Belmont City

The City of Belmont is a local government area in the inner eastern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, located about 8km east of Perth's central business district on the south bank of the Swan River. The City covers an area of 39.8km2, maintains 225 km of roads and has a population of 35,209 (2011). The City of Belmont is a member of the Eastern Metropolitan Regional CouncilBelmont contains Perth's domestic and international airports which account for 33.7% of the City of Belmont's land area.HistoryThe Belmont Road District was created on 2 December 1898. On 4 October 1907, it was renamed Belmont Park. From 1906 until 1909, Burswood Island was part of the district.On 1 July 1961, the Belmont Park Road District became the Shire of Belmont following the enactment of the Local Government Act 1960. On 17 February 1979 it attained city status.Ascot and Belmont are suburbs long associated with horses, being close to the race tracks (see Ascot Racecourse and Belmont Park). Until 1956 the Belmont Spur Railway linked Bayswater on the Perth to Midland line to the Ascot race track.