High Wycombe () is a suburb of

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, Western Australia, within the City of Kalamunda. High Wycombe lies east of the Perth CBD at the base of the

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(commonly referred to as the ''foothills''). Formerly part of

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, the suburb was officially declared on 2 June 1978; its name, which was first used in 1958 by a subdivider, Western Agencies, refers to the town in Buckinghamshire where one of the partners in the firm was born. High Wycombe is directly east of

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, west of Maida Vale, north of Forrestfield, and south of the

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of Hazelmere. High Wycombe is a large suburb in area, with its main population centred on roads that connect from Newburn Road, and is bounded by

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to the north, Dundas Road to the west, Maida Vale Road to the south, and

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to the east. The suburb's growth is mainly in this area, however the estate of Jacaranda Springs, which is based on the northern side of

, is also experiencing growth. A sparsely populated area around Milner Road is also part of the suburb.

Demographics

In the , there were 12,308 people in High Wycombe. This marks an increase of 527 persons in comparison to the , which had the population at 11,781. Of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or

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made up 2.7% of the population. The most common responses for religion in High Wycombe were No Religion, so described 35.7%, Catholic 21.1%, Anglican 16.2%, Not stated 10.2% and Christian, nfd 3.0%. In High Wycombe, Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (56.2%) (this figure excludes not stated responses).

Facilities

Education

*High Wycombe Primary School, Newburn Road (public school) *Edney Primary School, Edney Road (public school) *Matthew Gibney Catholic Primary School (private school)

Parks and sporting reserves

*Scott Reserve - Home of the High Wycombe cricket club and High Wycombe Bulldogs football teams. The oval is also shared by Edney Primary School, and is mainly used by the school as their oval. *Flemming Reserve - small oval with night lighting, small playground and public toilets, small skate park and BMX track. *High Wycombe Recreation Centre - Indoor sports, dancing, martial arts and meeting place. Borders on Edney Road Primary school and Scott Reserve, and like Scott Reserve is used by Edney Primary School, albeit far less frequently. *Ollie Worrell Reserve - basketball hoop, playground Australian Rules goals, soccer goals and cricket nets. It's used by Matthew Gibney Catholic Primary School.

Public transport

High Wycombe is served by

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bus services, operated by

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and

Swan Transit Swan Transit is an Australian bus company operating Transperth services under contract to the Public Transport Authority. It is a subsidiary of Transit Systems. History On 21 January 1996, Swan Transit commenced operating services in the Midl ...

. Routes 296 and 299 provide the primary service for High Wycombe, operating to

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in the Perth CBD via

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, or to

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in Kalamunda, a regional centre of the

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. Route 296 serves the centre of High Wycombe, whilst route 299 operates along

, serving the northern part of the suburb. During the peak commuter period in the peak direction of travel, route 299 is replaced by route 295, operating limited stops along Great Eastern Highway, and route 296 is supplemented by route 298, which additionally serves a greater area of the west of the suburb and travels to

via Shepperton Road. Alternate, less frequent bus routes provide connections to railway stations and shopping centres in the Eastern metropolitan region. Route 294 operates to Midland railway station and

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shopping centre, or to Cannington railway station and

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shopping centre. Route 304 provides an off peak service to Midland railway station from Hillview Village, a retirement community in the west of the suburb. As part of the Airport line, High Wycombe is served by

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. It was originally scheduled to be completed in 2020 but, after numerous delays, due to flooding, a

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, and slower than expected borers, the opening was pushed back to the latter half of 2021. That was further delayed until 9 October 2022.

Other public facilities

*Maida Vale Baptist Church, Edney Road *St Thomas' Anglican Church, Cyril Road *1st

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of Maida Vale Scouts, corner Newburn Road and Western Avenue *Public Library, Markham Road *Cyril Road Hall

References

{{City of Kalamunda suburbs Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia Suburbs in the City of Kalamunda