Attadale
Attadale lies on the Swan River foreshore in the City of Melville, on Canning Highway between Fremantle and Perth. It began in 1896 as the Attadale Town Site Estate and was subdivided for housing in the 1920s.
The housing
The 2021 Census counted 2,630 private dwellings in Attadale. Of the occupied ones, 74.9 per cent were separate houses, 20.3 per cent were semi-detached houses, townhouses or similar, and 4.5 per cent were flats or apartments. Two Norfolk Island pines planted on a street verge during the 1920s subdivision are still standing and are recorded on inHerit, the State’s heritage database.
Shops and cafes
Melville Plaza on Canning Highway is part of the Melville District Centre, a planning area centred on Canning Highway and Waddell Road that takes in parts of Attadale, Melville, Palmyra and Bicton.
Parks and open space
The City of Melville counts more than 40 hectares of parkland in Attadale, more than 13 per cent of the suburb. Attadale Reserve and Troy Park run along Burke Drive. Alfred Cove Nature Reserve is a bird sanctuary, and the water beside it is part of the Swan River Heritage Marine Park. Harry Sandon Park is about 10 acres of natural bushland, and Frawley Park is named after Edward Frawley, head teacher of Attadale Primary School from 1973 to 1987.
Getting around
Buses 148 and 158 run from Fremantle Station through Bicton and Attadale along Canning Highway, the 148 to Como and the 158 to Perth. Route 111, between Fremantle and Elizabeth Quay, stops on Wichmann Road at Galloway Street.
Education
Attadale Primary School on Wichmann Road is a public school from Kindergarten to Year 6. Mel Maria Catholic Primary School has its primary campus at 33 Davidson Road. Santa Maria College at 18 Stoneham Road, on the river, is a Catholic day and boarding school for girls from Year 5 to Year 12, founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1938.
What is coming
The Melville District Centre activity centre plan allows buildings of three to five storeys around Canning Highway and Waddell Road. It estimates about 550 dwellings in the centre by 2031 and aims for a new main street along Waddell Road north of Canning Highway over time.
The history of Attadale
How Attadale got its name and how it grew: read our Attadale history.
Our sales in Attadale
KPR has settled 3 sales in Attadale. Where a home has sold through us more than once, each sale is counted.
- 314 Preston Point Road: 3 sales
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