Cottesloe
Suburb
View ofCottesloe Beach in summer 2006/07
Interactive map of Cottesloe
Coordinates:31°59′35″S115°45′25″E / 31.993°S 115.757°E /-31.993; 115.757
Country	Australia
State	Western Australia
City	Perth
LGA	Town of Cottesloe
Location	11 km (6.8 mi) WSW ofPerth CBD
Established	1870[1]
Government
• State electorate	Cottesloe
• Federal division	Curtin
Area
• Total	3.856 km2 (1.489 sq mi)
Elevation	11 m (36 ft)
Population
• Total	7,750 (SAL2021)[3]
• Density	2,256.9/km2 (5,845/sq mi)
Postcode	6011
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Cottesloe is awestern suburb ofPerth, Western Australia, within theTown of Cottesloe. Cottesloe was named forThomas Fremantle, 1st Baron Cottesloe, a prominentTory politician and the brother ofAdmiralSir Charles Fremantle, for whom the city ofFremantle was named. The nearby suburb ofSwanbourne was named for the Fremantle family seat, Swanbourne House, inSwanbourne, Buckinghamshire.

Cottesloe was home to Australian Prime MinisterJohn Curtin. Thehouse he built still stands in Jarrad Street. It is now vested jointly in theNational Trust of Australia (WA) andCurtin University.

Cottesloe is a beach-side suburb of the city of Perth in Western Australia. It is located roughly halfway betweenPerth's central business district and theport of Fremantle. It is famous for its beaches, cafes and relaxed lifestyle.^{[citation needed]}

Cottesloe is bounded by theIndian Ocean to the west; a line extending from Boundary Road,Mosman Park to the ocean to the south; thePerth-Fremantle Railway,Stirling Highway, Congdon Street andWest Coast Highway to the east; and North Street to the north. Cottesloe is generally residential, with a significant shopping area located between Jarrad and Station streets adjacent to theCottesloe railway station.^[4]

In the 2016census, there were 7,375 people in Cottesloe, 68.8% of whom were born in Australia. The most common other countries of birth were England 8.6%, South Africa 1.8%, New Zealand 1.6% and United States of America 1.4%. 86.6% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were no religion 36.4%, Anglican 22.6% and Catholic 19.3%.^[5]

Of the occupied private dwellings in Cottesloe, 66.9% were separate houses, 14.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc., and 18.1% were flat or apartments.^[5]

Of the employed people in Cottesloe, 7.2% worked in hospitals (except psychiatric hospitals). Other major industries of employment included legal services 3.6% and general practice medical services 3.0%.^[5]

HistoricallyCottesloe Beach and its panorama are reflections of the changes in the last 110 years of Perth's history. The photos and paintings of Cottesloe Beach that are either in collections or published, give evidence of the importance of beach-oriented activities in the Perth community. Cottesloe Beach is a popular place forbeach cricket. Anoceanway allows pedestrians and cyclists to move along the beaches.

It is one of Perth's most popular beaches and in 2009,Lonely Planet named Cottesloe Beach the world's second-best beach for families.^[6]

The Indiana Tea House, which overlooks Cottesloe Beach, is also an icon of the suburb, and in 2021 it was added to the Western Australia Heritage Register.^[7]

A new town planning scheme was approved for Cottesloe allowing developers to build to five storeys high along Marine Terrace with the Ocean Beach Hotel site allowed to reach eight storeys. The decision followed a two decade long debate.^[8]

A plan to build askatepark in Cottesloe in 2020, had resulted in heated debate between locals andskateboarders.^[9]

Cottesloe Beach and the iconic Indiana Tea House

Cottesloe is served bySwanbourne,Grant Street,Cottesloe,Mosman Park andVictoria Street railway stations on theFremantle line. Various bus routes alongStirling Highway and through the suburb's western and eastern sections link Cottesloe to Perth and Fremantle. All services are operated by thePublic Transport Authority. Cottesloe is serviced by the 102 operated bySwan Transit.

•    102Cottesloe Station toClaremont Station – serves Railway Street,Stirling Highway, Jarrad Street, Broome Street, Marine Parade, Eric Street, Grant Street and North Street^[10]
•    107Fremantle Station toClaremont Station – servesStirling Highway^[11]
•    998Fremantle Station toFremantle Station (limited stops) –CircleRoute clockwise, servesStirling Highway^[12]
•    999Fremantle Station toFremantle Station (limited stops) –CircleRoute anti-clockwise, servesStirling Highway^[13]

•   Fremantle Line
  • Grant Street Station
  • Cottesloe Station
  • Mosman Park Station
  • Victoria Street Station

Sport is a large part of the Cottesloe lifestyle,^{[citation needed]} and the suburb is home to many sport clubs based in the area.^{[citation needed]}

From 1901 to 1968 and from 1974 to 1980 Cottesloe was part of theFremantle electorate, since 1934 a notionalLabor seat. Its most prominent member was wartime prime ministerJohn Curtin, a Cottesloe resident.^[14]

Since 1980, it has been part of the federaldivision of Curtin. Curtin is regarded as a safe seat for the centre-rightLiberal Party, which has held the seat continually since its inception, with the exception of a period from 1995 to 1998 when former Liberal memberAllan Rocher held the seat as anindependent and since 2022 when the current independent memberKate Chaney was elected. In the parliament of Western Australia, itsLegislative Assembly electoral district isCottesloe, held bySandra Brewer.^[15]

John Curtin,Prime Minister of Australia for much ofWorld War II, was local federal member of parliament from 1928 to 1931 and 1934 to 1945. He lived in Cottesloe from 1918 until his death in office in 1945.^[16]Curtin's house in Jarrad Street is vested in theNational Trust of Australia (WA) andCurtin University. During 2008 there was a suggestion that the house be relocated to the Curtin University grounds but the decision was made that the house remain in Cottesloe.^[17] In May 2009 the federal government announced that it would provide a grant of $580,000 to the National Trust to restore the house.^[18]

Kathleen Hope Barnes, a leading Australian nurse, was born here in 1909.^[19]

Claude de Bernales was a mining entrepreneur who in 1911 bought Attorney-General Richard Pennefather's 1898Federation Queen Anne house, naming itOverton Lodge. In 1936 it was rebuilt as a 30-roomInter-war Spanish Mission style residence, designed byBernard Evans.^[20] It was bought for £30,000 by theTown of Cottesloe in 1950 and renamed theCottesloe War Memorial Town Hall and Civic Centre.^[21][22]

FormerWest Coast Eagles premiership playerChris Mainwaring lived in Cottesloe before his death on 1 October 2007.

• Le Fanu House
• Rottnest Channel Swim

• Town of Cottesloe website

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