City of Gosnells
City of Gosnells | |||||||||||||
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The City of Gosnells within the Perth Metropolitan Area | |||||||||||||
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Interactive map of City of Gosnells | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | SE Metropolitan Perth | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1907 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Gosnells | ||||||||||||
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| • Mayor | Terresa Lynes | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 128 km2 (49 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 126,376 (LGA 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Website | City of Gosnells | ||||||||||||
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The City of Gosnells is a local government area in the southeastern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, located northwest of Armadale and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of 128 square kilometres (49.42 sq mi), a portion of which is state forest rising into the Darling Scarp to the east, and had a population of approximately 118,500 at the 2016 Census. The largest activity centre in the City is the Central Maddington shopping centre. District centres exist in the Gosnells town centre, Thornlie and Canning Vale.