Joondalup, Western Australia

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


caption = The city north area of Joondalup at night
lga = City of Joondalup
area = 11.8
postcode = 6027
pop = 8,420 (2006 census)Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC51701|name=Joondalup (State Suburb)|quick=on|accessdate=2008-10-05]
dist1 = 26 | location1=Perth
est = 1980s
fedgov = Moore
stategov = Joondalup
near-nw = Kinross
near-n = Neerabup
near-ne = Carramar
near-w = Currambine
Connolly
near-e = "Lake Joondalup"
near-sw = Heathridge
near-s = Edgewater
near-se = Edgewatercoord|-31.745|115.766|type:city(8420)_region:AU-WA_scale:30000|format=dms|display=title

Joondalup is a northern suburb and regional city in Perth, Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Joondalup.

History

The suburb is named after Lake Joondalup, on the banks of which the suburb resides. The name Joondalup is a Noongar Aboriginal word, first recorded in 1837 and possibly meaning either "place of whiteness or glistening", or "place of a creature that can only move backwards". [LandInfo WA|m|J|2007-01-17.]

During the latter part of the 1960s, the "Metropolitan Regional Planning Authority" developed the "Corridor Plan for Perth" which was published and adopted in 1970. [cite book | title = The corridor plan for Perth | author = Metropolitan Region Planning Authority | year = 1970 | id = OCLC|521177 | accessdate = 2007-07-17 ] The plan called for the creation of five 'sub-regional' retail centres (Fremantle, Joondalup, Midland, Armadale and Rockingham) which would form the commercial and economic focus of each 'node', and take the retail burden away from the CBD. [cite book |last=Stephenson |first=Gordon |authorlink= Gordon Stephenson |title= The Design of central Perth: Some Problems and Possible Solutions |series=A Study made for the Perth Central Area Design Co-ordinating Committee|year= 1975|month= |publisher= UWA |isbn=0 85564 107 X | pages=44|quote= chap. 7 item 3 Regional shopping centres have been established in several suburbs. ..., and generally take the form of a pedestrian precinct surrounded by large car parks. [see also 7.2 & 7.4.] ] The Corridor Plan was not endorsed by Parliament until 1973.cite web | url = http://www.planning.wa.gov.au/Publications/92.aspx | chapter = Evolution of the Spatial Distribution of Commercial Development| title = Commercial Land Use Survey 1997 | author = Ministry for Planning | accessdate = 2007-07-17 ] cite book | title = Western Landscapes | last = Gentilli |first = Joseph | year = 1979 | publisher = University of Western Australia | isbn = 085564155X | pages = p.459 ]

In order to grow both the five 'sub-regional' retail centres and these off-corridor regional shopping centres, a "Retail Shopping Policy" was developed by MRPA in 1976, and a "Perth Metropolitan Region Retail Structure Plan" was put in place to regulate the industry. This Plan was amended as new centres were required. A review of the Corridor Plan in 1987 found that the sub-regional centres had failed to adequately compete against the regional shopping centres in the middle-distance suburbs.

The majority of land in the area remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, and Joondalup started to become the "city of the north" towards the late 1980s to the early 1990s when many houses and businesses started to become established in the area.

The Perth-born writer Tim Winton describes Joondalup as, "a miserable throughway....like a landscaped carpark with all the franchises that passed for civilisation." [Tim Winton, "Dirt Music", 2001]

Geography

Joondalup is bounded by Burns Beach Road to the north, the proposed Mitchell Freeway to the west, Eddystone and Lakeside Drives to the south and Lake Joondalup to the east. Grand Boulevard and Joondalup Drive run through the centre of Joondalup. Most of Joondalup is zoned commercial or residential, although a significant suburban area exists between Moore Drive and Burns Beach Road near Currambine train station, and some small residential estates have been built in recent years along Lakeside Drive. The Yellagonga Regional Park and a small bushland corridor near the TAFE and university campuses can be found in the east and south. [2006 StreetSmart directory, Department of Lands and Surveys, Perth. ]

Demographics

At the ABS 2001 census, Joondalup had a population of 6,503 people living in 2,481 dwellings. Joondalup is unusual in that it has the highest proportion of British-born residents in Australia. According to 2001 Census data [2001 Census, Australian Bureau of Statistics] , 46.7 per cent of the suburb's population were overseas-born, of which 23.0 per cent (1,613 persons) were born in Britain. This far exceeds the Australian average for both overseas-born and British-born in 2001 — 23.1 per cent and 5.8 per cent respectively.

Nonetheless, the Australia-born still constituted the largest "individual" birthplace group in Joondalup, at 53.3 per cent (3,730 persons), followed by the British-born at 23.0 per cent (1,613 persons), the New Zealand-born at 3.1 per cent (215 persons) and those born in the Republic of Ireland at 1.3 per cent (94 persons).

In terms of ethnicity, the largest group in 2001 were those claiming English ancestry with 38.8 per cent of responses or 3,269 persons, followed by those claiming "Australian" background at 21.2 per cent or 1,785 persons, and thirdly by those claiming Irish descent with 7.9 per cent or 665 persons.

