Karrinyup, Western Australia

Karrinyup is a suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, and is located 12 km north of Perth's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Stirling.

History

The name Karrinyup was originally derived from the word Careniup, a Noongar name for a nearby swamp, an Aboriginal word apparently meaning "the place where bush kangaroos graze". It may also mean "the place where spiders are".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In the 1840s, Samuel Moore took up a grant of Template:Convert in the northern part of the suburb. Moore's grant, Swan Location 92 was surveyed by P Chauncey in 1844 and Chauncey recorded a large swamp just to the east of Karrinyup as Careniup Swamp.<ref>Template:LandInfo WA</ref>

In 1929, the foundation committee developing the Lake Karrinyup Country Club golf course opted to change the spelling.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

While the area had been subdivided by Charles Stoneman in 1904 and roads built, the country club remained the only significant feature in the area, and rapid growth did not begin until 1957, with the part south of Karrinyup Road developing first. At this stage, the only access to the area from Perth was via Wanneroo Road and Balcatta Beach Road. The building of the Mitchell Freeway to Karrinyup Road in 1983-84 facilitated the growth of Karrinyup and nearby Stirling as a regional hub.

Geography

Karrinyup is bounded by North Beach Road to the north (Reid Highway is located just a few hundred metres further north), Marmion Avenue to the west, Newborough Street to the south and Huntriss Road and the country club to the east. About one-third of Karrinyup's land area is reserve or bushland, or part of the suburb's two golf courses. Karrinyup Road links Marmion Avenue and West Coast Highway to Mitchell Freeway through the suburb.<ref name=streetsmart>Template:Cite book</ref>

At the 2016 Australian census, Karrinyup had a population of 9,283.<ref name=census>Template:Census 2016 AUS</ref> Most of the houses in Karrinyup are relatively modern, though the prolonged period of development has resulted in a range of styles from various eras. Many of the homes within the suburb are of two storeys and the vast majority are of brick and tile construction.

Facilities

The Karrinyup Shopping Centre contains a bus station, community centre and library as well as two major department stores. It was built in 1973 with 54,587 m² of retail accommodation with undercover and open-air parking. A major renovation was completed in 2021 when it expanded to 109,000 m² of retail space including cinemas and a new dining precinct, making Karrinyup Shopping Centre the largest in suburban Perth. Apartment towers in the north-east of the complex are expected to be finished by 2027. The complex is owned by the superannuation fund UniSuper and managed by GPT.<ref>Get to know your assets - introducing Karrinyup UniSuper</ref>

Karrinyup has two golf courses, Hamersley (public) and Lake Karrinyup (private). Open spaces exist at Lake Karrinyup and at the south-west of the suburb. Karrinyup contains three state primary schools (Karrinyup, Deanmore and Newborough) and a private college, St Mary's Anglican Girls' School, founded in 1921 at West Perth and relocated to Karrinyup in 1961.

Transport

Karrinyup is served by the Karrinyup bus station, located at the shopping centre, with Transperth bus routes 422, 423, 424 and 425 providing a link to Stirling train station.<ref>Northern 62 timetable Template:Webarchive, Transperth, effective 8 August 2005. Accessed 17 January 2007.</ref> Further west is a bus depot operated by Swan Transit. All services are operated by Swan Transit.

Bus

Bus Stations

• Template:Legend2 Karrinyup bus station

Bus Routes

• Template:Legend2 422 Stirling station to Scarborough Beach bus station – serves Huntriss Road, Finnerty Street, Ramsay Street, Dean Street, Francis Avenue, Pascoe Street, Burroughs Road, Karrinyup Bus Station, Jeanes Road, Deanmore Road, Rinaldi Crescent, Rainer Street and Newborough Street<ref>Template:Cite Transperth bus</ref>
• Template:Legend2 423 Stirling station to Warwick station – serves Huntriss Road, Karrinyup Road and Karrinyup bus station<ref>Template:Cite Transperth bus</ref>
• Template:Legend2 424 Stirling station to Karrinyup bus station – serves North Beach Road and Karrinyup Road<ref>Template:Cite Transperth bus</ref>
• Template:Legend2 425 Stirling station to Warwick station – serves Karrinyup Road, Karrinyup bus station, Milverton Avenue and North Beach Road<ref>Template:Cite Transperth bus</ref>

Politics

Karrinyup is a reasonably affluent suburb with many "mortgage belt" families and socially liberal voters. It consistently supports the Liberal Party at both federal and state elections, although the part south of Karrinyup Road leans more towards the Australian Labor Party.

