Kiara
Kiara is a small City of Swan suburb, part of the City’s Altone local area along with Beechboro, Bennett Springs, Lockridge and parts of Caversham and Whiteman. Landgate records it as formerly part of Lockridge, named in 1990 after an Aboriginal word for the white cockatoo.
The housing
The City of Swan describes housing in the area as mostly detached single houses from the mid to late twentieth century on moderate-sized lots, and expects future growth in Kiara, Beechboro and Lockridge to come mainly from infill. At the 2021 Census Kiara had 734 private dwellings, and 88.7 per cent of occupied dwellings were separate houses, 11.3 per cent semi-detached, row or terrace houses or townhouses, and none were flats or apartments.
Shops and cafes
The City of Swan’s shopping centre map for the Altone area shows a Kiara Shopping Centre.
Getting around
Kiara is served by buses rather than trains. Routes 355 and 356 run from Galleria Bus Station through Bassendean Station, with 355 continuing along Altone Road to Whiteman Park Station and 356 ending at Ballajura Station, and route 357 links Bassendean Station with Whiteman Park Station. Routes 353 and 354 run between Galleria Bus Station, Morley Station and Ballajura Station. Several of these routes have school-day trips that detour via Kiara College. The City of Swan says Ballajura Station on the Morley-Ellenbrook Line, in neighbouring Whiteman, gives better public transport connections to Bennett Springs, Beechboro and surrounding suburbs.
Education
Kiara College, a secondary college, is at 368 Benara Road. Good Shepherd Catholic School is also listed by the City of Swan among the area’s schools.
Community services
A new Kiara Police Station has opened, replacing the old Lockridge Police Station.
The history of Kiara
How Kiara got its name and how it grew: read our Kiara history.
Our sales in Kiara
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- Hamlyn Glen: 1 sale
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