Balcatta

Balcatta is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its local government area is the City of Stirling. It is a primarily middle-class suburb made up of mainly Italian and Greek families as well as many families from other European countries.

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Type: Suburb with 10,800 residents
Description: suburb of Perth, Western Australia
Also known as: “Balcatta, Western Australia” and “Balcatta, Western Australia, Australia”
Postal code: 6021

Places of Interest

Highlights include Balcatta Senior High School and Stirling railway station.

Balcatta Senior High School

School

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Balcatta Senior High School is an independent public co-educational high school, located on Poincaire Road in Balcatta, approximately 10 kilometres north of Perth, Western Australia.

Stirling railway station

Railway station

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Stirling railway station is a railway station on the Transperth network. It is located on the Yanchep line, nine kilometres from Perth Underground station serving the suburb of Stirling. Stirling railway station is situated 3 km southwest of Balcatta.

Careniup Wetlands Reserve

Park

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Careniup Wetlands Reserve is a park, which is situated 2½ km west of Balcatta.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westminster and Gwelup.

Westminster

Suburb

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Westminster is a suburb approximately 10 kilometres north of Perth, Western Australia. Its local government area is the City of Stirling. Westminster was formerly the southern part of Balga but was renamed in 1995 at the request of residents.

Gwelup

Suburb

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Gwelup is a suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia 12 km north of Perth's central business district along the Mitchell Freeway. Its local government area is the City of Stirling.

Stirling

Suburb

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Stirling is a suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, about 10 km north of Perth's central business district along the Mitchell Freeway.

Balcatta

Categories: suburb of Perth and locality
Location: City of Stirling, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-31.87091° or 31° 52′ 15″ south

Longitude

115.8198° or 115° 49′ 11″ east

Population

10,800

Elevation

29 metres (95 feet)

United Nations Location Code

AU BTT

Open location code

4PWQ4RH9+JW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 32884183

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

GeoNames ID

8299269

Wikidata ID

Q4850226

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Satellite Map

Discover Balcatta from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“Balcatta” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Balcatta”
French: “Balcatta”
German: “Balcatta”
Irish: “Balcatta”
Malagasy: “Balcatta”
Spanish: “Balcatta (Australia Occidental)”
Spanish: “Balcatta”
Swedish: “Balcatta”
Urdu: “بالکاٹا”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Balga and Nollamara.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include AMMA Gym and Jones Paskin Reserve.

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