Ridgewood, Western Australia

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Ridgewood
PerthWestern Australia
Population: 968[1]
Established: 1998
Postcode: 6030
Area: km² (0.8 sq mi)
Property Value: AUD $380,000 (Q4 2006)[2]
Location: 36 km (22 mi) from Perth
LGA: City of Wanneroo
State District: Wanneroo
Federal Division: Pearce
Suburbs around Ridgewood:
Butler
Merriwa Ridgewood Nowergup
Clarkson

Ridgewood is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Wanneroo. The name refers to the wooded terrain on the coastal plain.[3] The suburb is bordered to the north by the Lukin Drive right-of-way, to the south by Hester Avenue, to the east by the Mitchell Freeway right-of-way, and to the west by Connolly Drive. Developed since the late 1990s, it includes Brighton Primary School and Ridgewood Park.

As at 2001, the population of Ridgewood was 968.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (19 November 2002). Community Profile Series : Ridgewood (State Suburb). 2001 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved on 2007-06-30.
  2. ^ Real Estate Institute of Western Australia (2006). Suburb Profile - Ridgewood. Retrieved on 2007-04-17.
  3. ^ Western Australian Land Information Authority. History of metropolitan suburb names - R. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.

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