Town of Cambridge Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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![]() The Town of Cambridge within the Perth Metropolitan Area | |||||||||||||||
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Population | 28,876 (LGA 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1994 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 22.0 km2 (8.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Mayor | Gary Norman Mack[2] | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Floreat | ||||||||||||||
Region | Inner Metropolitan Perth | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Churchlands, Nedlands | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Curtin | ||||||||||||||
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Website | Town of Cambridge | ||||||||||||||
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The Town of Cambridge is a local government area in the inner western suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, about 5 kilometres (3 mi) west of Perth's central business district and extending to the Indian Ocean at City Beach. The Town covers an area of 22.0 square kilometres (8.5 sq mi) and had a population of almost 29,000 as of the 2021 Census. It was originally part of the City of Perth before the restructuring by the Western Australian State Government in 1994.