Lathlain
Lathlain is an inner suburb in the Town of Victoria Park, about five kilometres from the Perth CBD, formed from parts of Victoria Park and Rivervale and named in 1981. It takes its name from Lathlain Park, ground of the Perth Football Club since 1959 and site of the West Coast Eagles’ headquarters since 2019.
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The housing
The 2021 Census counted 1,657 private dwellings in Lathlain. Of the occupied ones, 77.8 per cent were separate houses, 9.2 per cent were semi-detached, row or terrace houses and townhouses, and 13.1 per cent were flats or apartments. The Town’s review of its Local Heritage Survey lists three Lathlain places, among them Willowdene at 14 Cookham Road.
Shops and cafes
Mineral Resources Park at Lathlain Park has the West Coast Eagles merchandise store and the Next Cup cafe, and the Perth Football Club runs the Lathlain Function Centre, which has oval views and a licensed bar.
Parks and open space
Lathlain Park has two AFL-sized ovals. Its community oval is used by the West Coast Eagles and the Perth Demons, and the public can use it outside club and maintenance times. Lathlain Primary School describes the Swan River parklands and Burswood Park as within walking distance.
Getting around
High frequency bus route 940 runs along Great Eastern Highway between Perth and Redcliffe Station every 15 minutes or better for most of the day, and lists Lathlain among the suburbs it serves, as does the timetable for routes 37 to 39 through Belmont. Lathlain had its own railway station from 1958 until 2003. A new Victoria Park Station on the Armadale Line opened in August 2008.
Education
Lathlain Primary School, an Independent Public School for Kindergarten to Year 6, is at 120 Howick Street on the corner of Keyes Street. It opened in 1956.
The history of Lathlain
How Lathlain got its name and how it grew: read our Lathlain history.
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