Wattleup | |||||||||||||
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 The former townsite of Wattleup in 2011 | |||||||||||||
Interactive map of Wattleup | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 32°10′12″S 115°49′26″E / 32.170°S 115.824°E / -32.170; 115.824 | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||
| City | Perth | ||||||||||||
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| Area [3] | |||||||||||||
• Total | 11.4 km2 (4.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 443 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 6166 | ||||||||||||
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Wattleup is a southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Cockburn. In the mid-1990s to the early 2000s, planning was undertaken to redevelop the suburb as part of the Hope Valley-Wattleup Redevelopment Project, also known as "Latitude 32".[4][5] This was to involve the acquisition and demolition of the townsite, and its rezoning and redevelopment for industrial use.[6] The townsite of Wattleup was located at the western end of the suburb, at the intersection of Wattleup Road and Rockingham Road.[7] Wattleup had many market gardens in the past. They provided agricultural produce for the town of Fremantle.[8]
The suburb's name originates from Wattleup Road which dates back to 1931. The name of Wattleup was approved for the suburb in May 1962.[9]
Transport
Bus
- 534 Wattleup to Aubin Grove Station – serves Collis Road, Lorimer Road and Russell Road[10]
- 549 Fremantle Station to Rockingham Station – serves Rockingham Road[11]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wattleup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wattleup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "2016 Community Profiles: Wattleup (State Suburb)". 2016 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ "'A planning blight': Why this Kwinana suburb should never have been built". amp.watoday.com.au. 31 July 2018.
- ^ "Government of Western Australia Environmental Protection Agency, Hope Valley-Wattleup Redevelopment Project Master Plan". Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ^ "Improvement Plan 31: Wattleup and Hope Valley Townsites". June 1999. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ "Project Information - Planning & Development". DevelopmentWA - Shaping our State's future.
- ^ "Welcome to Wattleup: The 'Latitude 32' suburb the WA government forgot". amp.watoday.com.au. 2 July 2018.
- ^ "History of metropolitan suburb names – W". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ "Route 534". Bus Timetable 123 (PDF). Transperth. 22 August 2025 [effective from 13 October 2025].
- ^ "Route 549". Bus Timetable 125 (PDF). Transperth. 9 October 2024 [effective from 9 December 2024].
External links
Media related to Wattleup, Western Australia at Wikimedia Commons
