Kingsley, Western Australia

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


caption =
lga = City of Joondalup
postcode = 6026
est = 1977
pop = 13,228 (2006 census)Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC51766|name=Kingsley (State Suburb)|quick=on|accessdate=2008-10-05]
area = 7.7
stategov = Kingsley
fedgov = Cowan
near-nw = Craigie
near-n = Woodvale
near-ne = Wangara
near-w = Padbury
near-e = Madeley
near-sw = Duncraig
near-s = Greenwood
near-se = Marangaroo
dist1 = 20
location1= Perthcoord|-31.808|115.794|type:city(13228)_region:AU-WA_scale:30000|format=dms|display=title

Kingsley is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Joondalup. Kingsley is bounded to the north by Whitfords Avenue, to the south by Hepburn Avenue, to the west by the Mitchell Freeway and to the east by Wanneroo Road.

Lake Goollelal lies in the eastern part of the suburb, parallel to Wanneroo Road. The Kingsley residential area is thus divided by the lake, with a small enclave between the lake and Wanneroo Road.

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Kingsley is the home of Kingsley Football club, which includes a Junior club. The Kingsley-Woodvale Junior and Senior Cricket Clubs can also be found here. Kingsley has a tennis club, which was orginally based in Kingsley, however it relocated to the neighbouring suburb of Woodvale in 1987 due to a lack of courts.Kingsley also has a soccer club (football) even though they are based at Chichester Reserve in Woodvale. Kingsley FC has a team in the WA amateurs 1st division and reserves and also has a social team in the south division.

Education

There are four primary schools located within Kingsley;
*Creaney Primary School,
*Dalmain Primary school,
*Halidon Primary School and
*Goollelal Primary School.

Religion

There are 4 churches in Kingsley
*Kingsley Baptist
*Kingsley Church of Christ
*Kingsley Westminster-Presbyterian
*Kingsley North-Woodvale Saint Anselm of Canterbury, Anglican

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