Bassendean
Bassendean sits on the west bank of the Swan River, across from Guildford, and gives its name to the Town of Bassendean. It was laid out as West Guildford in the early 1830s and took its present name in 1922.
The housing
The 2021 Census counted 4,984 private dwellings in Bassendean. Of the occupied ones, 74.9 per cent were separate houses, 19.0 per cent were semi-detached houses or townhouses and 6.0 per cent were flats or apartments. The Town has five heritage areas. Devon Road, part of the Bindaring Estate subdivided in 1897, and Kenny Street, on the early 1900s Tanner’s Estate, have Federation and inter-war houses, with weatherboard, red brick and fibre cement among the materials. Nurstead Avenue has Federation and inter-war houses followed by modest post-war ones, and the Earlsferry area is centred on a large house from about 1902 near the river.
Shops and cafes
Old Perth Road runs from Bassendean Station and is a heritage area of mostly brick shops from the 1910s to the 1950s. Its two-storey landmarks include the Padbury Buildings and the Bassendean Hotel, which opened in 1930. Bassendean Shopping Centre has parking off Guildford Road, Old Perth Road, West Road and Whitfield Street, with a Coles supermarket and about 40 other shops.
Parks and open space
Success Hill Reserve overlooks the Swan River and was a meeting place for Noongar groups long before settlement. The Bassendean Improvement Committee reserve on Whitfield Street was built by sustenance workers during the Depression and holds the town’s war memorial. Bassendean Oval on Old Perth Road, home ground of the Swan Districts Football Club, has an entrance gate from 1929 and is on the State Register of Heritage Places.
Getting around
Bassendean Station is on the Midland Line and has 469 parking bays. The line also stops at Success Hill Station, which opened in 1960. Buses 45 and 46 link Bassendean with Bayswater Station. Guildford Road runs through the suburb.
Education
Bassendean Primary School at 70 West Road opened in October 1906 as West Guildford Primary School and took the Bassendean name in 1922. Anzac Terrace Primary School is at 176 Anzac Terrace. St Michael’s School, a Catholic primary school on James Street, teaches Pre-primary to Year 6.
What is coming
In December 2024 the Town endorsed a revised concept master plan for the Bassendean Oval precinct, and in May 2026 it appointed a lead architect to take the project to schematic design. The State Government has committed $500,000 to the project. The Town is also restoring the river foreshore under the Ashfield Flats master plan, with on-ground work on the Sandy Beach foreshore listed for spring 2026 and completion of the restoration plan listed for spring 2027.
The history of Bassendean
How Bassendean got its name and how it grew: read our Bassendean history.
Our sales in Bassendean
KPR has settled 4 sales in Bassendean. Where a home has sold through us more than once, each sale is counted.
- 26 Ivanhoe Street: 2 sales
- 45 Cyril Street: 1 sale
- Dyer Road: 1 sale
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