 (1,664.3 sq mi) | Link | Formerly: Town of Albany (1871) Shire of Albany (1871) |
| Ashburton, Shire of | Tom Price | Pilbara | 1972 | 6730 | 101,213.7 km2 (39,078.8 sq mi) | Link | West Pilbara until 1987. Formerly: Shire of Ashburton (1887) Shire of Tableland (1896) |
| Augusta-Margaret River, Shire of | Margaret River | South West | 1891 | 12509 | 2,123.0 km2 (819.7 sq mi) | Link | Augusta until 1926 |
| Beverley, Shire of | Beverley | Wheatbelt | 1871 | 1,755 | 2,372.1 km2 (915.9 sq mi) | Link | |
| Boddington, Shire of | Boddington | Peel | 1903 | 1692 | 1,900.4 km2 (733.7 sq mi) | Link | Marradong until 1961 |
| Boyup Brook, Shire of | Boyup Brook | South West | 1896 | 1619 | 2,827.3 km2 (1,091.6 sq mi) | Link | Upper Blackwood until 1969 |
| Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Shire of | Bridgetown | South West | 1970 | 4560 | 1,339.8 km2 (517.3 sq mi) | Link | Formerly: Shire of Bridgetown, Nelson RD until 1917, (1887) Shire of Greenbushes (1900) |
| Brookton, Shire of | Brookton | Wheatbelt | 1906 | 1,006 | 1,602.2 km2 (618.6 sq mi) | Link | |
| Broome, Shire of | Broome | Kimberley | 1918 | 16298 | 54,796.6 km2 (21,157.1 sq mi) | Link | |
| Broomehill-Tambellup, Shire of | Tambellup | Great Southern | 2007 | 1,256 | 2,609.9 km2 (1,007.7 sq mi) | Link | Formerly: Shire of Broomehill (1892) Shire of Tambellup (1905) |
| Bruce Rock, Shire of | Bruce Rock | Wheatbelt | 1913 | 1,039 | 2,726.7 km2 (1,052.8 sq mi) | Link | East Avon until 1918 |
| Bunbury, City of | Bunbury | South West | 1871 | 34623 | 65.3 km2 (25.2 sq mi) | Link | City in 1979 |
| Busselton, Shire of | Busselton | South West | 1951 | 31767 | 1,454.5 km2 (561.6 sq mi) | Link | Amalgamation of Municipality and RD (both 1871) |
| Capel, Shire of | Capel | South West | 1894 | 13370 | 558.1 km2 (215.5 sq mi) | Link | Bunbury RD until 1907 |
| Carnamah, Shire of | Carnamah | Mid West | 1923 | 762 | 2,876.4 km2 (1,110.6 sq mi) | Link | Split from Irwin and Mingenew |
| Carnarvon, Shire of | Carnarvon | Gascoyne | 1911 | 6,219 | 46,664.9 km2 (18,017.4 sq mi) | Link | Formerly: Town of Carnarvon (1891-1965) Lower Gascoyne RD (1887-1911) Minilya RD (1893-1911) |
| Chapman Valley, Shire of | Nabawa | Mid West | 1901 | 1059 | 3,988.4 km2 (1,539.9 sq mi) | Link | Upper Chapman until 1958 |
| Chittering, Shire of | Bindoon | Wheatbelt | 1896 | 4,519 | 1,220.9 km2 (471.4 sq mi) | Link | |
| Christmas Island, Shire of | Christmas Island | External | 1992 | 1,462 | 136.7 km2 (52.8 sq mi) | Link | Federal territory, but LGA under WA law |
| Cocos, Shire of | Cocos Island | External | 1992 | 605 | 13.8 km2 (5.3 sq mi) | Link | Federal territory, but LGA under WA law |
