Suburb of Perth, Western Australia
Joondalup
(
) is a suburb of
Perth
, Western Australia, approximately 26 kilometres (16 mi) north of
Perth's central business district
. It contains the central business district of the regional
City of Joondalup
and acts as the primary
urban centre
of Perth's outer northern suburbs.
History
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During the latter part of the 1960s, the
Metropolitan Regional Planning Authority
developed the
Corridor Plan for Perth
which was published and adopted in 1970.
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The plan called for the creation of five "sub-regional" retail centres (
Fremantle
, Joondalup,
Midland
,
Armadale
and
Rockingham
) which would form the commercial and economic focus of each "node", and take the retail burden away from the CBD.
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The Corridor Plan was not endorsed by Parliament until 1973.
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In order to grow both the five "sub-regional" retail centres and these off-corridor regional shopping centres, a
Retail Shopping Policy
was developed by MRPA in 1976, and a
Perth Metropolitan Region Retail Structure Plan
was put in place to regulate the industry. This Plan was amended as new centres were required.
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A review of the Corridor Plan in 1987 found that the sub-regional centres had failed to adequately compete against the regional shopping centres in the middle-distance suburbs.
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Most of the land in the area remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, and Joondalup started to become the "city of the north" towards the late 1980s to the early 1990s when houses and businesses were established in the area. Joondalup is the key regional hub for the north of Perth, a status confirmed by the Western Australian State Government's new
Directions 2031
strategy which names Joondalup town centre as one of two Primary Centres for the Perth metropolitan area.
The city is named after
Lake Joondalup
. The name Joondalup is a
Noongar
word, first recorded in 1837 and possibly meaning either "place of whiteness or glistening", or "place of a creature that can only move backwards".
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Geography
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Joondalup is bounded by Burns Beach Road to the north,
Mitchell Freeway
to the west, Eddystone and Lakeside Drive to the south and
Lake Joondalup
to the east. Grand Boulevard and Joondalup Drive run through the centre of the suburb. Most of Joondalup consists of commercial and residential zones, although a suburban area exists between Moore Drive and Burns Beach Road near
Currambine train station
, and some small residential estates have been built along Lakeside Drive. The Yellagonga Regional Park and a small bushland corridor near the TAFE and university campuses are located in the east and south.
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Demographics
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Historical population
Year
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2001
| 6,927
| ?
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2006
| 8,420
| +21.6%
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2011
| 9,197
| +9.2%
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2016
| 9,090
| ?1.2%
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In the 2016 census, there were 9,090 people in Joondalup. 46.4% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were England 15.3%, New Zealand 3.8%, South Africa 3.3%, Scotland 2.1% and India 2.0%. 73.5% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 3.0%, Arabic 1.9% and Afrikaans 1.3%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 34.5%, Catholic 17.6% and Anglican 13.4%. The median age of the suburb was 34.
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Governance and law
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Joondalup falls under the local government of the City of Joondalup and is represented by two councillors from the North Ward. The current councillors are Kerry Hollywood and Tom McLean.
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The council chambers for the
City of Joondalup
are located in Joondalup's central business district. The complex includes Joondalup Library, which serves as the central library and local history centre for both the City of Joondalup and the
City of Wanneroo
local authorities. The Joondalup offices of the
Australian Electoral Commission
are located in the CBD. At state parliament level, Joondalup is represented in the
Western Australian Legislative Assembly
by a member from Joondalup electoral district. The current member is
Emily Hamilton
. In the
Australian federal parliament
, the suburb is part of the
Division of Moore
and is currently represented by
Ian Goodenough
.
The
Western Australia Police Force
has a police station based in Joondalup.
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The
WA Magistrates Court
has a metropolitan court based in Joondalup that deals with both criminal offences and civil claims for debt or damages and non-offences.
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Culture
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Retail
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Joondalup's central business district, centred on Grand Boulevard, is largely a shopping and retail area lined with townhouses and apartments.
Lakeside Joondalup Shopping City
is located adjacent to the Joondalup railway station and backs onto Grand Boulevard.
Events and festivals
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Joondalup is home to the Joondalup Festival, an annual event that takes place in the CBD featuring markets, music, fashion, street arts, fairground rides and street parades.
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The festival is free-of-charge and attracts people from all over the Perth metropolitan area. Kaleidoscope Festival has also been held in the city since 2016, featuring various art and light installations. The festival attracted over 50,000 people in its inaugural year.
