Medina, Western Australia

Not to be confused with Medina, Saudi Arabia. For other uses, see Medina (disambiguation)

Medina is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Town of Kwinana.

Medina was the first of the Kwinana suburbs to be named after ships. The Medina arrived at the Swan River Colony in July 1830 with 51 passengers on board. The ship's name Medina is believed to be derived from a river on the Isle of Wight, and was approved as a suburb name in 1953.

Medina is a well-established suburb, designed in the early 1950s by Perth's first female town planner, Margaret Feilman. Medina was the first of Kwinana's four 'neighbourhood units' developed to meet the housing needs of the newly-established BP Refinery.

The housing is typical of this era (for Western Australia) and similar to the suburb of Hilton. Mostly the houses are built with jarrah hardwood and almost all of them feature jarrah hardwood floors. Deconstructing a cottage also reveals that all the internal structures are jarrah. Most blocks are 730 square metres (7,900 sq ft) or greater in size.

Recently the Government announced an injection of A$11.2 bn for improvements in infrastructure, community-based programs and new commercial enterprise along with medium density housing around the centre of the Kwinana area. The suburb of Medina is currently undergoing a sustainability review, facilitated by a not for profit town planning and design organisation in conjunction with the Town of Kwinana, with a focus on revitalising the small "strip shops" originally built to serve the community.

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