The Shire of Toodyay is a local government area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, beyond the north-eastern limits of the Perth metropolitan area. The Shire covers an area of 1,694 square kilometres (654 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Toodyay.

History

The Toodyay Road District was established on 24 January 1871. The Newcastle (later Toodyay) townsite separated as the Municipality of Newcastle on 2 October 1877. The municipality merged back into the road district on 8 March 1912. On 1 July 1961, Toodyay became a shire under the Local Government Act 1960, which reformed all remaining road districts into shires.

Wards

The Shire has been divided into 4 wards, since the Toodyay Road board meeting in June 1904.

• North Ward (2 councillors)
• Central Ward (2 councillors)
• West Ward (3 councillors)
• East Ward (2 councillors)

Towns and localities

The towns and localities of the Shire of Toodyay with population and size figures based on the most recent Australian census:

Locality	Population	Area	Map
Bejoording	157 (SAL 2021)	88.7 km (34.2 sq mi)
Bindoon Defence Training Area	0 (SAL 2016)	137.4 km (53.1 sq mi)
Coondle	664 (SAL 2021)	68 km (26 sq mi)
Culham	26 (SAL 2021)	90.7 km (35.0 sq mi)
Dewars Pool	82 (SAL 2021)	86.7 km (33.5 sq mi)
Dumbarton	266 (SAL 2021)	71.7 km (27.7 sq mi)
Hoddys Well	140 (SAL 2021)	76.9 km (29.7 sq mi)
Julimar	406 (SAL 2021)	343.5 km (132.6 sq mi)
Moondyne	0 (SAL 2021)	94.5 km (36.5 sq mi)
Morangup	751 (SAL 2021)	202.9 km (78.3 sq mi)
Nunile	183 (SAL 2021)	118.1 km (45.6 sq mi)
Toodyay	1,362 (SAL 2021)	62.4 km (24.1 sq mi)
Wattening	61 (SAL 2021)	190.6 km (73.6 sq mi)
West Toodyay	497 (SAL 2021)	59.7 km (23.1 sq mi)

Presidents

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1911 1,480 —     1921 1,545 +0.43% 1933 1,462 −0.46% 1947 1,237 −1.19% 1954 1,525 +3.04% 1961 1,369 −1.53% 1966 1,388 +0.28% 1971 1,725 +4.44% 1976 1,138 −7.98%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1981 1,450 +4.97% 1986 1,831 +4.78% 1991 2,451 +6.01% 1996 3,186 +5.39% 2001 3,744 +3.28% 2006 4,112 +1.89% 2011 4,387 +1.30% 2016 4,439 +0.24% 2021 4,601 +0.72%

Heritage-listed places

As of 2023, 173 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Toodyay, of which 16 are on the State Register of Heritage Places.

See also

• Wikipedia:WikiTown/Toodyaypedia