Shelley
Shelley is about 14 km south-east of Perth on the southern shore of the Canning River, in the City of Canning. It was part of Riverton until it was approved as a separate suburb in the mid 1960s, after the Shire of Canning reclaimed and resurveyed the river frontage from 1960.
The housing
The 2021 Census counted 1,852 private dwellings in Shelley. Of the occupied ones, 78.3 per cent were separate houses and 21.2 per cent were semi-detached, row or terrace houses and townhouses, with almost no apartments. The Shire of Canning’s reclamation scheme of the 1960s gave access to 80 river-frontage lots between Zenith Street and Fifth Avenue.
Parks and open space
The Shelley and Rossmoyne Foreshore Park runs along Riverton Drive West and Riverton Drive North, about 9 km of foreshore with native bushland, play equipment, shelters, dual-height barbecues and an accessible toilet. The Canning River Regional Park extends upstream from the Shelley Bridge. Shelley Reserve on Koolan Drive and Bernier Road has a cricket pitch and nets, a netball court, change rooms and a dog exercise area, and smaller parks include Aldam, Rob Bruce, Verton, Vesta and Zenith parks.
Getting around
Bus route 178 runs between Perth and Bull Creek Station by way of Albany Highway, Shelley and Rossmoyne, and some trips end at Corbel Street near Tudor Avenue in Shelley.
Education
Shelley Primary School, for Kindergarten to Year 6, is at 30 Monota Avenue.
The history of Shelley
How Shelley got its name and how it grew: read our Shelley history.
Our sales in Shelley
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- 1 Tricia Court: 1 sale
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