Whitby, Western Australia

Whitby
Suburb
The heritage listed Whitby Falls Coach House
Interactive map of Whitby
Coordinates: 32°17′24″S116°00′47″E / 32.290°S 116.013°E / -32.290; 116.013
Country	Australia
State	Western Australia
City	Perth
LGA	Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale
Established	November 1988
Government
•  State electorate	Darling Range
•  Federal division	Canning
Area [1]
• Total	16.8 km2 (6.5 sq mi)
Population
• Total	1,005 (SAL 2021) [2]
Postcode	6123
Suburbs around Whitby Cardup Cardup Karrakup Mundijong Whitby Karrakup Mundijong Jarrahdale Karrakup

Whitby is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located near the South Western Highway in the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale.

It is named after the nearby Whitby Falls, with the name approved for the locality in November 1988. ^[3] Whitby Falls had previously been called in Noongar as Mundajill, but was renamed by settler Henry Mead in 1848, who bought property in the area for farming as the Whitby Falls estate. ^[4] The land was subsequently bought by the government of Western Australia in 1897 and turned into the Whitby Falls Hospital for the mentally-ill. ^[5] The hospital closed in 2006 as the longest operating facility in Western Australia for the care and treatment of mental illness. ^[6]

Transport

Bus

•    259 Mundijong to Byford Station – serves Tinspar Avenue ^[7]
•    262 Jarrahdale to Byford Station – serves Tinspar Avenue ^[8]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "2021 Community Profiles: Whitby (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Whitby (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
3. "History of metropolitan suburb names – W". Landgate. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
4. "Whitby Falls Farm | Murdoch University". MU - Explore. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
5. "Mental Health Patients". Dead Reckoning. State Library of Western Australia. 15 September 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
6. "Register of Heritage Places – Permanent Entry" (PDF). Whitby Falls Hostel. Heritage Council of Western Australia. 16 May 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
7. "Route 259". Bus Timetable 27 (PDF). Transperth. 22 August 2025 [effective from 13 October 2025].
8. "Route 262". Bus Timetable 27 (PDF). Transperth. 22 August 2025 [effective from 13 October 2025].