North Lake is a

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...

located south of the

central business district A central business district (CBD) is the Commerce, commercial and business center of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides wit ...

Perth Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...

, the capital of

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, and from the

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. Named after the eponymous lake, the suburb and lake are located within the

City of Cockburn The City of Cockburn ( ) is a local government area in the southern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth about south of Fremantle and about south of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of and had a po ...

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Geography

The suburb is named after the lake of the same name within the locality. It is part of the northernmost lake within a chain of lakes which make up the

Beeliar Regional Park Beeliar Regional Park is a conservation park approximately south of the Perth central business district, central business district in Perth, Western Australia, located within the Citys of City of Cockburn, Cockburn, City of Kwinana, Kwinana an ...

(North Lake,

Bibra Lake Bibra may refer to: Organisations * British Industrial Biological Research Association, now known as BIBRA in the UK Places * Bibra, Schmalkalden-Meiningen, a village in the district Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany * Bibra, Saale-Hol ...

, South Lake,

Booragoon Lake Booragoon Lake is a small freshwater lake in suburban Perth, Western Australia. The freshwater lake is situated in the suburb of Booragoon and is bounded by Leach Highway, Lang Street and Aldridge Road. It makes up part of the eastern wetlan ...

Yangebup Lake Yangebup Lake is a freshwater lake in the suburb of Yangebup, south-west of the central business district of Perth, the capital of Western Australia. It is part of Beeliar Regional Park. Overview Yangebup Lake's name is derived from the Noongar ...

, and

Thomsons Lake Thomsons Lake Nature Reserve is a lake nature reserve around Thomsons Lake () in the City of Cockburn, Western Australia, approximately south of the central business district of Perth, the state capital, and on the southern fringes of the Pert ...

). The lake has been known by this name since 1877, and the name was approved for the suburb in 1954. The suburb is located on the northern edge of the

. It is bounded by Farrington Road to the north, the

Kwinana Freeway The Kwinana Freeway is a freeway in and beyond the southern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, linking central Perth with Mandurah to the south. It is the central section of State Route 2, which continues north as Mitchell Freeway to A ...

to the east, the

Roe Highway Roe Highway is a limited-access highway and partial freeway in Perth, Western Australia, linking Kewdale with the city's north-eastern and south-western suburbs. The northern terminus is at Reid Highway and Great Northern Highway in Midd ...

road reservation to the south and North Lake Road to the west.

Education

There are no schools within the suburb, with many North Lake residents using the state government primary schools in Coolbellup and Kardinya. Directly to the north of the suburb lies

Murdoch University Murdoch University is a public university in Perth, Western Australia, with campuses also in Singapore and Dubai. It began operations as the state's second university on 25 July 1973, and accepted its first undergraduate students in 1975. Its ...

and

Kennedy Baptist College Kennedy Baptist College is an Australian coeducational, independent, Baptist, secondary school located in Murdoch, Western Australia. The college currently educates 1,238 students and 160 staff members (2023). It is named after Baptist minister ...

Recreation

The Lakeside Recreation Centre is located in North Lake on the corner of Farrington Road and Bibra Drive. It is home to four basketball courts, a Baptist church, a gym, and a creche. Lakeside Recreation Centre is the home court of the

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team, the

Lakeside Lightning Lakeside Lightning is an NBL1 West club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club fields a team in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 West. The club is owned and managed by Lakeside Baptist Church. The Lightning play their home games at Lakeside R ...

. Apart from North Lake and the surrounding

, the suburb contains the Perth Spanish Club, a golf driving range, Adventure World, Cockburn Ice Skating arena, and an

adventure playground An adventure playground is a specific type of playground for children. Adventure playgrounds can take many forms, ranging from "natural playgrounds" to "junk playgrounds", and are typically defined by an ethos of unrestricted play, the presence o ...

next to the lake at Progress Drive.

Transport

Bus

* 512

Murdoch Station Murdoch railway station is a railway and bus station on the Transperth network. It is located on the Mandurah line, from Perth station inside the median strip of the Kwinana Freeway serving the suburb of Murdoch. History Murdoch railway ...

to Fremantle Station – serves Murdoch Drive, Bibra Drive and Farrington Road * 514

Cockburn Central Station Cockburn Central station ( ) is a bus and railway station on the Transperth network. It is located at the juncture of the Mandurah and Thornlie–Cockburn lines, from Perth station inside the median strip of the Kwinana Freeway serving the su ...

– serves Murdoch Drive, Bibra Drive and Farrington Road

References

External links

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