37-766: Neerabup National Park is a national park in the City of Wanneroo in Western Australia , situated approximately 27 kilometres (17 mi) north of Perth . The park is found to the west of Wanneroo Road and is a long thin strip of bushland that is about 12 km (7.5 mi) in length. It contains no car parks and roads or any other facilities and attracts no entrance fee. The area protects part of an ancient Indigenous Australian migration route between Lake Joondalup and Loch McNess (in Yanchep National Park ). This later became are well used stock route and then part of
74-466: A Retail Shopping Policy was developed by MRPA in 1976, and a Perth Metropolitan Region Retail Structure Plan was put in place to regulate the industry. This Plan was amended as new centres were required. A review of the Corridor Plan in 1987 found that the sub-regional centres had failed to adequately compete against the regional shopping centres in the middle-distance suburbs. Most of the land in
111-533: A 25-minute journey - and northbound to the terminus of the line at Yanchep railway station . For a few months in early 1993, Joondalup was the terminus of the railway line, and until the extension of the line to Yanchep on 14 July 2024, the line was known as the Joondalup line. There are two types of bus services in the suburb. A free service, the Central Area Transit (routes 10 (Red) and 11 (Blue)), travel
148-604: A circular route around Joondalup's central area, including Joondalup Health Campus, Edith Cowan University , North Metropolitan TAFE and Joondalup CBD. Route 13 (Yellow CAT) also operates during the ECU school term in the evenings Monday to Thursday, serving exclusive stops on the campus. The rest of the suburb is serviced by normal, fare-paying services departing from the Joondalup Railway Station. Routes 390, 391, 467, 468, 471, 473 and 474 operate along Grand Boulevard through
185-486: A location in Western Australia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . City of Wanneroo The City of Wanneroo is a local government area with city status in the northern suburbs of Perth , Western Australia. It is centred approximately 25 kilometres (15.5 mi) north of Perth's central business district and forms part of the northern boundary of the Perth metropolitan area . Wanneroo encompasses
222-589: A major public hospital, Joondalup Health Campus , which serves as the main health facility for most of Perth's northern suburbs, as far north as Two Rocks . It is often cited as one of the busiest, if not the busiest hospital in Australia due to it being the only major public hospital in the northern suburbs of Perth. Joondalup Private Hospital is also incorporated into the public Health Campus, and both facilities are owned and operated by Ramsay Health Care . The Joondalup region's primary potable water supply comes from
259-561: A report by the Local Government Advisory Committee, the City of Wanneroo was bifurcated. The southwestern section, encompassing the urban centre of Joondalup , was separately incorporated as the new City of Joondalup . The remainder, including the inland suburbs east of Lake Joondalup and the coastal suburbs north of Burns Beach , formed a reduced Shire of Wanneroo , which quickly regained City status on 1 July 1999. As this
296-519: A shopping and retail area lined with townhouses and apartments. Lakeside Joondalup is located adjacent to the Joondalup railway station and backs onto Grand Boulevard. Joondalup is home to the Joondalup Festival, an annual event that takes place in the CBD featuring markets, music, fashion, street arts, fairground rides and street parades. The festival is free-of-charge and attracts people from all over
333-552: Is a suburb of Perth , Western Australia, approximately 26 kilometres (16 mi) north of Perth's central business district . It contains the central business district of the regional City of Joondalup and acts as the primary urban centre of Perth's outer northern suburbs. During the latter part of the 1960s, the Metropolitan Regional Planning Authority developed the Corridor Plan for Perth which
370-654: Is also roughly 10 km from Joondalup , Perth's largest satellite city north of the Swan River . Prior to 1902, Wanneroo was part of the Perth Road District , which eventually went on to become the City of Stirling . The Wanneroo Road District was established on 31 October 1902 under the Roads Act 1888 . The board was named after the Wanneroo wetlands in the area, first explored and recorded by John Butler in 1834. With
407-564: Is known as the Joondalup Learning Precinct. The North Metropolitan TAFE has a campus in Joondalup providing state government education to meet the demands of students wanting to enter the workforce with up-to-date, industry-specific, practical skills. It was previously called the West Coast Institute of Training . Edith Cowan University has a major campus based in the suburb. It offers graduate and post graduate degrees on
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#1732883837816444-560: Is located alongside Lake Joondalup and wetlands which stretches out between Burns Beach Road to the north and Ocean Reef Road to the south. These wetlands provide refuge for migratory birds. Joondalup's coastal front consists of Burns Beach in the north and Beaumaris Beach in Ocean Reef, running onto the Ocean Reef Boat Harbour in the south. Joondalup is home to ECU Joondalup SC , Joondalup United FC and Sorrento FC who play in
