Balga
Balga is one of Perth’s northern suburbs, in the City of Stirling. Its streets were laid out from 1959 and most of its houses went up between 1964 and 1970, on land the State Housing Commission resumed for a planned satellite city at Mirrabooka.
The housing
The City of Stirling describes Balga as mostly single-storey brick and tile houses on lots averaging about 700 square metres, with some grouped dwellings and flats. At the 2021 Census there were 6,290 private dwellings: 67.4 per cent of occupied dwellings were separate houses, 29.1 per cent were semi-detached, row or terrace houses or townhouses, and 3.3 per cent were flats or apartments.
Shops and cafes
Balga has two local shopping centres. Fieldgate Square is on the western edge of the suburb and Westminster Plaza is near the middle of the suburb. The Square Mirrabooka, with Woolworths, Coles, BIG W and Kmart, handles larger shopping.
Parks and open space
Princess Wallington Reserve is the largest reserve, with an aquatic centre, tennis courts and cricket and soccer clubs. In 2025/26 the City installed LED floodlighting covering four soccer fields. Fletching Climping Reserve is recognised as a locally significant natural area, and other parks include Heritage Park, Celebration Park, Bina Parkland and Dog Park, and Barry Britton Reserve. The City counts 26 local and six district open spaces, and Balga’s skate park hosts an annual Balga Skate Park Festival.
Getting around
Balga is served by buses. High frequency route 975 runs between Bayswater Station and Warwick Station by way of Galleria Bus Station and Mirrabooka Bus Station, every 15 minutes or better for most of the day, and lists Balga among the suburbs it serves. Route 970 between Perth and Landsdale, by way of Flinders Street and Mirrabooka Bus Station, also serves Balga.
Education
Balga Senior High School at 2 Markham Way teaches Years 7 to 12 and opened in 1970. Primary schools include Balga Primary School on Fernhurst Crescent, Warriapendi Primary School, North Balga Primary School and Majella Catholic Primary School, and Gladys Newton School is also in the suburb. North Metropolitan TAFE’s Balga campus at 18 Loxwood Road focuses on building and construction trades; its $51.1 million Construction Skills Innovation Hub opened in December 2024, replacing 22 transportable classrooms.
The history of Balga
How Balga got its name and how it grew: read our Balga history.
Our sales in Balga
KPR has settled 9 sales in Balga. Where a home has sold through us more than once, each sale is counted.
- Keemore Way: 2 sales
- Walderton Avenue: 2 sales
- Balney Place: 1 sale
- Culloton Crescent: 1 sale
- Dallington Crescent: 1 sale
- Fenwick Street: 1 sale
- Mercer Way: 1 sale
Thinking of selling in this suburb?
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