Waikiki is an outer southern suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. It adjoins and is closely associated with Safety Bay in the City of Rockingham. A prime landmark is the Waikiki Village shopping centre on Read Street, the main road linking Rockingham with Warnbro and Port Kennedy.
Waikiki | |||||||||||||
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 Waikiki Village Shopping Centre | |||||||||||||
 Interactive map of Waikiki | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 32°19′19″S 115°46′08″E / 32.322°S 115.769°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||
| City | Perth | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 5 April 1974 | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 10.2 km2 (3.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 12,453 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 6169 | ||||||||||||
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The suburb is named after the Honolulu neighbourhood of Waikiki and was chosen by the developer of the area. The name was officially gazetted on 5 April 1974.[3]
References
edit- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "2016 Community Profiles: Waikiki (State Suburb)". 2016 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Waikiki (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ↑ "History of metropolitan suburb names – W". Landgate. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
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