| High Wycombe Perth, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 31°56′51″S 116°00′00″E / 31.94750°S 116.00000°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 12,198 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1978 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6057 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 10.5 km2 (4.1 sq mi)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 18 km (11 mi) from Perth | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Kalamunda | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Forrestfield | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Swan | ||||||||||||||
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High Wycombe (/ˈwɪkəm/) is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, within the City of Kalamunda. High Wycombe lies east of the Perth CBD at the base of the Darling Scarp (commonly referred to as the foothills). Formerly part of Maida Vale, the suburb was officially declared on 2 June 1978; its name, which was first used in 1958 by a subdivider, Western Agencies, refers to the town in Buckinghamshire where one of the partners in the firm was born.[3]
High Wycombe is directly east of Perth Airport, west of Maida Vale, north of Forrestfield, and south of the industrial suburb of Hazelmere.
High Wycombe is a large suburb in area, with its main population centred on roads that connect from Newburn Road, and is bounded by Kalamunda Road to the north, Dundas Road to the west, Maida Vale Road to the south, and Roe Highway to the east. The suburb's growth is mainly in this area, however the estate of Jacaranda Springs, which is based on the northern side of Kalamunda Road, is also experiencing growth. A sparsely populated area around Milner Road is also part of the suburb.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "High Wycombe (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "2016 Community Profiles: High Wycombe (State Suburb)". 2016 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "History of metropolitan suburb names – H". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
