Suburb Profiles

Short guides to suburbs across Perth, written by our own team rather than pulled from a data feed. We are adding suburbs as we go, so this list keeps growing. Each profile links to the history of its suburb, and you can read them all on our suburb history page.

• Applecross. Swan River frontage, the Ardross Street village and a station at Canning Bridge.
• Attadale. Riverside suburb on Alfred Cove, named in 1896 after a village on Loch Carron.
• Balcatta. Family housing on generous blocks with commercial and retail close at hand.
• Baldivis. Former Group Settlement district beside the Kwinana Freeway, now a large residential suburb.
• Balga. 1960s State Housing suburb named after the grass tree, with a TAFE trades campus.
• Ballajura. Lake-dotted suburb on a former cattle farm, now beside Ballajura Station.
• Bassendean. River suburb, renamed from West Guildford in 1922, on the Midland Line.
• Bayswater. River frontage, the King William Street village and a well connected station.
• Beckenham. A quiet south eastern suburb with parkland, the Canning River and a station.
• Bedford. Beaufort Street suburb that began as the 1937 Bedford Park townsite, with the Grand Promenade shops.
• Bedfordale. Darling Range suburb on Albany Highway, home to the Churchman Brook and Wungong dams.
• Bentley. Albany Highway suburb with Curtin University, a hospital and the new Heartwood estate.
• Bertram. Newer Kwinana suburb of detached houses off Johnson Road.
• Burswood. River peninsula with Optus Stadium, Crown Perth and new apartment estates.
• Byford. Brickworks town under the Darling Scarp, now the end of the Armadale Line.
• Calista. A 1950s Kwinana neighbourhood beside the town centre and Calista Oval.
• Cannington. Canning’s oldest suburb, on Albany Highway, with Westfield Carousel and Cannington Station.
• Cardup. Semi-rural land and brickworks between Byford and Mundijong.
• Casuarina. Semi-rural Kwinana suburb of larger lots, and the site of Casuarina Prison.
• Churchlands. Large modern houses, Herdsman Lake and a well regarded school catchment.
• Claremont. Freshwater Bay suburb with Bay View Terrace, Claremont Quarter and two train lines.
• Cloverdale. Accessible family housing minutes from the airport and the river.
• Como. River frontage, the Preston Street strip and quick access to the city and Curtin.
• Connolly. Suburb next to Joondalup, laid out around a golf course on old quarry land.
• Coolbellup. Planned 1960s suburb west of North Lake in the City of Cockburn.
• Coolbinia. Garden suburb of brick houses and small parks, named in 1953.
• Cooloongup. Residential suburb named after Lake Cooloongup, with Rockingham General Hospital.
• Cottesloe. Ocean suburb west of the city, named in 1886 after Baron Cottesloe.
• Craigie. Former Whitfords Estate suburb, named in 1970 for an early Wanneroo councillor.
• Crawley. The university suburb, on the river between Kings Park and Matilda Bay.
• Daglish. Inter-war garden suburb around Daglish Station, classified by the National Trust.
• Dalkeith. One of Perth’s premier riverside addresses, with the Waratah Avenue village at its centre.
• Darling Downs. Large lots on old Wungong Farm land between Byford and Wungong.
• Dianella. Generous family blocks, mature streets and a strong local shopping centre.
• Doubleview. Post-war suburb named for its views west to the ocean and east to the hills.
• East Perth. Riverside apartments around Claisebrook Cove, with the CBD, Optus Stadium and Queens Gardens all close.
• East Rockingham. Mostly industrial land east of Rockingham, with the district’s oldest settler buildings.
• East Victoria Park. The Albany Highway eating strip, character houses and easy access to the city and Curtin.
• Embleton. State Housing suburb built between 1959 and 1963, beside Morley Station and Bayswater Waves.
• Erskine. Peel Inlet suburb south of Halls Head, beside Len Howard Conservation Park.
• Girrawheen. 1970s suburb in the City of Wanneroo, planned alongside neighbouring Koondoola.
• Glendalough. Units and post-war houses between Galup and Herdsman Lake, with a station on the Yanchep Line.
• Golden Bay. Coastal suburb south of Rockingham, home to the Peelhurst ruins.
• Gosnells. Canning River town centre on Albany Highway and the Armadale Line.
• Greenwood. Former Greenwood Forest estate, with Greenwood Station on the Mitchell Freeway.
• Guildford. 1829 river town on the Swan and Helena, now a State-registered historic town.
• Gwelup. Former market garden district beside Lake Gwelup, built up from the 1970s.
• Hamilton Hill. Suburb 5 km south of Fremantle, home of Manning Park and the Azelia Ley Homestead.
• High Wycombe. Suburb that grew from the 1960s, now the end of the Airport Line.
• Highgate. Hyde Park at one end, Beaufort Street through the middle, and character houses on quiet streets between.
• Hilton. Garden suburb laid out by the State Housing Commission after the Second World War.
• Hopeland. Rural farming locality west of Serpentine with Group Settlement roots.
• Huntingdale. A quiet family suburb in the south east with parks and generous blocks.
• Inglewood. Beaufort Street suburb of Federation and inter-war bungalows beside Mount Lawley.
• Jarrahdale. Former timber mill town in the Darling Range jarrah forest, classified by the National Trust.
• Jolimont. Small 1891 subdivision between Subiaco and Wembley, split across two councils.
• Joondanna. Post-war houses, townhouses and villas in a quiet inner north suburb.
• Karnup. Rural locality on Mandurah Road with a station and new housing in planning.
• Karrakup. Forest and farmland east of Byford, named after the Noongar word for a cockatoo.
• Kensington. Family suburb south east of the city, with Kensington Bushland and two councils.
• Kiara. Small suburb named after the Aboriginal word for white cockatoo, beside Lockridge.
