Kensington
Kensington is a residential suburb south east of the city, with Canning Highway along its western side. Most of it is in the City of South Perth, but an eastern part, including Kent Street Senior High School and Kensington Bushland, is in the Town of Victoria Park. It is a suburb of family homes, school grounds and pocket parks, with a nine hectare bush reserve on its eastern side.
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The housing
Kensington took shape from the 1920s, so inter-war homes sit beside post-war houses and newer infill. Around Douglas Avenue and Moresby Street is an intact group of State Housing Commission homes from around 1950, with a row of shops built in 1950 and the Munda Court flats from 1955. The City of South Perth’s population forecast notes that Kensington’s larger homes give it a high share of family households, and identifies the Canning Highway corridor through Kensington as a renewal area.
Parks and open space
Kensington Bushland, off Baron-Hay Court, is nine hectares of remnant bushland recognised as a Bush Forever site and managed by the Town of Victoria Park. Bill McGrath Reserve has a playground, basketball and netball hoops and a barbecue in an open grassed area.
Getting around
Canning Highway runs along Kensington’s western side. Transperth route 33 runs between Elizabeth Quay and Curtin Central via Kensington, stopping at Technology Park Western Precinct, where the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions has its head office on Dick Perry Avenue. Check Transperth for current times.
Education
Kensington Primary School on Banksia Terrace has taught local children since 1926 and takes Pre-Primary to Year 6 students from its local intake area. Kent Street Senior High School, at 74 Rathay Street, has operated since 1940.
The history of Kensington
Two sources give different reasons for the name, and the bushland has been public land since 1912: read our Kensington history.
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