The City of Cockburn’s population has exceeded 100,000 residents, based on last year’s 4.1 percent growth rate released in the Australian Bureau of Statistics data.
The 100,000th Cockburn resident is thought to have moved in sometime at the end of 2012.
Cockburn achieved a Gross Regional Product (GRP) of $5.6 billion in 2012, more than double the GRP recorded in 2002.
City of Cockburn Mayor Logan Howlett said the Robson Report on Local Government Reform acknowledged that fast-growing Cockburn would be one of the future City-hubs of the wider Perth region.
“The Robson Report into the future of Local Government suggests that ‘big cities’ are ideal cities.
“The Report recommended Local Governments were more efficient at minimum size of 100,000 residents, so the good news for Cockburn is we are already there.
“Reaching 100,000 residents is a milestone for our community and reflects the status of Cockburn as a place of choice for a growing number of people.”
Councillor Howlett said the city’s population growth was expected to reach a maximum of approximately 130,000 around 2031, as the final greenfield sites disappear and urban infill reaches its maximum capacity.
Major projects currently underway in Cockburn include the Coogee Beach Surf Life Saving Club and Integrated Community Facility and an Integrated Health and Community Facility ‘GP Super Clinic’, also a new library, both of which are due for completion in 2013.
Cr Howlett said investment in new and expanded industrial estates would create jobs and provide opportunities for residents to live and work locally.
“The City is actively working to make Cockburn a great place to live, work, visit and invest in. Hitting this new population milestone suggests we are on the right track.”
“The last 20 years in particular [have] seen the once flourishing market gardens, flower gardens, orchards, vineyards, dairies, piggeries, abbatoirs and fishing industries gradually make way for the residential, commercial, retail and industrial developments that [are] the face of Cockburn today.”