| Collie, Shire of | Collie | South West | 1951 | 9470 | 1,710.8 km2 (660.5 sq mi) | Link | Amalgamation of Municipality (1901) and RD (1900) |
| Coolgardie, Shire of | Coolgardie | Goldfields | 1921 | 3,963 | 30,380.8 km2 (11,730.1 sq mi) | Link | Amalgamation of Municipality (1894) and RD (1896) |
| Coorow, Shire of | Coorow | Mid West | 1962 | 1184 | 4,193.5 km2 (1,619.1 sq mi) | Link | Split from Carnamah |
| Corrigin, Shire of | Corrigin | Wheatbelt | 1913 | 1,278 | 2,682.3 km2 (1,035.6 sq mi) | Link | |
| Cranbrook, Shire of | Cranbrook | Great Southern | 1926 | 1,145 | 3,278.2 km2 (1,265.7 sq mi) | Link | |
| Cuballing, Shire of | Cuballing | Wheatbelt | 1902 | 869 | 1,195.6 km2 (461.6 sq mi) | Link | |
| Cue, Shire of | Cue | Mid West | 1912 | 278 | 13,606.7 km2 (5,253.6 sq mi) | Link | Amalgamation of Day Dawn M. (1894) and Cue RD (1895) |
| Cunderdin, Shire of | Cunderdin | Wheatbelt | 1894 | 1,268 | 1,863.9 km2 (719.7 sq mi) | Link | Meckering until 1944 |
| Dalwallinu, Shire of | Dalwallinu | Wheatbelt | 1916 | 1,363 | 7,235.2 km2 (2,793.5 sq mi) | Link | |
| Dandaragan, Shire of | Jurien Bay | Wheatbelt | 1890 | 3,308 | 6,718.3 km2 (2,594.0 sq mi) | Link | |
| Dardanup, Shire of | Dardanup | South West | 1894 | 13125 | 526.1 km2 (203.1 sq mi) | Link | |
| Denmark, Shire of | Denmark | Great Southern | 1911 | 5,379 | 1,860.1 km2 (718.2 sq mi) | Link | |
| Derby-West Kimberley, Shire of | Derby | Kimberley | 1884 | 8092 | 120,227.5 km2 (46,420.1 sq mi) | Link | West Kimberley until 1983 |
| Donnybrook-Balingup, Shire of | Donnybrook | South West | 1970 | 5473 | 1,560.6 km2 (602.6 sq mi) | Link | Formerly: Shire of Donnybrook, Preston RD until 1961 (1896) Shire of Balingup, Upper Capel RD until 1905 (1899) |
| Dowerin, Shire of | Dowerin | Wheatbelt | 1911 | 744 | 1,864.8 km2 (720.0 sq mi) | Link | |
| Dumbleyung, Shire of | Dumbleyung | Wheatbelt | 1909 | 650 | 2,542.4 km2 (981.6 sq mi) | Link | |
| Dundas, Shire of | Norseman | Goldfields | 1929 | 1,159 | 92,656.0 km2 (35,774.7 sq mi) | Link | |
| East Pilbara, Shire of | Newman | Pilbara | 1972 | 8113 | 372,301.2 km2 (143,746.3 sq mi) | Link | Formerly: Shire of Marble Bar (1896) Shire of Nullagine (1898) |
| Esperance, Shire of | Esperance | Goldfields | 1895 | 14,570 | 45,059.3 km2 (17,397.5 sq mi) | Link | Absorbed municipality (1895-1908) |
| Exmouth, Shire of | Exmouth | Gascoyne | 1964 | 2,487 | 6,504.4 km2 (2,511.4 sq mi) | Link | |
| Gingin, Shire of | Gingin | Wheatbelt | 1893 | 5,054 | 3,211.3 km2 (1,239.9 sq mi) | Link | Absorbed municipality (1893-1903) |
| Gnowangerup, Shire of | Gnowangerup | Great Southern | 1912 | 1,370 | 4,266.7 km2 (1,647.4 sq mi) | Link | |
