Cockburn Central, Western Australia Explained

Type:suburb
Cockburn Central
City:Perth
State:wa
Lga:City of Cockburn
Map Type:nomap
Local Map:yes
Zoom:13
Coordinates:-32.121°N 115.848°W
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in metropolitan Perth
Postcode:6164
Est:2007
Area:2.8
Stategov:Cockburn
Fedgov:Fremantle
Near-Nw:South Lake
Near-N:South Lake
Near-Ne:Jandakot
Near-W:Yangebup
Near-E:Jandakot
Near-Sw:Beeliar
Near-S:Success
Near-Se:Atwell
Dist1:24
Dir1:S
Location1:Perth

Cockburn Central [1] [2] is a suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, and is 24km (15miles) south of Perth's central business district (CBD) along the Kwinana Freeway. Its local government area is the City of Cockburn, and it is intended by the Government to serve as a regional centre for the area. It was approved as a name by the Geographic Names Committee in 2007.

The new suburb came into existence after the newly constructed Kwinana Freeway cut off the western portion of Jandakot from the main part of the suburb, with the section west of the freeway becoming Cockburn Central.

It contains a new town centre focussed around the railway station, with the state headquarters of the Department of Fire and Emergency Services, a district police station, Cockburn ARC (a regional aquatic and recreation centre, which also houses the administration and training facilities for the Fremantle Football Club), Cockburn Gateway Shopping city (which, despite the name, is located in neighbouring Success), high rise residential apartments and an older industrial area.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Campbell . Mark . 'It's pronounced Coh-burn': Eight of WA's weird and wonderful place names . WAtoday . 7 January 2022 . 23 November 2017.
  2. Web site: Hutchinson . Emily . Can you pronounce these Aussie cities and suburbs? . Realestate.com.au . 7 January 2022 . 3 September 2018.