Western suburbs (Perth)

The Shire of Peppermint Grove is the smallest one in Australia, at 1.1 square kilometres (0.42 sq mi).

Due to the small size of some local councils, some provide shared services such as libraries and rubbish collection as it's impractical to do so individually.

[4] Proposals to merge local governments in the western suburbs are generally met with opposition from residents.

[2] Most recently in 2014, when the Barnett Government released the Local Government Advisory Board report on metropolitan local government reform recommending the amalgamation of Claremont, Cottesloe, Mosman Park, Nedlands and Peppermint Grove into a new council tentatively named the City of Riversea, and the absorption of Cambridge and a small part of Stirling into Subiaco, as part of a wider plan to reduce the number of councils in Perth from 30 to 16,[5][6] the councils involved opposed the mergers, with the Shire of Peppermint Grove even spending ratepayer funds on launching legal action.

The state electoral districts of Churchlands,[9] Cottesloe[10] and Nedlands[11] cover the western suburbs.

Those suburbs, starting from the most expensive, were Peppermint Grove, Dalkeith, Cottesloe, City Beach, Nedlands, Claremont, Swanbourne, Floreat and Mosman Park.