Cooloongup

Cooloongup is a residential suburb in the City of Rockingham, named after Lake Cooloongup, a salt lake in the district. Rockingham General Hospital is on Elanora Drive, and the lake and its bushland are part of Rockingham Lakes Regional Park.

The housing

Cooloongup is mostly detached houses, with a smaller share of townhouses and semi-detached houses and very few flats.

Shops and cafes

Local services include pharmacies on Elanora Drive and Grange Drive. For a bigger shop, Rockingham Centre on Council Avenue in neighbouring Rockingham has Kmart, Target, Woolworths and Coles.

Parks and open space

Lake Cooloongup is part of Rockingham Lakes Regional Park, which also takes in Lake Walyungup, Lake Richmond and the Port Kennedy Scientific Park. Dogs are not allowed in the park’s wetlands. Rockingham Golf Club is on Elanora Drive.

Getting around

Several bus routes run through Cooloongup to Rockingham Station on the Mandurah Line. Route 556 runs between Rockingham Station and Rockingham General Hospital, and routes 557 to 559 link Rockingham Station with Warnbro Station.

Education

Cooloongup Primary School and East Waikiki Primary School on Gibb Road are both government primary schools in the suburb, teaching kindergarten to Year 6.

The history of Cooloongup

How Cooloongup got its name and how it grew: read our Cooloongup history.

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