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| Coordinates:31°57′25″S115°52′34″E / 31.957°S 115.876°E /-31.957; 115.876 | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||
| City | Perth | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 3.3 km2 (1.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 11,681 (SAL2021)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 6004 | ||||||||||||
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 East Perth 1948 - 2010 Landgate Aerial Photography |
East Perth is an inner suburb ofPerth, Western Australia, located next to thePerth central business district.Claise Brook andClaisebrook Cove are within the suburb. Formerly characterised by industrial land uses and urban blight, the redevelopment of East Perth was, and remains, the largest inner-cityurban renewal project in the state.[3] The design of the new residential neighbourhoods was strongly influenced by thenew urbanism movement.[4]
Primarily an industrial area in the early twentieth century, it was the location of theEast Perth Gas Works,East Perth Power Station (which was decommissioned and the building is being renovated for other purposes), the East Perth railway yard, andengine sheds.
From the early 1980s, virtually all of the residential real estate on the western side of Lord Street became home to commercial enterprises; the buildings remain, either single or duplex dwellings previously inhabited mostly by migrant families.[citation needed]
In the 2016Census, there were 10,596 people in East Perth. 30.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.7%, China 4.0%, India 3.7%, Malaysia 3.4% and South Korea 2.9%. 47.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 6.6%, Korean 2.7%, Cantonese 2.6%, Portuguese 2.0% and Spanish 1.9%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 33.3% and Catholic 18.4%.[5]
The former East Perth railway yard and engine sheds were removed in the 1960s and have been redeveloped into the Railway headquarters - consolidating a very scattered system of offices and sections for the railways.
East Perth serves as the main hub for country and interstate rail services and Road Coach services. Departing from the station are services such as theProspector,AvonLink, tourist trains, and theIndian Pacific.
The originalEast Perth railway station is now calledClaisebrook, and while it has the same number of platforms that it did in the 1960s, the original buildings have given way to modern shelters. It is also the location of theGoongoongup Bridge on the railway to Bunbury for theSouth Western Railway.
There are several bus routes in and around East Perth. Cat bus provided travel to around the City.
The Causeway is a road linking East Perth toVictoria Park on the other side of the Swan River. Under construction is theBoorloo Bridge as well, which is expected to open in December 2024.[6][7]
Matagarup Bridge is a footbridge connecting East Perth toPerth Stadium andBurswood.
The East Perth Redevelopment Authority (EPRA) was established in 1991[8][full citation needed] to manage the redevelopment and urbanisation of the suburb.[9][full citation needed] In 2012 EPRA merged with other redevelopment authorities to become theMetropolitan Redevelopment Authority (MRA).[10] In 2019, the MRA became part ofDevelopmentWA.[11] Many parts of East Perth that have been fully developed have been "normalised"—meaning returned to theCity of Perth for administration.
Main sporting attractions include theWACA Ground andGloucester Park trotting ground.
There are also public recreation facilities forAFL andCricket atMoort-ak Waadiny / Wellington Square.
Educational facilities includeTrinity College, a day school for boys, years 4–12.East Perth Primary School is planned to open in 2029.[12]
East Perth is the location of Perth's significantearly colonial era cemetery, which contains graves of many early colonial families. Its condition is marginal due to the loss of many headstones and lack of adequate record of graves, only 800 of the estimated 10,000 grave sites have been identified.[13][14]
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