Bentley
Bentley is about 8 kilometres south-east of the Perth CBD, on Albany Highway, and is shared between the City of Canning and the Town of Victoria Park. Mostly bushland until after the Second World War, it was built up with State Housing Commission homes and is now home to Curtin University’s Bentley campus.
The housing
The State Housing Commission built 987 dwellings in Bentley between 1944 and 1986, and much of the suburb still reflects that period. The 2021 Census counted 3,952 private dwellings; of the occupied ones, 48.6 per cent were semi-detached houses, townhouses or units, 37.3 per cent were separate houses and 14.1 per cent were flats or apartments. Heartwood Bentley, the State Government’s estate on the former Brownlie Towers and sand quarry land, has a first stage of 41 lots, from 233 square metres.
Shops and cafes
Bentley Plaza Shopping Centre is at 1140 Albany Highway. On Saturday mornings the Manning Road Farmers Market runs at Hedley Park, on the corner of Manning Road and Dumond Street, from 7.15am to midday. It moved there in late 2024 and draws more than 3,500 visitors and about 80 stallholders each Saturday.
Parks and open space
Hedley Park is home to the Saturday farmers market. The Heartwood Bentley plan sets aside about 12 per cent of the site as public open space, with playgrounds and sports courts, and its first stage includes three new parks.
Getting around
Curtin Central Bus Station sits in the Exchange precinct on the Bentley campus. High frequency route 920 runs between Canning Bridge Station and Cannington Station by way of Curtin Central, route 960 links Curtin University with Perth and Mirrabooka, and route 930 runs along Albany Highway between Elizabeth Quay and Thornlie Station. During semester, the free curtinlink on-demand minibus covers Bentley, Technology Park, Waterford, Victoria Park and South Perth on weekdays.
Education
Bentley Primary School, a government school, is at 15 Hedley Street. Al-Hidayah Islamic School, a Kindergarten to Year 6 school, is on the corner of Hedley Street and Nyamup Way. Canning College on Marquis Street, which prepares local and international students for university entry, was established in 1982, taking over from Bentley Senior High School. Curtin University, which began as the Western Australian Institute of Technology in 1967, has its main campus in Bentley. Bentley Health Service at 18 to 56 Mills Street provides maternity, surgery, aged care, mental health and outpatient services, but has no emergency department.
What is coming
Heartwood Bentley covers 21 hectares of State-owned land and is planned for up to 1,000 homes, including terraces and apartments, with a target of one in seven homes as social housing and a 30 per cent tree canopy. The first stage of lots was due for release by the end of September 2025; later stages have not been dated.
The history of Bentley
How Bentley got its name and how it grew: read our Bentley history.
Our sales in Bentley
KPR has settled 11 sales in Bentley. Where a home has sold through us more than once, each sale is counted.
- 17 Isobel Street: 8 sales
- 16 Isobel Street: 1 sale
- 24 Gochean Avenue: 1 sale
- 27 Burton Street: 1 sale
Thinking of selling in this suburb?
KPR sells right across Perth. For a straight answer on what your property is worth, call the office on 08 6385 6800 or request a market appraisal.
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