Summary of the Karrinyup voting poll results

Election Year	Candidates	Party	Votes	%	Swing (%)
2022 Federal Election<ref>Australian Electoral Commission. "Division of Sturt - First Preferences by Polling Place". 2019 Australian Federal Election. Retrieved May 7, 2023, from https://results.aec.gov.au/27966/Website/HousePollingPlaceFirstPrefs-27966-8187.htm</ref>	Celia Hammond	Liberal	639	39.11	-18.01
	Kate Chaney	Independent	436	26.68	+26.68
	Yannick Spencer	Labor	266	16.28	-7.60
	Cameron Pidgeon	The Greens (WA)	186	11.38	-2.03
	Dale Marie Grillo	Pauline Hanson's One Nation	37	2.26	+0.49
	Ladeisha Louise Verhoeff	United Australia Party	33	2.02	+0.95
	Judith Cullity	Australian Federation Party	21	1.29	+1.29
	Bill Burn	Western Australia Party	16	0.98	-0.60
2019 Federal Election	Vince Connelly	Liberal	1,227	57.12	-4.35
	Melita Markey	Australian Labor Party	513	23.88	+3.47
	Judith Cullity	The Greens (WA)	288	13.41	+0.34
	Angus Young	Pauline Hanson's One Nation	38	1.77	+1.77
	Elizabeth Re	Western Australia Party	34	1.58	+1.58
	Kevin Host	Australian Christians	25	1.16	-1.27
	Dorothy Hutton	United Australia Party	23	1.07	+1.07
2016 Federal Election<ref>Australian Electoral Commission. "Division of Hindmarsh - First Preferences by Polling Place". 2016 Australian Federal Election. Retrieved May 7, 2023, from https://results.aec.gov.au/20499/Website/HousePollingPlaceFirstPrefs-20499-8187.htm.</ref>	Michael Keenan	Liberal	1,364	61.47	+1.09
	Robert Pearson	Australian Labor Party	453	20.41	-0.81
	Tom Webster	The Greens (WA)	290	13.07	+1.11
	Kevin Host	Australian Christians	54	2.43	+0.70
	Kim Mubarak	Independent	33	1.49	+0.26
	Alison L Rowe	Rise Up Australia Party	25	1.13	+0.63
2013 Federal Election<ref>Australian Electoral Commission. "Division of Brisbane - First Preferences by Candidate and Party". 2013 Australian Federal Election. Retrieved May 7, 2023, from https://results.aec.gov.au/17496/Website/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-17496-246.htm.</ref>	Michael Keenan	Liberal	1,323	60.38	+2.76
	Dan Caddy	Labor	465	21.22	-5.85
	Tim Clifford	The Greens (WA)	262	11.96	+0.50
	Kevin Host	Australian Christians	38	1.73	+1.73
	Wayne Gordon Thompson	Palmer United Party	62	2.83	+2.83
	Kim Mubarak	Independent	27	1.23	+1.23
	Alison Rowe	Rise Up Australia Party	11	0.50	+0.50
	Matueny Marial Luke	Family First Party	3	0.14	-0.21
2010 Federal Election<ref>Australian Electoral Commission. "Division of Brisbane - First Preferences by Candidate and Party". 2010 Australian Federal Election. Retrieved May 7, 2023, from https://results.aec.gov.au/15508/Website/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-15508-246.htm.</ref>	Michael Keenan	Liberal	1,305	57.46	+1.33
	Louise Durack	Labor	617	27.17	-5.33
	Chris Martin	The Greens (WA)	261	11.49	+2.93
	Elizabeth Re	Independent	45	1.98	+1.98
	Jenny Whately	Christian Democratic Party	35	1.54	+0.39
	Peter Clifford	Family First	8	0.35	-0.25
2007 Federal Election	Michael Keenan	Liberal	1,326	56.16	-2.17
	Peter Tinley	Labor	767	32.49	+2.79
	Tamara Desiatov	The Greens	202	8.56	+1.20
	Ray Moran	Christian Democratic Party	27	1.14	-0.68
	Symia Hopkinson	Family First	14	0.59	+0.59
	Denise Hynd	What Women Want (Australia)	10	0.42	+0.42
	Sam Ward	LDP	7	0.30	+0.30
	Alex Patrick	One Nation	6	0.25	-0.24
2004 Federal Election	Michael Keenan	Liberal	1,316	58.33	+4.08
	Jann McFarlane	Labor	670	29.70	+0.94
	Katrina Bercov	The Greens	166	7.36	+1.96
	Ray Moran	CDP Christian Party	41	1.82	+0.55
	Giuseppe Coletti	Australian Democrats	31	1.37	-4.62
	Marcus Anderson	Independent	18	0.80	+0.80
	Leone Pearson	Citizens Electoral Council	3	0.13	+0.13
	Alex K Patrick	Pauline Hanson's One Nation	11	0.49	-2.57
2022 Source: AEC - House of Representatives, Division of Stirling - First Preferences 2019 Source: AEC - House of Representatives, Division of Stirling - First Preferences 2016 Source: AEC - House of Representatives, Division of Stirling - First Preferences 2013 Source: AEC - House of Representatives, Division of Stirling - First Preferences 2010 Source: AEC - House of Representatives, Division of Stirling - First Preferences 2007 Source: AEC - House of Representatives, Division of Stirling - First Preferences 2004 Source: AEC - House of Representatives, Division of Stirling - First Preferences

Notable residents

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• Peter Dowding, former Premier of Western Australia (1988 to 1990)
• Dennis Lillee, former Australian cricketer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Emma Matthews, soprano
• Jeff Newman, former television presenter
• Tim Winton, novelist and National Living Treasure, grew up in Gwelup Street<ref name="McGirr">Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

External links

• St Mary's Anglican Girls' School
• Karrinyup Shopping Centre Template:Webarchive