Lockyer is a north-western suburb of Albany in southern

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. Its

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is the

City of Albany The City of Albany is a local government area in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, about south-southeast of Perth, the capital of Western Australia. It covers an area of , including the Greater Albany metropolitan area and the ...

. The suburb has a median age of 33, and was officially named in 1954.

Geography

Lockyer is bounded to the North by the

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, to the east by Hanrahan Road, to the south by Cuming Road and to the west by Cull Road.

Facilities

The suburb has a local primary school within its boundaries, Mount Lockyer Primary School. Local students would attend

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in Milpara for secondary education.

References

{{Towns Great Southern WA Suburbs of Albany, Western Australia