Linguistically, Joondalup is one of the most homogenous urban areas in Australia. Census data reveal that English only is the most common home language in the suburb, used by 84.2 per cent of residents (5,897 persons), followed by the Chinese languages — the home languages of 2.2 per cent (153 persons) — and Polish which is spoken by 0.9 per cent at home (62 persons). The English language was spoken exclusively or "very well" or "well" by 96.5 per cent of Joondalup's overseas-born in 2001.

In terms of religion, Joondalup is homogenous in comparison to the other Australian suburbs. According to the census, Christianity was the most followed faith in the suburb with 63.6 per cent of residents (4,453) claiming to be Christian. However, Christians in the area belong to many denominations, with the largest proportions being Anglican with 25.2 per cent or 1,770 persons, Catholic at 22.8 per cent or 1,598, and Uniting Church with 2.9 per cent or 205 persons. Those of no religion were in fact the third largest grouping, with 19.3 per cent or 1,353 persons.

Facilities

Joondalup's centre is a shopping and retail area, with the major shopping centre known as Lakeside Joondalup. Lakeside was opened by the then W.A. premier Richard Court in 1994. On December 7th 2007 the first stage of Lakeside's redevelopment opened with several new shops and a food court.

The other main facilities in addition to the Lakeside centre are Joondalup library (the second largest library in W.A.), a major police station and other commercial and government organisations.

Some entertainment venues include The Old Bailey, Dusk, Grand Boulevard Tavern, and a new Irish Bar which stay open until the early hours of the morning.

Another feature of the city is the Joondalup Resort at Connolly. This golf resort features 27 holes.The city pavements feature tiles hand-painted by local school children.

One of Perth's oldest WAFL clubs, the West Perth Football Club, moved to Joondalup in the 1990s and has since done exceedingly well in the WAFL competition, their latest premiership coming in 2003 over rivals Subiaco.The city has a number of parks including Central Park and Neil Hawkins Park in the Yellagonga National Park. The Neil Hawkins Park is home to many parrots including the ringneck, cockatoos and kangaroos. The park sits alongside Lake Joondalup and wetlands which stretches out between Burns Beach Road to the north and Ocean Reef Road to the south. These wetlands provide refuge for migratory birds.

The main accommodation in Joondalup is the Joondalup resort, which is located at Joondalup Golf Course. Another hotel, Joondalup City Hotel, is located within the city centre.

The ANZ Joondalup Home and Lifestyle Expo is an annual exhibition at Arena Joondalup. The Expo is usually late March to early April every year.

Walking tracks near Lake Joondalup and through the Yellagonga National Park are also available, with much of the beauty of Yellagonga untouched in the heart of this thriving city.

Retail

Joondalup is the main retail precinct for the northern suburbs of Perth. As well as Lakeside, Joondalup Business Park has many retail stores as well as some limited wholesale centres. There are also many other shopping facilities in the city centre.

Important areas

*The Arena Sports Complex (Home of the West Perth Falcons of the Western Australian Football League)
*Joondalup Basketball Stadium (Home of the Wanneroo Wolves of the State Basketball League)

Residential

Most of the residential housing in the city centre consists of either townhouses or apartments. There is a residential area in the North West corner of Joondalup, which consists of a few hundred houses, numerous parks and a small shopping centre called Candlewood Village.

Education

Joondalup contains the following educational institutions:

* Edith Cowan University (Joondalup Campus)
* [http://www.joondalupps.wa.edu.au Joondalup Primary School] (opened 1993)
* [http://www.ljbc.wa.edu.au Lake Joondalup Baptist College] (K-12, opened 1990)
* West Coast College of TAFE (Joondalup Campus)
* Australian Institute for University Studies (co-located with Curtin University of Technology, Joondalup Campus)

Transport

At present, the Mitchell Freeway from Perth stops just short of Joondalup, terminating at Hodges Drive. However, plans to extend it to Burns Beach Road by 2008 are well underway.

The Joondalup train/bus interchange is located next to Lakeside Joondalup shopping centre, linking the area to the Perth CBD - a 25-minute journey - and to Clarkson. For a few months in early 1993, Joondalup was the terminus of the railway, and to this day Transperth still refer to it as the "Joondalup Line".

Free CAT buses (routes 10 and 11) travel around Joondalup's central area, ferrying passengers to Joondalup Health Campus, Edith Cowan University, West Coast TAFE and Joondalup CBD among other destinations. The residential part of the suburb to the north is serviced by the 468, 473 and 474 routes. All services are operated by the Public Transport Authority.

ister Cities

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ee also

* City of Joondalup
* Joondalup Railway Station
* Edith Cowan University
* West Coast College of TAFE

References

External links

* [http://www.joondalup.wa.gov.au/ City of Joondalup website]
* [http://www.falconsfc.com.au/ West Perth Football Club Official Website]