| Goomalling, Shire of | Goomalling | Wheatbelt | 1927 | 1,064 | 1,837.0 km2 (709.3 sq mi) | Link | |
| Greater Geraldton, City of | Geraldton | Mid West | 2011 | 39,368 | 9,903.1 km2 (3,823.6 sq mi) | Link | Formerly: City of Geraldton (1871-2007) (Shire of Greenough (1951-2007) Shire of Mullewa (1911-2011) |
| Halls Creek, Shire of | Halls Creek | Kimberley | 1887 | 3345 | 133,358.5 km2 (51,490.0 sq mi) | Link | Kimberley Goldfields until 1915 |
| Harvey, Shire of | Harvey | South West | 1894 | 24151 | 1,728.7 km2 (667.5 sq mi) | Link | |
| Irwin, Shire of | Dongara | Mid West | 1871 | 3664 | 2,375.0 km2 (917.0 sq mi) | Link | |
| Jerramungup, Shire of | Jerramungup | Great Southern | 1982 | 1,166 | 6,509.2 km2 (2,513.2 sq mi) | Link | Split from Gnowangerup |
| Kalgoorlie-Boulder, City of | Kalgoorlie | Goldfields | 1989 | 32,620 | 95,242.1 km2 (36,773.2 sq mi) | Link | Formerly: Town of Kalgoorlie (1897-1989) Shire of Boulder (1969-1989) |
| Katanning, Shire of | Katanning | Great Southern | 1892 | 4,703 | 1,518.8 km2 (586.4 sq mi) | Link | |
| Kellerberrin, Shire of | Kellerberrin | Wheatbelt | 1908 | 1,336 | 1,917.1 km2 (740.2 sq mi) | Link | |
| Kent, Shire of | Nyabing | Great Southern | 1922 | 579 | 5,630.9 km2 (2,174.1 sq mi) | Link | Nyabing-Pingrup 1955-1972 |
| Kojonup, Shire of | Kojonup | Great Southern | 1871 | 2,237 | 2,932.0 km2 (1,132.1 sq mi) | Link | |
| Kondinin, Shire of | Kondinin | Wheatbelt | 1925 | 1,021 | 7,426.7 km2 (2,867.5 sq mi) | Link | |
| Koorda, Shire of | Koorda | Wheatbelt | 1927 | 474 | 2,835.2 km2 (1,094.7 sq mi) | Link | |
| Kulin, Shire of | Kulin | Wheatbelt | 1918 | 914 | 4,720.2 km2 (1,822.5 sq mi) | Link | Roe until 1926 |
| Lake Grace, Shire of | Lake Grace | Wheatbelt | 1922 | 1,450 | 11,891.7 km2 (4,591.4 sq mi) | Link | |
| Laverton, Shire of | Laverton | Goldfields | 1906 | 749 | 180,126.7 km2 (69,547.3 sq mi) | Link | Mount Margaret until 1950, absorbed Mount Morgans M (1900-1913) |
| Leonora, Shire of | Leonora | Goldfields | 1912 | 1,875 | 31,940.6 km2 (12,332.3 sq mi) | Link | |
| Mandurah, City of | Mandurah | Peel | 1949 | 70413 | 174.3 km2 (67.3 sq mi) | Link | City in 1990 |
| Manjimup, Shire of | Manjimup | South West | 1908 | 10159 | 7,026.9 km2 (2,713.1 sq mi) | Link | Warren until 1925 |
| Meekatharra, Shire of | Meekatharra | Mid West | 1909 | 1228 | 100,327.0 km2 (38,736.5 sq mi) | Link | |
| Menzies, Shire of | Menzies | Goldfields | 1912 | 242 | 124,793.9 km2 (48,183.2 sq mi) | Link | |
| Merredin, Shire of | Merredin | Wheatbelt | 1921 | 3,402 | 3,297.1 km2 (1,273.0 sq mi) | Link | |
