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Welcome to the City of Stirling, a dynamic and diverse community spanning 30 suburbs and more than 100km2 – including your new property. You are now a part of Western Australia’s largest local government by population, home to almost 250,000 people.

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Your rates in action

Your rates support the City's projects. Shaping our City is the online project and engagement hub where you can participate in decision-making and keep up to date on projects, plans and initiatives that shape the future of our City.

By joining the conversation and getting involved, you can help shape the City’s future and have a say where your rates are spent. Our approach is focused on two-way conversations, deeper connection at a neighbourhood level and a commitment to best-practice engagement to support change with and within the community.

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City of Stirling delivers plan for a sustainable City with a local focus

“This budget will fund a range of interesting and important projects, from the completion of the Mirrabooka Town Square upgrade to safety improvements in the Scarborough Beach precinct,” City of Stirling Mayor Mark Irwin said.

Balcatta Etna Football Club scores a winner with major upgrades at Grindleford Reserve

“It’s fantastic to see a successful community club get the first-rate facilities it deserves, from the new lighting to the renovated clubrooms," City of Stirling Mayor Mark Irwin said.

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25 September 2024

Over half a million dollars awarded in first round of Community Grants

The City of Stirling has successfully completed the first round of its 2024/2025 Community Grants Program.

City of Stirling kaadatj Nyoongar moort Nyoongar boodja-k Wadjak boodja-k. Ngalak kaadatj Nyoongar nedingar wer birdiya koora koora wer yeyi. Baalabang koondarm, malayin wer nakolak baalap yang ngalany-al. Ngalak dandjoo barn wer kaaratj bandang boodja-k.

The City of Stirling acknowledges the traditional custodians of this land, the Wadjak people of the Nyoongar Nation, and pays respect to the Elders both past and present for they hold the memories, the traditions, the culture and hopes of Aboriginal Australia.