Ashby, Western Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Ashby
city = Perth
state = wa


caption =
lga = City of Wanneroo
postcode = 6065
est = 1990s
pop = 1,662
pop_footnotes = (2006) [Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC51046|name=Ashby (State Suburb)|accessdate=2008-09-30|quick=on]
area = 1.5
propval =
stategov = Wanneroo
fedgov = Cowan
near-nw = Tapping
near-n = Tapping
near-ne = Mariginiup
near-w = Wanneroo
near-e = Ballajura
near-sw = Wanneroo
near-s = Wanneroo
near-se = Sinagra
dist1 = 26 | dir1 = N | location1 = Perthcoord|-31.733|115.798|type:city(1662)_region:AU-WA_scale:30000|format=dms|display=title

Ashby is a suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, and is located convert|26|km|mi|0 north of Perth's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Wanneroo.

The suburb came into being in the late 1990s as a subdivision of Wanneroo, and was named in 1997 after a local landowner, Mr E E Ashby, who owned land in the area in 1913. [LandInfo WA|m|A|2008-02-15]

Geography

Ashby is a triangular suburb and is bounded by Wanneroo Road to the southwest, Pinjar Road to the southeast and Conti Road to the north. About 40% of the suburb has been developed for residential purposes.Streetsmart WA|maps=Map 221]

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