| Mingenew, Shire of | Mingenew | Mid West | 1901 | 450 | 1,937.4 km2 (748.0 sq mi) | Link | Upper Irwin until 1919 |
| Moora, Shire of | Moora | Wheatbelt | 1908 | 2,543 | 3,766.8 km2 (1,454.4 sq mi) | Link | Split from Victoria Plains |
| Morawa, Shire of | Morawa | Mid West | 1928 | 881 | 3,517.2 km2 (1,358.0 sq mi) | Link | Split from Perenjori-Morawa RD |
| Mount Magnet, Shire of | Mount Magnet | Mid West | 1901 | 639 | 13,893.4 km2 (5,364.3 sq mi) | Link | Absorbed municipality (1896-1901) |
| Mount Marshall, Shire of | Bencubbin | Wheatbelt | 1923 | 653 | 10,197.0 km2 (3,937.1 sq mi) | Link | |
| Mukinbudin, Shire of | Mukinbudin | Wheatbelt | 1933 | 549 | 3,438.4 km2 (1,327.6 sq mi) | Link | |
| Murchison, Shire of | Murchison | Mid West | 1875 | 112 | 45,109.6 km2 (17,416.9 sq mi) | Link | |
| Murray, Shire of | Pinjarra | Peel | 1887 | 15401 | 1,711.0 km2 (660.6 sq mi) | Link | |
| Nannup, Shire of | Nannup | South West | 1890 | 1338 | 3,054.5 km2 (1,179.3 sq mi) | Link | Lower Blackwood until 1925 |
| Narembeen, Shire of | Narembeen | Wheatbelt | 1925 | 835 | 3,836.0 km2 (1,481.1 sq mi) | Link | |
| Narrogin, Town of | Narrogin | Wheatbelt | 1906 | 4,765 | 13.1 km2 (5.1 sq mi) | Link | |
| Narrogin, Shire of | Narrogin | Wheatbelt | 1892 | 865 | 1,619.2 km2 (625.2 sq mi) | Link | |
| Ngaanyatjarraku, Shire of | Warburton | Goldfields | 1993 | 1,543 | 160,732.9 km2 (62,059.3 sq mi) | Link | |
| Northam, Shire of | Northam | Wheatbelt | 1871 | 11,258 | 1,432.3 km2 (553.0 sq mi) | Link | Absorbed Town of Northam (1879-2007) |
| Northampton, Shire of | Northampton | Mid West | 1871 | 3568 | 12,637.6 km2 (4,879.4 sq mi) | Link | Mines RD until 1887 |
| Nungarin, Shire of | Nungarin | Wheatbelt | 1921 | 233 | 1,164.1 km2 (449.5 sq mi) | Link | |
| Perenjori, Shire of | Perenjori | Mid West | 1916 | 533 | 8,310.7 km2 (3,208.8 sq mi) | Link | Perenjori-Morawa until 1928 |
| Pingelly, Shire of | Pingelly | Wheatbelt | 1891 | 1,288 | 1,294.8 km2 (499.9 sq mi) | Link | Moorumbine until 1913 |
| Plantagenet, Shire of | Mount Barker | Great Southern | 1871 | 5,071 | 4,877.2 km2 (1,883.1 sq mi) | Link | |
| Port Hedland, Town of | Port Hedland | Pilbara | 1891 | 14624 | 18,482.2 km2 (7,136.0 sq mi) | Link | Pilbara until 1904. Town 1989 |
| Quairading, Shire of | Quairading | Wheatbelt | 1913 | 1,111 | 2,018.4 km2 (779.3 sq mi) | Link | Avon until 1922 |
| Ravensthorpe, Shire of | Ravensthorpe | Goldfields | 1900 | 2,349 | 9,832.7 km2 (3,796.4 sq mi) | Link | Phillips River until 1961 |
| Roebourne, Shire of | Roebourne | Pilbara | 1887 | 19143 | 15,277.7 km2 (5,898.8 sq mi) | Link | Absorbed Roebourne and Cossack municipalities in 1910 |
