Oakford, Western Australia

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Oakford
PerthWestern Australia
Population: 1,713 (2001 census)[1]
Postcode: 6121
Area: 46.9 km² (18.1 sq mi)
Location: 36 km (22 mi) S of Perth
LGA: Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale
State District: Serpentine-Jarrahdale
Federal Division: Canning
Suburbs around Oakford:
Banjup Forrestdale Brookdale
Wandi Oakford Darling Downs
Anketell Oldbury Byford

Oakford is an outer suburb of Perth, Western Australia, within the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale. The suburb was named in 1982, taking its name from a townsite briefly declared in the area in 1926.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (19 November 2002). Community Profile Series : Oakford (State Suburb). 2001 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved on 2007-06-15.
  2. ^ Western Australian Land Information Authority. History of metropolitan suburb names - O. Retrieved on 2007-06-15.

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Towns and suburbs of the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale

Byford | Cardup | Darling Downs | Hopeland | Jarrahdale | Karrakup | Keysbrook | Mardella | Mundijong | Oakford | Oldbury | Serpentine | Whitby