Singleton is an outer suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, located entirely within the City of Rockingham local government area. It is the southernmost suburb of the Perth metropolitan area and is actually closer to the regional city Mandurah than either the Perth central business district or Rockingham. The area is under development near the school, Singleton Primary, and near the main oval, Laurie Stanford Reserve. There is a petrol service station, a small shopping centre, and a school.
| Singleton Perth, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Singleton seen from the foreshore | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 32°26′56″S 115°45′22″E / 32.449°S 115.756°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 4,021 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6175 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 3.6 km2 (1.4 sq mi)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Rockingham | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Warnbro | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Brand | ||||||||||||||
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The suburb was named after Captain Francis Singleton, who arrived in the area in 1839 and became a substantial landholder in the area.[3]
Transport
editBus
edit- 574 Lakelands Station to Warnbro Station – serves Mandurah Road, Singleton Beach Road, McVeigh Street, Navigator Drive and Dorado Street[4]
References
edit- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Singleton (WA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "2016 Community Profiles: Singleton (State Suburb)". 2016 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ "History of metropolitan suburb names – S". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ "Route 574". Bus Timetable 131 (PDF). Transperth. 30 May 2024 [effective from 15 July 2024].
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