Woodvale, Western Australia
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| Coordinates: 31°47′56″S 115°47′02″E / 31.799°S 115.784°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||
| City | Perth | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1970s | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 37 m (121 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 9,579 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 6026 | ||||||||||||
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Woodvale is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Joondalup and the City of Wanneroo. At the 2021 census Woodvale had a population of 9,579.
Woodvale is bounded to the south by Whitfords Avenue, to the west by the Mitchell Freeway, to the north by Ocean Reef Road and to the east by Wanneroo Road. Trappers Drive runs through Woodvale, from Whitfords Avenue to Ocean Reef Road. The area within and around Woodvale was primarily rural until the late 1970s. Residential development began in 1979 and was completed by 1995 with the release of the Woodvale Waters housing estate. No farming properties remain in Woodvale.
Many immigrants have settled in Woodvale, with 15.8% of residents born in the British Isles and 3.5% born in South Africa, in both cases over twice the Western Australian average and over four times the Australian average.