Wellard

Wellard is in the City of Kwinana, about 35 km south of Perth. It grew from a 1920s Peel Estate townsite into a suburb built around Wellard Station and The Village at Wellard.

The housing

Most of Wellard is detached houses, with a small share of townhouses and apartments. The older housing is in Homestead Ridge, an estate built on the old Wellard townsite in the 1980s. The Village at Wellard, a joint venture between the State housing agency and Peet that began in 2003, added newer streets around the station, with lots from about 300 square metres up to semi-rural blocks of 1,500 square metres.

Shops and cafes

Wellard Square at 1 The Strand sits beside Wellard Station. It is a main street centre with a Woolworths, specialty shops, medical services and food outlets, and its design won the Septimus Roe Award for Urban Design in 2015. Kwinana Marketplace on Chisham Avenue is the larger centre nearby.

Parks and open space

Wellard Oval on Wellard Road has a pavilion, and Wellard Park at the Wellard Road and Bertram Road roundabout has two playgrounds, one of them accessible. Linear Park off Abingdon Court has a stream and pond, and Bullrush Park on Irasburg Parade is a larger playground. Wellard Swamp, also called Bollard Bulrush Swamp, is on the City of Kwinana Heritage List. McWhirter Oval is next to Wellard Primary School.

Getting around

Wellard Station is on the Mandurah Line between Kwinana and Rockingham, with 287 parking bays, lifts and a bike shelter. Bus routes 541, 542 and 544 run between Wellard Station and Kwinana Station, and route 543 runs from Kwinana Station along Johnson Road and Bertram Road.

Education

Wellard Primary School opened in 2018, and Wellard Village Primary School on Brentford Parade took its first students in 2023. Peter Carnley Anglican Community School has its Wellard campus at 386 Wellard Road, and The King’s College, an independent Christian school, is at 170 Bertram Road.

What is coming

DevelopmentWA expects The Village at Wellard to have around 3,075 homes when it is complete.

The history of Wellard

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

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