| Sandstone, Shire of | Sandstone | Mid West | 1897 | 143 | 32,714.2 km2 (12,631.0 sq mi) | Link | Black Range until 1961 |
| Shark Bay, Shire of | Denham | Gascoyne | 1904 | 980 | 24,183.7 km2 (9,337.4 sq mi) | Link | |
| Tammin, Shire of | Tammin | Wheatbelt | 1948 | 469 | 1,102.6 km2 (425.7 sq mi) | Link | |
| Three Springs, Shire of | Three Springs | Mid West | 1928 | 704 | 2,656.2 km2 (1,025.6 sq mi) | Link | |
| Toodyay, Shire of | Toodyay | Wheatbelt | 1912 | 4,707 | 1,693.0 km2 (653.7 sq mi) | Link | Amalgamation of Newcastle M (1877) and Toodyay RD (1871) |
| Trayning, Shire of | Trayning | Wheatbelt | 1911 | 393 | 1,652.4 km2 (638.0 sq mi) | Link | |
| Upper Gascoyne, Shire of | Gascoyne Junction | Gascoyne | 1887 | 330 | 58,007.1 km2 (22,396.7 sq mi) | Link | |
| Victoria Plains, Shire of | Calingiri | Wheatbelt | 1871 | 943 | 2,553.3 km2 (985.8 sq mi) | Link | |
| Wagin, Shire of | Wagin | Wheatbelt | 1887 | 1,893 | 1,946.6 km2 (751.6 sq mi) | Link | Arthur until 1905. Absorbed municipality (1906-1961) |
| Wandering, Shire of | Wandering | Wheatbelt | 1874 | 439 | 1,900.8 km2 (733.9 sq mi) | Link | |
| Waroona, Shire of | Waroona | Peel | 1898 | 3842 | 832.3 km2 (321.4 sq mi) | Link | Drakesbrook until 1961 |
| West Arthur, Shire of | Darkan | Wheatbelt | 1896 | 890 | 2,833.8 km2 (1,094.1 sq mi) | Link | |
| Westonia, Shire of | Westonia | Wheatbelt | 1916 | 197 | 3,316.4 km2 (1,280.5 sq mi) | Link | |
| Wickepin, Shire of | Wickepin | Wheatbelt | 1909 | 772 | 2,040.9 km2 (788.0 sq mi) | Link | |
| Williams, Shire of | Williams | Wheatbelt | 1871 | 1,000 | 2,305.6 km2 (890.2 sq mi) | Link | |
| Wiluna, Shire of | Wiluna | Mid West | 1909 | 746 | 181,662.3 km2 (70,140.2 sq mi) | Link | |
| Wongan-Ballidu, Shire of | Wongan Hills | Wheatbelt | 1887 | 1,498 | 3,368.4 km2 (1,300.5 sq mi) | Link | Melbourne until 1926 |
| Woodanilling, Shire of | Woodanilling | Great Southern | 1906 | 464 | 1,128.8 km2 (435.8 sq mi) | Link | |
| Wyalkatchem, Shire of | Wyalkatchem | Wheatbelt | 1920 | 524 | 1,595.8 km2 (616.1 sq mi) | Link | |
| Wyndham-East Kimberley, Shire of | Kununurra | Kimberley | 1998 | 7971 | 112,415.5 km2 (43,403.9 sq mi) | Link | Wyndham until 1961 |
| Yalgoo, Shire of | Yalgoo | Mid West | 1907 | 265 | 27,975.8 km2 (10,801.5 sq mi) | Link | Upper Murchison until 1912 |
| Yilgarn, Shire of | Yilgarn | Wheatbelt | 1891 | 1,558 | 30,405.1 km2 (11,739.5 sq mi) | Link | Absorbed Southern Cross M (1892-1918) |
| York, Shire of | York | Wheatbelt | 1871 | 3,638 | 2,133.2 km2 (823.6 sq mi) | Link | Absorbed Town of York (1871-1965) |
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