| Boya Perth, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Boya from the south, Mountain Quarry and Greenmount Hill behind | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 31°54′50″S 116°03′22″E / 31.914°S 116.056°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 669 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6056 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Shire of Mundaring | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Midland | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Hasluck | ||||||||||||||
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Boya is a locality on the Darling Scarp, in the Shire of Mundaring, Western Australia; it is on the south side of Greenmount Hill, and just west of Darlington.
The name of Boya is a local Noongar word meaning "stone" or "rock", and was imposed by government officials in the early twentieth century.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Boya (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
