Naval Base, Western Australia

This article is about the suburb of Perth. For the military installation, see Naval base.

Naval Base is an coastal southwestern suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Kwinana. It is a traditional industrial suburb in the Perth metropolitan region and contains a significant amount of heavy industry. It is named after the proposed and partially built Henderson Naval Base.^[3]

Naval Base Perth, Western Australia
Bulk carrier at Alcoa Jetty, Naval Base
Coordinates	32°11′46″S 115°46′52″E / 32.196°S 115.781°E / -32.196; 115.781
Population	20 (SAL 2021)^[1]
Postcode(s)	6165
Area	5 km^2 (1.9 sq mi)^[2]
LGA(s)	City of Kwinana
State electorate(s)	Kwinana
Federal division(s)	Brand
Suburbs around Naval Base: Henderson Wattleup Naval Base Hope Valley Kwinana Beach Kwinana Beach

The Naval Base campus of South Metropolitan TAFE houses the Western Australian Defence Industry Workforce Office and the Naval Shipbuilding College.^[4]

Transport

Bus

•    548 Rockingham Station to Fremantle Station – serves Rockingham Road and Cockburn Road^[5]
•    549 Rockingham Station to Fremantle Station – serves Rockingham Road^[6]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Naval Base (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "2016 Community Profiles: Naval Base (State Suburb)". 2016 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 30 November 2021.  
3. . Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
4. "Naval Base campus". Retrieved 25 October 2019.
5. "Route 548". Bus Timetable 126 (PDF). Transperth. 17 August 2022 [effective from 10 October 2022].
6. "Route 549". Bus Timetable 125 (PDF). Transperth. 17 August 2022 [effective from 10 October 2022].

External links

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