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Ashby
PerthWestern Australia
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
Suburbs around Ashby:
Wanneroo Tapping Mariginiup
Wanneroo Ashby Sinagra
Wanneroo Wanneroo Sinagra

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.

Geography

Ashby is a triangular suburb and is bounded by Wanneroo Road to the southwest, Pinjar Road to the southeast and Conti Road to the north. About 40% of the suburb has been developed for residential purposes.

Transport

Transperth bus route 467 operates through the centre of the suburb along Carosa Road, while route 468 operates along the western edge on Wanneroo Road.

Bus

  •        467 Joondalup Station to Whitfords Station – serves Carosa Road
  •        468 Joondalup Station to Whitfords Station – serves Wanneroo Road
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