Hope Valley is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Kwinana. Its post code is 6165. Hope Valley is located approximately 28 kilometres (18 mi) away from Western Australia's capital, Perth. The distance from Hope Valley to Australia's capital Canberra is approximately 3,092 kilometres (1,921 mi) away. According to the 2021 census, the population of Hope Valley is 39. Between 1882 and 1886, European settlement began in the area when a community consisting of small mixed farms, named Hope Valley after the property of its first settler George Postans, was established. Hope Valley was officially gazetted as a locality in 1962.[3]
| Hope Valley Perth, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Alcoa Tailings Facility, Hope Valley | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 32°11′38″S 115°48′00″E / 32.194°S 115.800°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 39 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6165 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 13.2 km2 (5.1 sq mi)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Kwinana | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Kwinana | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Brand | ||||||||||||||
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References
edit- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Hope Valley (WA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "2016 Community Profiles: Hope Valley (State Suburb)". 2016 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ "History of metropolitan suburb names – H". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
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