Midvale is a

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...

Perth Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...

, Western Australia, which is split between the

City of Swan The City of Swan is a Local government areas of Western Australia, local government area of Western Australia, in the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council, eastern metropolitan region of Perth. It is named after the Swan River (Western Austral ...

and the

Shire of Mundaring The Shire of Mundaring is a Local government areas of Western Australia, local government area in Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council, eastern metropolitan Perth, the capital of Western Australia. The Shire covers an area of and had a popul ...

. Its postcode is 6056. Developed in the early 1950s, the area was named as a composite of Midland and the former Helena Vale Racecourse. The former racecourse site is now part of Midvale. Its southern boundary is the

Great Eastern Highway Great Eastern Highway is a road that links the Western Australian capital of Perth with the city of Kalgoorlie. A key route for road vehicles accessing the eastern Wheatbelt (Western Australia), Wheatbelt and the Goldfields-Esperance, Goldfie ...

, and eastern the Eastern Railway. A substantial amount of the housing in the suburb is known as ''State Housing''; a significant amount of this housing was redeveloped by the Department of Housing under the "Eastern Horizons New Living Project".

Transport

Bus

* 326 Midland Station to Midland Station – Circular Route, serves

, Victoria Parade, Hooley Road, Wellaton Street and

Morrison Road Morrison Road is a major road that runs through the suburbs of Woodbridge, Midland, Midvale and Swan View, in the east of Perth, Western Australia. It connects with other major roads and highways including Roe Highway Roe Highway i ...

Bus routes serving

: * 320 Midland Station to Mundaring * 321 Midland Station to Glen Forrest * 328 Midland Station to Chidlow Bus routes serving

: * 313 Midland Station to Jane Brook * 314 and 315 Midland Station to Midland Station – Clockwise Circular Routes * 323 Midland Station to

Swan View Swans are birds of the genus ''Cygnus'' within the family Anatidae. The swans' closest relatives include the goose, geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe (biology) ...

* 324 and 325 Midland Station to Midland Station – Anti-Clockwise Circular Routes * 327 Midland Station to Swan View Shopping Centre

References

External links

Midvale
on

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Mundaring and Hills Historical Society website
Suburbs and localities in the Shire of Mundaring Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia Suburbs and localities in the City of Swan {{PerthAU-geo-stub