• Kingsley. Lakeside suburb with a 1929 winery, a 1970s drive-in and Shepherds Bush bushland.
• Kwinana Beach. Industrial coastal locality on Cockburn Sound, home to Wells Park and the SS Kwinana wreck.
• Kwinana Town Centre. The City of Kwinana’s shopping, civic and transport centre.
• Lathlain. Inner east suburb built around Lathlain Park, about five kilometres from the city.
• Leda. Houses beside Leda Nature Reserve, with Sloan’s Cottage and Mead Homestead.
• Leederville. The Oxford Street village, character houses and townhouses, and a station minutes from the city.
• Lynwood. 1960s garden suburb in the City of Canning, along Bannister Creek.
• Maida Vale. Kalamunda Road suburb with orchard roots, named at a public meeting in 1910.
• Manning. 1948 State Housing Commission estate south of Manning Road, with the Manning Community Hub.
• Mardella. Farming locality between Mundijong and Serpentine, home to the historic Lowlands homestead.
• Maylands. A Swan River peninsula suburb with art deco apartments, a village cafe strip and riverside parkland.
• Medina. The first neighbourhood of the 1950s Kwinana new town, planned by Margaret Feilman.
• Menora. Garden suburb named in 1954 after a Walcott Street picture theatre, mostly in a heritage protection area.
• Merriwa. Outer northern suburb off Marmion Avenue, with buses to Clarkson and Butler.
• Midland. A major transport and services hub at the gateway to the Swan Valley.
• Mindarie. Coastal suburb with Mindarie Marina, Cooper’s Lime Kilns and Catalina Beach.
• Morley. Generous family blocks, the Galleria, and a suburb reshaped by the new Ellenbrook train line.
• Mount Hawthorn. Inter-war character houses, the Scarborough Beach Road village and an easy run into the city.
• Mount Lawley. Character houses, tree-lined streets and the Beaufort Street strip, in one of Perth’s most established inner suburbs.
• Nedlands. Tramway-era suburb on Stirling Highway that takes in the QEII Medical Centre.
• Nollamara. State Housing Commission suburb of the 1950s, named after the kangaroo paw.
• Noranda. 1970s council-planned suburb beside Lightning Swamp, with a station on the Ellenbrook Line.
• North Perth. Character cottages, the Angove Street village and an easy run into the city.
• Northbridge. Perth’s dining and cultural quarter, with the Cultural Centre and apartment living on the CBD’s doorstep.
• Oakford. Rural and rural living district west of Byford, with the Tonkin Highway extension under way.
• Oldbury. Farm district west of Mundijong and Cardup with Group Settlement origins.
• Orelia. A Kwinana neighbourhood north of the town centre, home to Gilmore College.
• Osborne Park. A major commercial hub with housing alongside and Herdsman Lake on the doorstep.
• Parmelia. A Kwinana neighbourhood east of the town centre, near Kwinana Station.
• Peppermint Grove. WA’s smallest shire, on Freshwater Bay, named after its peppermint trees.
• Perth. City living in the 6000 postcode, with the river, Kings Park and every transport line on the doorstep.
• Port Kennedy. Coastal suburb at the south of Warnbro Sound, beside the Port Kennedy Scientific Park.
• Postans. A mostly non-residential Kwinana locality beside The Spectacles wetlands.
• Rivervale. Swan River suburb on Great Eastern Highway, once called Barndon Hill, then Burswood.
• Salter Point. Canning River peninsula suburb, home to Aquinas College and the Mount Henry bushland.
• Scarborough. Beach suburb with a redeveloped foreshore and an ocean-side pool.
• Shelley. Canning River suburb built partly on land reclaimed from the river.
• Shenton Park. Federation and inter-war character, Lake Jualbup, and two train lines at the station.
• South Fremantle. Coastal suburb on South Terrace, home of South Beach and old racing stables.
• South Perth. River frontage, the ferry to the city, Perth Zoo and one of the best skyline outlooks in Perth.
• Spearwood. Old market garden country on Rockingham Road, now Cockburn’s civic centre.
• St James. Post-war suburb named in 1957, shared by the City of Canning and Town of Victoria Park.
• Stirling. Suburb named after Governor Stirling, built from 1978 around the civic centre and station.
• Subiaco. Rokeby Road, character houses on leafy streets, and a train straight into the city.
• The Spectacles. A Kwinana locality that is almost entirely wetland reserve in Beeliar Regional Park.
• Tuart Hill. An affordable inner north suburb with good blocks and quick access to the city.
• Two Rocks. Marina suburb from the 1970s Yanchep Sun City plan, with the King Neptune statue and a State-registered heritage precinct.
• Upper Swan. Farms and old vineyard land on Great Northern Highway, plus the Clementine estate.
• Victoria Park. Albany Highway suburb across the Causeway, with Federation and inter-war houses.
• Warnbro. Coastal suburb on Warnbro Sound with a Mandurah Line station.
• Wellard. Mandurah Line suburb with Wellard Square beside the station.
• Wembley. Established houses, the Cambridge Street strip and lakes on both sides, halfway between the city and the coast.
• West Leederville. Character houses, the Cambridge Street strip and a station on the doorstep.
• West Perth. Kings Park on one side, the CBD on the other, and apartments between the two.
• Westminster. Former southern Balga, named after the Westminster Estate that first divided the land.
• Woodlands. 1960s suburb around Jackadder Lake, its streets named after trees.
• Wungong. Brook-side locality between Armadale and Byford, partly inside the Wungong Urban project.
• Yanchep. Northern end of the Yanchep train line, with Yanchep National Park and its heritage-listed inn.
• Yokine. Post-war houses, villas and units around a golf course and Yokine Reserve.

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