Coolbellup
Coolbellup is in the City of Cockburn, about 15 kilometres south-west of the Perth CBD. It was planned by the State Housing Commission on land it took over in 1954, and most of it was built in the 1960s.
The housing
Most of the original houses are brick, built by the State Housing Commission from about 1964, with some blocks of flats among them. The 2021 Census counted 2,896 private dwellings. Of the occupied ones, 73.3 per cent were separate houses, 12.7 per cent were semi-detached, terrace or townhouses and 14.0 per cent were flats or apartments. The City of Cockburn changed residential density codings in 2015 under its Coolbellup Revitalisation Strategy, which was adopted in 2014.
Shops and cafes
Coolbellup Village Shopping Centre opened in December 2018 with a Woolworths supermarket and five specialty shops. Coolbellup Library is at 90 Cordelia Avenue, inside the Coolbellup Community Hub, and is open six days a week.
Parks and open space
Len Packham Reserve has playing fields and tennis courts, which Coolbellup Community School uses under an agreement with the City of Cockburn. Tempest Park sits beside Coolbellup Avenue. North Lake, the lake that gave the suburb its name, lies just to the east.
Getting around
Bus routes 511, 512 and 513 run between Fremantle Station and Murdoch Station, all with a timed stop at the Coolbellup shopping centre. Route 115 links Hamilton Hill with Elizabeth Quay Bus Station by way of Booragoon Bus Station, with a timed stop at Waverley Road and Mamillius Street.
Education
Coolbellup Community School opened in 2007 at a cost of $7.6 million, replacing North Lake, Coolbellup and Koorilla primary schools and the Koorilla Education Support Centre. The site also holds the Coolbellup Learning Centre and a dental therapy centre.
What is coming
The Coolbellup Town Centre Local Structure Plan, approved by the Western Australian Planning Commission in 2016, allows R80 residential development alongside commercial and retail space and a central pedestrian boulevard. In March 2024 the Commission extended the plan, which the City says will expire on 19 October 2027 unless it is extended again.
The history of Coolbellup
How Coolbellup got its name and how it grew: read our Coolbellup history.
Our sales in Coolbellup
KPR has settled 2 sales in Coolbellup. Where a home has sold through us more than once, each sale is counted.
- 15 Rosalind Way: 2 sales
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