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Balga, Western Australia

Field	Value
name	Balga
city	Perth
state	wa
lga	City of Stirling
map_type	nomap
local_map	yes
zoom	13
coordinates
postcode	6061
est	1954
area	5.2
stategov	Mirrabooka
fedgov	Cowan
near-nw	Warwick
near-n	Girrawheen
near-ne	Koondoola
near-w	Hamersley
near-e	Mirrabooka
near-sw	Balcatta
near-s	Westminster
near-se	Mirrabooka
dist1	13	dir1 = N
location1	Perth
pop

| near-nw = Warwick | near-n = Girrawheen | near-ne = Koondoola | near-w = Hamersley | near-e = Mirrabooka | near-sw = Balcatta | near-s = Westminster | near-se = Mirrabooka Balga is a suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, 13 km north of Perth city's central business district (CBD). Its local government area is the City of Stirling. Mark Irwin is the current mayor.

The name "Balga" was adopted in 1954 and is the Noongar (Aboriginal) word for the indigenous grass tree Xanthorrhoea preissii. It was designed by the State Housing Commission along with Nollamara and Westminster as part of the "Mirrabooka Project", and the laying of streets and building of homes commenced in the 1960s.

Geography

Balga is 13 km north of Perth, and is bounded by Wanneroo Road to the west, Reid Highway to the south, Mirrabooka Avenue to the east and Beach Road to the north.

Demographics

At the 2011 census, Balga had a population of 10,701. Balga residents had a median age of 31, and median incomes were well below average for the Perth metropolitan area and the region — $490 per week compared with $669 per week in Perth, and $685 in the Perth North West statistical region. The population of Balga was more ethnically diverse than the Perth average, with 49.1% born in Australia and significant minorities from Sudan, Italy, Macedonia, Vietnam and Burma identified in the 2011 census. At the 2011 census, 3.72% of residents identified as Indigenous Australians.

Education

Balga contains a state high school, Balga Senior High School which opened in 1970; three state primary schools, Balga (1965), North Balga (1968) and Warriapendi (1970); one special school, the Gladys Newton School; and one private school, Majella Catholic Primary School (1971). Additionally, a campus of North Metropolitan TAFE (formerly known as Polytechnic West) is in the southeast of the suburb.

Balga Senior High School includes an Intensive English Centre for newly arrived refugee students, a program for teenage parents, a sports-based education program for indigenous students, and an emphasis on literacy, numeracy, health and careers through all levels of the school. It is one of the few high schools in Western Australia not to offer a Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) program, although several students each year complete a university preparation course conducted by Edith Cowan University.

Transport

The suburb is served by a number of Transperth bus routes operated by Swan Transit (374-375, 385-389) and Path Transit (371 and 376). The 374 (Mirrabooka-Darch-Whitfords) and 375 (Mirrabooka-Alexander Heights) covers Marangaroo Drive and inner portions of the Suburb, the 389 (Perth–Wanneroo) covers Wanneroo Road, and the 386 (Perth–Kingsway City Shopping Centre, Madeley), 385(Perth to Kingsway City Shopping Centre, Madeley)(limited stops), 371 (Warwick Station to Mirrabooka Station via Treen St) routes along with various routes from Mirrabooka bus station, 376 covers eastern end of the suburb and 449 covers for the northern end.

Bus

374 Mirrabooka Bus Station to Whitfords Station – serves Mirrabooka Avenue, Balga Avenue and Princess Road
375 Mirrabooka Bus Station to Alexander Heights Shopping Centre – serves Walderton Avenue, Fernhurst Crescent, Loxwood Road, Balga Avenue, Finchley Crescent, Redcliffe Avenue and Beach Road
386 Perth Busport to Kingsway City – serves Princess Road
386X Perth Busport to Kingsway City (limited stops) – serves Princess Road
388 Perth Busport to Warwick Station – serves Wanneroo Road
389 Perth Busport to Wanneroo – serves Wanneroo Road
448 Warwick Station to Kingsway City – serves Beach Road
449 Warwick Station to Malaga – serves Beach Road
970 Perth Busport to (high frequency) – serves Mirrabooka Avenue
970X Perth Busport to (high frequency / limited stops) – serves Mirrabooka Avenue
975 Warwick Station to Bayswater Station (high frequency) – serves Wanneroo Road, Culloton Crescent, Camberwell Road and Princess Road

References

{{LandInfo WA. m. B. 3 August 2009
{{Streetsmart WA
{{Census 2011 AUS
{{Cite Transperth bus. 374
{{Cite Transperth bus. 375
{{Cite Transperth bus. 386
{{Cite Transperth bus. 386
{{Cite Transperth bus. 388
{{Cite Transperth bus. 389
{{Cite Transperth bus. 448
{{Cite Transperth bus. 449
{{Cite Transperth bus. 970
{{Cite Transperth bus. 970
{{Cite Transperth bus. 975

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