Oldbury, Western Australia

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Oldbury
Perth,  Western Australia
Gossage Road in Oldbury, Western Australia, August 2022.jpg
Gossage Road in predominantly rural Oldbury in August 2022
Oldbury, Western Australia
Coordinates 32°15′47″S115°54′58″E / 32.263°S 115.916°E / -32.263; 115.916
Population296 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode(s) 6121
Area41.1 km2 (15.9 sq mi) [2]
LGA(s) Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale
State electorate(s) Darling Range
Federal division(s) Canning
Suburbs around Oldbury:
Casuarina Oakford Oakford
Wellard Oldbury Cardup
Baldivis Mardella Mundijong

Oldbury is a district to the south of Perth, Western Australia, within the Peel region. It has no central township, and lies west of the South Western Highway, close to Byford and Mundijong. Part of the Pinjarra Plain, the district is a productive environment featuring dairy and rural engagements, although consisting of sandy soils and largely felled. The area was part of the Group Settlement Scheme, being established in 1922 as Group 35, [3] along with the drainage scheme that contributed to the Peel Estuary environmental task and the consequent Dawesville Cut. Oldbury is part of a major realigning process in the Perth metro area, as divisions of regional land and urban districts develop, boundaries maintained since European settlement. It was established as a locality name on 1 May 1997. [3]

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References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Oldbury (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "2021 Community Profiles: Oldbury (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 23 July 2022. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. 1 2 "History of metropolitan suburb names – O". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2021.

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