The area encompasses 305.5 square kilometres (118.0 sq mi) and its administrative centre is located in the suburb of Liverpool.

[1][3][4][5] The median weekly income for residents within the City of Liverpool was lower than the national average.

[1] Liverpool City Council is composed of eleven councillors, including the mayor, for a fixed four-year term of office.

On 19 September 1843, the Liverpool District Council was established by charter, with Captain Samuel Moore as its first magistrate and warden, and Thomas Valentine Blomfield, Thomas Harper, David Johnston, Joshua John Moore, Richard Sadlier and Edward Weston as councillors.

[15] After 148 local residents lodged a petition with the governor on 4 September 1871, the Municipality of Liverpool was proclaimed on 27 June 1872.

A large army base was established in Liverpool during World War I, and exists to this day as the Holsworthy Barracks.

Until the 1950s, Liverpool was still a satellite town with an agricultural economy based on poultry farming and market gardening.