| Balga Perth, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 31°51′32″S 115°50′20″E / 31.859°S 115.839°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 13,864 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1954 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6061 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 5.2 km2 (2.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 13 km (8 mi) N of Perth | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Stirling | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Mirrabooka | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Cowan | ||||||||||||||
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Balga is a suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, 13 kilometres (8 mi) north of Perth city's central business district (CBD). Its local government area is the City of Stirling. Mark Irwin is the current mayor.
The name "Balga" was adopted in 1954 and is the Noongar (Aboriginal) word for the indigenous grass tree Xanthorrhoea preissii.[2] It was designed by the State Housing Commission along with Nollamara and Westminster as part of the "Mirrabooka Project", and the laying of streets and building of homes commenced in the 1960s.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Balga (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "History of metropolitan suburb names – B". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
