Wattleup, Western Australia
Wattleup | |||||||||||||
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The former townsite of Wattleup in 2011 | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 32°10′12″S 115°49′26″E / 32.170°S 115.824°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||
| City | Perth | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 11.4 km2 (4.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • 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
Until the end of the 2025 school year, a once a day bus service (route 534) operated on school days between Aubin Grove Station and Wattleup via Russell Road, Collis Road, and Lorimer Road. Upon this route's withdrawal ahead of the 2026 school year[10], only route 549 remains serving the western edge of the suburb.
Bus
- 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". Landgate. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ "February 1 Bus Service Changes". Transperth. Archived from the original on 21 January 2026. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ^ "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