481-450: The Division of Moore and is currently represented by Ian Goodenough . The Western Australia Police Force has a police station based in Joondalup. The WA Magistrates Court has a metropolitan court based in Joondalup that deals with both criminal offences and civil claims for debt or damages and non-offences. Joondalup's central business district, centred on Grand Boulevard, is largely
518-542: The National Premier Leagues which is Australia 's second tier association football league. Sorrento FC is one of Joondalup's most successful clubs and their derbies with ECU Joondalup are always eagerly anticipated. Arena Joondalup , (also known commercially as HBF Arena) located northwest of Lakeside Shopping Centre , is the home venue of West Perth Football Club and Wanneroo Basketball Association . The Arena also hosts music events and festivals during
555-629: The Tonkin Highway and when completed, the Brand Highway and Great Northern Highway. The Joondalup train station and bus interchange is located next to and connected to Lakeside Joondalup Shopping City and is served by Transperth 's Yanchep line . The railway line diverges off the alignment in the median of the Mitchell Freeway to serve the station. Trains run southbound to the Perth CBD -
592-569: The Yanchep line . The Wanneroo City Council operates out of the Council Chambers on Dundebar Road, Wanneroo. The current mayor is Linda Aitken, who was elected in September 2022. Elections are held every four years, for a mayor and 14 councillors across the city's seven electoral wards, covering 36 suburbs. Two councillors are elected to each of the wards. Wanneroo has three sister cities . It
629-424: The federal divisions of Cowan , Moore and Pearce . The city's main commercial and residential town centres are located at Wanneroo in the east and Clarkson in the north. Further urban centres are planned at Alkimos , Yanchep and Two Rocks in the future to coincide with rapid metropolitan expansion and development in the area. It is also home to the Yanchep and Neerabup National Parks , as well as
666-568: The most recent Australian census : The City of Wanneroo is served by two major north–south arterial roads, Wanneroo Road and Marmion Avenue . The two roads run parallel to each other through Wanneroo's eastern and western suburbs respectively. A third north–south arterial route, the Mitchell Freeway , extends north from Joondalup to terminate in the south of Alkimos . The City of Wanneroo has five railway stations in Clarkson , Butler , Alkimos , Eglinton and Yanchep , which are all served by
703-610: The City of Joondalup and the City of Wanneroo local authorities. The Joondalup offices of the Australian Electoral Commission are located in the CBD. At state parliament level, Joondalup is represented in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly by a member from Joondalup electoral district. The current member is Emily Hamilton . In the Australian federal parliament , the suburb is part of
740-488: The Neerabup Industrial Estate in the north. From the city's inception until 1998, it also incorporated the neighbouring City of Joondalup in its entirety. Wanneroo covers a land area totalling 685.8 square kilometres (264.8 sq mi). The city is bounded by Beach Road and the City of Stirling to the south, Alexander Drive and the City of Swan to the east, Wanneroo Road and Lake Joondalup to
777-458: The Perth metropolitan area. The city is named after Lake Joondalup . The name Joondalup is a Noongar word, first recorded in 1837 and possibly meaning either "place of whiteness or glistening", or "place of a creature that can only move backwards". Joondalup is bounded by Burns Beach Road to the north, Mitchell Freeway to the west, Eddystone and Lakeside Drive to the south and Lake Joondalup to
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#1732883837816814-506: The Perth metropolitan area. Kaleidoscope Festival has also been held in the city since 2016, featuring various art and light installations. The festival attracted over 50,000 people in its inaugural year. The city has a number of parks including Central Park and Neil Hawkins Park in the Yellagonga Regional Park . The Neil Hawkins Park is home to many parrots (including the Australian ringneck ), cockatoos and kangaroos. The park
851-666: The Yaberoo Budjara Heritage Trail. The trail is based on the Yellalonga tribes movements between the lakes and highlights features of historical, aboriginal and natural significance. The park lies within the Northern Swan Coastal Plain Important Bird Area , so identified by BirdLife International because of its importance in supporting several thousand Short-billed Black Cockatoos during the non-breeding season. This article about
888-508: The area remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, and Joondalup started to become the "city of the north" towards the late 1980s to the early 1990s when houses and businesses were established in the area. Joondalup is the key regional hub for the north of Perth, a status confirmed by the Western Australian State Government's new Directions 2031 strategy which names Joondalup town centre as one of two Primary Centres for
925-588: The campus that also includes, libraries, guilds, commercial shops, sporting facilities, and student housing. Situated in the same Joondalup Learning Precinct as ECU and the TAFE campuses is the West Australian Police Academy. The Western Australia Police 's training academy was moved from Maylands to Joondalup and was officially opened on 15 February 2002. The suburb also contains Joondalup Primary School and Lake Joondalup Baptist College. Joondalup contains
