| Wattleup Perth, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 443 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6166 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 11.4 km2 (4.4 sq mi)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Cockburn | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Cockburn | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Fremantle | ||||||||||||||
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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".[3][4] This was to involve the acquisition and demolition of the townsite, and its rezoning and redevelopment for industrial use.[5] The townsite of Wattleup was located at the western end of the suburb, at the intersection of Wattleup Road and Rockingham Road.[6] Wattleup had many market gardens in the past. They provided agricultural produce for the town of Fremantle.[7]
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.[8]
- ^ 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. 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". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
