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West Perth is an inner
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Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
, the
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Geography

Formerly an exclusive enclave for wealthy merchants and politicians, the West Perth suburb is now part of the inner mixed zone, and has predominantly office blocks which have displaced residential buildings. The suburb has a relatively high proportion of miners, consultants, and especially medical specialists as compared with the
Perth CBD Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
. Streets such as Colin Street, Ord Street, and
Outram Street Outram Street is a street, named after Sir James Outram, in West Perth. Location The street runs parallel to Colin Street (which is further to the east and closer to the CBD), from Kings Park Road to Wellington Street. History For a signifi ...
have a significant percentage of office and high density residential buildings. Most retail outlets are located on Hay Street, which is the main commercial zone for the suburb, and these are focused on serving the office population. Closer to the CBD, the eastern edge of the suburb features both the Watertown brand outlet complex and the City West complex. This location was home to the Perth Metropolitan Markets from 1929 to 1989, when they moved to
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Livability

In 2018, West Perth was named as the best place to live in the world by international analytics company SAS.


Notable buildings

Parliament House is located overlooking St Georges Terrace and
Mitchell Freeway The Mitchell Freeway is a freeway in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, linking central Perth with the city of Joondalup. It is the northern section of State Route 2, which continues south as Kwinana Freeway and Forrest ...
, and is at the centre of the Parliament precinct. Also in the precinct is
Dumas House Dumas House is a fourteen-storey office building constructed in Perth, Western Australia, during the 1960s. The building is located close to St Georges Terrace, Kings Park, and Parliament House. Background Dumas House was part of the 1955 pl ...
, the original
Perth Observatory The Perth Observatory is the name of two astronomical observatory, observatories located in Western Australia (WA). In 1896, the original observatory was founded in West Perth, Western Australia, West Perth on Mount Eliza (Western Australia), ...
, the second location of
Hale School Hale School is an independent, Anglican day and boarding school for boys, located in Wembley Downs, a western suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Named after the school founded by Bishop Mathew Blagden Hale in 1858, Hale School claims to b ...
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Solidarity Park Solidarity Park is located opposite Parliament House in Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a ...
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Edith Dircksey Cowan Memorial The Edith Dircksey Cowan Memorial, formerly known as the Edith Cowan Memorial Clock, is a clock tower at the entrance to Kings Park in Perth, Western Australia. It was built in 1934 as a memorial to Edith Cowan, the first female member of any ...
, and the Constitutional Centre of Western Australia.The Constitutional Centre of Western Australia
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See also

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Greater Perth Greater Perth is Perth's Greater Capital City Statistical Area (GCCSA), a geographical area designed to represent the functional extent of Western Australia's (WA) capital city. The Greater Perth GCCSA does not define the built up edge of the ...
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List of Perth suburbs There are more than 350 suburbs in the Perth metropolitan region (colloquially known as Perth, the capital city of Western Australia) The name and boundary of a locality (commonly referred to as a suburb in the metropolitan region) is determin ...
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Perth metropolitan region The Perth metropolitan region or the Perth metropolitan area is the administrative area and geographical extent of the Western Australian capital city of Perth and its conurbation. It generally includes the coastal strip from Two Rocks in th ...


References


External links


West Perth business map
{{Town of Vincent suburbs * Suburbs in the City of Vincent Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia