| Ashby Perth, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 31°43′59″S 115°47′53″E / 31.733°S 115.798°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 2,850 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1990s | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6065 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1.5 km2 (0.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 26 km (16 mi) N of Perth CBD | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Wanneroo | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Wanneroo | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Pearce | ||||||||||||||
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Ashby is a suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia 26 kilometres (16 mi) north of Perth's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Wanneroo.
The suburb came into being in the late 1990s as a subdivision of Wanneroo, and was named in 1997 after a local landowner, Mr E E Ashby, who owned land in the area in 1913.[2]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Ashby (WA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "History of metropolitan suburb names – A". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2008.
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