| Tapping Perth, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 31°43′08″S 115°47′42″E / 31.719°S 115.795°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 9,547 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6065 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1.2 km2 (0.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 27 km (17 mi) N of Perth CBD | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Wanneroo | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Wanneroo | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Pearce | ||||||||||||||
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Tapping is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Wanneroo. It came into being in the early 1990s as a subdivision of Wanneroo, originally as part of the Carramar estate.
Tapping was chosen as the suburb name in honour of an early settler family in the Wanneroo area. William Tapping arrived in 1886 and Molly and Dolly Tapping were long time postmistresses in Wanneroo. The name for the suburb was approved in 1997.[2]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Tapping (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "History of metropolitan suburb names – T". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2007.
