Warnbro, Western Australia

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Warnbro
Perth,  Western Australia
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View from the foreshore, looking north
Warnbro, Western Australia
Coordinates 32°20′24″S115°44′49″E / 32.340°S 115.747°E / -32.340; 115.747
Population10,828 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode(s) 6169
Area13.9 km2 (5.4 sq mi) [2]
Location56 km (35 mi) from Perth
LGA(s) City of Rockingham
State electorate(s) Warnbro
Federal division(s) Brand
Suburbs around Warnbro:
Waikiki Baldivis
Warnbro Baldivis
Port Kennedy Baldivis

Warnbro is a southern outer suburb of Perth, the capital of Western Australia, located on Warnbro Sound within the City of Rockingham. It adjoins Port Kennedy which combines residential with retail and light-industrial land use. The suburb, which is named after Warnbro Sound, was gazetted on 5 April 1974. [3]

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Secondary schools are the Warnbro Community High School which has about 1,600 students, and Living Waters Lutheran College, one of two Lutheran schools in Western Australia. The suburb has sporting facilities including "Aqua Jetty", a multi-purpose recreation facility with Olympic-sized swimming pools and a large gymnasium. The Vicinity Centres Warnbro Fair Shopping Centre includes supermarkets together with a wide range of specialty retailers and fast-food outlets.

Notable residents

Public transport

Warnbro railway station on the Perth-Mandurah line is served by a network of feeder bus services which also link the suburb with Rockingham.

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References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Warnbro (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "2016 Community Profiles: Warnbro (State Suburb)". 2016 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 26 November 2021. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. ↑ "History of metropolitan suburb names – W". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2021.


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