962-426: The city's north and east is predominantly rural in character. The City of Wanneroo encompasses one of Perth's busiest industrial areas, Wangara . It is situated roughly 20 km north of the central business district , and is the industrial hub of the north side of Perth. The suburb of Wangara is a hub for commercial manufacturing, vehicle dealerships, industrial glaziers and commercial distribution warehousing. It
999-494: The east and south. In the 2016 census, there were 9,090 people in Joondalup. 46.4% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were England 15.3%, New Zealand 3.8%, South Africa 3.3%, Scotland 2.1% and India 2.0%. 73.5% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 3.0%, Arabic 1.9% and Afrikaans 1.3%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 34.5%, Catholic 17.6% and Anglican 13.4%. The median age of
1036-444: The east. Grand Boulevard and Joondalup Drive run through the centre of the suburb. Most of Joondalup consists of commercial and residential zones, although a suburban area exists between Moore Drive and Burns Beach Road near Currambine train station , and some small residential estates have been built along Lakeside Drive. The Yellagonga Regional Park and a small bushland corridor near the TAFE and university campuses are located in
1073-597: The nearby Gnangara Mound . The water is treated at the Wanneroo Groundwater Treatment Plant and, as in most of Western Australia, is managed by the Water Corporation . The suburb of Joondalup has three interchanges to the State Route 2, Mitchell Freeway on Hodges Drive, Shenton Avenue and Burns Beach Road. The other major route through the suburb is State Route 85, Joondalup Drive which leads to
1110-574: The passage of the Local Government Act 1960 , all road boards became shires effective from 1 July 1961, and the Shire of Wanneroo came into being, encompassing everything north of Beach Road and west of Alexander Drive . With the development of and subsequent population growth surrounding Joondalup , the Shire of Wanneroo attained City status on 31 October 1985. On 1 July 1998, on the recommendation of
1147-461: The population having been born in Australia at the 2016 Census , Wanneroo has a large immigrant populace. Over 13% of Wanneroo's residents were born in the United Kingdom , compared to less than 4.0% nationwide. New Zealanders , Vietnamese and South Africans compose the city's most significant minority populations. The suburbs of the City of Wanneroo with population and size figures based on
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1184-471: The south-west, the Indian Ocean to the west and the Shire of Gingin to the north. Wanneroo's population is concentrated in three locations: at the southern end centred on Girrawheen ; in the region surrounding Wanneroo near the city's geographical centre; and along the northern Perth coastline centred on Clarkson , separated from Joondalup by the rural localities of Neerabup and Tamala Park . Land in
1221-475: The suburb was 34. Joondalup falls under the local government of the City of Joondalup and is represented by two councillors from the North Ward. The current councillors are Kerry Hollywood and Tom McLean. The council chambers for the City of Joondalup are located in Joondalup's central business district. The complex includes Joondalup Library, which serves as the central library and local history centre for both
1258-671: The year, as well as the Home and Lifestyle Expo, an annual exhibition held in late March to early April. Furthermore, in the early 1990s with the addition of the Western Reds to the National Rugby League , the Joondalup Giants was established playing home games from Admiral Park in WARL completion. The Joondalup suburb is a major location for tertiary education in the northern suburbs and
1295-690: Was also formerly twinned with Sorrento in Italy, but this association was broken with the bifurcation of Wanneroo in 1998, when the Wanneroo suburb of Sorrento was incorporated into the City of Joondalup. As of 2024 , 149 places are heritage-listed in the City of Wanneroo, of which 34 are on the State Register of Heritage Places , a large number of those located in Yanchep National Park . 31°44′49″S 115°48′11″E / 31.747°S 115.803°E / -31.747; 115.803 Joondalup Joondalup ( / ˈ dʒ uː n d ə l ʌ p / )
1332-419: Was before the local government elections to elect a mayor and councillors, the second incarnation of the Shire did not have a Shire President. The City of Wanneroo has experienced significant population growth of almost 110,000 persons in the 15 years between the 2001 Census and 2016 Census . The city also has the second largest population of any local government area in greater Perth. With less than 53% of
1369-461: Was published and adopted in 1970. The plan called for the creation of five "sub-regional" retail centres ( Fremantle , Joondalup, Midland , Armadale and Rockingham ) which would form the commercial and economic focus of each "node", and take the retail burden away from the CBD. The Corridor Plan was not endorsed by Parliament until 1973. In order to grow both the five "sub-regional" retail centres and these off-corridor regional shopping centres,
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