Karnup, Western Australia
Karnup | |||||||||||||
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Winery in the predominantly rural suburb of Karnup | |||||||||||||
Interactive map of Karnup | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 32°22′05″S 115°49′37″E / 32.368°S 115.827°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||
| City | Perth | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 32.2 km2 (12.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 2,096 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 6176 | ||||||||||||
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Karnup is an outer southern suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, located within the City of Rockingham. It is named after the Karnup townsite, which was declared in 1924 and which, in turn, took its name from an Indigenous name of unknown meaning.[4]
Transport
Bus
- 574 Lakelands Station to Warnbro Station – serves Mandurah Road[5]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Karnup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Karnup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "2016 Community Profiles: Karnup (State Suburb)". 2016 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ "History of metropolitan suburb names – K". Landgate. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Route 574". Bus Timetable 131 (PDF). Transperth. 17 June 2025 [effective from 20 July 2025].