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Parks and beaches
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The city has a number of parks including Central Park and
Neil Hawkins Park
in the
Yellagonga Regional Park
. The Neil Hawkins Park is home to many parrots (including the
Australian ringneck
), cockatoos and kangaroos. The park is located alongside
Lake Joondalup
and wetlands which stretches out between Burns Beach Road to the north and Ocean Reef Road to the south. These wetlands provide refuge for migratory birds. Joondalup's coastal front consists of Burns Beach in the north and Beaumaris Beach in Ocean Reef, running onto the Ocean Reef Boat Harbour in the south.
Sports
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Joondalup is home to
ECU Joondalup SC
,
Joondalup United FC
and
Sorrento FC
who play in the
National Premier Leagues
which is
Australia
's second tier
association football
league.
Sorrento FC
is one of Joondalup's most successful clubs and their derbies with
ECU Joondalup
are always eagerly anticipated.
Arena Joondalup
, (also known commercially as HBF Arena) located northwest of
Lakeside Shopping Centre
, is the home venue of
West Perth Football Club
and
Wanneroo Basketball Association
. The Arena also hosts music events and festivals during the year, as well as the Home and Lifestyle Expo, an annual exhibition held in late March to early April.
Furthermore, in the early 1990s with the addition of the
Western Reds
to the
National Rugby League
, the
Joondalup Giants
was established playing home games from Admiral Park in
WARL
completion.
Education
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The Joondalup suburb is a major location for tertiary education in the northern suburbs and is known as the Joondalup Learning Precinct. The
North Metropolitan TAFE
has a campus in Joondalup providing state government education to meet the demands of students wanting to enter the workforce with up-to-date, industry-specific, practical skills. It was previously called the
West Coast Institute of Training
.
Edith Cowan University
has a major campus based in the suburb. It offers graduate and post graduate degrees on the campus that also includes, libraries, guilds, commercial shops, sporting facilities, and student housing. Situated in the same Joondalup Learning Precinct as ECU and the TAFE campuses is the West Australian Police Academy. The
Western Australia Police
's training academy was moved from Maylands to Joondalup and was officially opened on 15 February 2002.
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The suburb also contains Joondalup Primary School and Lake Joondalup Baptist College.
Infrastructure
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Health
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Joondalup contains a major public hospital,
Joondalup Health Campus
, which serves as the main health facility for most of Perth's northern suburbs, as far north as
Two Rocks
. It is often cited as one of the busiest, if not the busiest hospital in Australia due to it being the only major public hospital in the northern suburbs of Perth.
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Joondalup Private Hospital is also incorporated into the public Health Campus, and both facilities are owned and operated by
Ramsay Health Care
.
Utilities
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The Joondalup region's primary
potable water
supply comes from the nearby
Gnangara Mound
. The water is treated at the Wanneroo Groundwater Treatment Plant and, as in most of Western Australia, is managed by the
Water Corporation
.
Road transport
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The suburb of Joondalup has three interchanges to the State Route 2,
Mitchell Freeway
on Hodges Drive, Shenton Avenue and Burns Beach Road. The other major route through the suburb is State Route 85, Joondalup Drive which leads to the
Tonkin Highway
and when completed, the
Brand Highway
and Great Northern Highway.
Public transport
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The
Joondalup train station and bus interchange
is located next to and connected to
Lakeside Joondalup Shopping City
. The railway line diverges off the alignment in the median of the
Mitchell Freeway
to serve the station. The interchange is connected to the
Transperth
train network linking the area to the Perth
CBD
- a 25-minute journey - and to
Butler railway station
the terminus of the line. For a few months in early 1993, Joondalup was the terminus of the railway, and is part of the
Joondalup Line
.
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There are two types of bus services in the suburb. A free service, the
Central Area Transit
(routes 10 (Red) and 11 (Blue)), travel a circular route around Joondalup's central area, including Joondalup Health Campus,
Edith Cowan University
,
North Metropolitan TAFE
and Joondalup CBD. Route 13 (Yellow CAT) also operates during the ECU school term in the evenings Monday to Thursday, serving exclusive stops on the campus.
The rest of the suburb is serviced by normal, fare-paying services departing from the Joondalup Railway Station. Routes 390, 391, 467, 468, 471, 473 and 474 operate along Grand Boulevard through the centre of Joondalup. Routes 467 and 468 travel down Joondalup Drive with a stop at Brienz Drive, routes 390 and 391 travel along Candlewood Boulevard, and routes 473 and 474 travel along Blue Mountain Drive, all serving the housing area in the north part of the suburb.
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