Woodvale is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

, located within the City of Joondalup

City of Joondalup

The City of Joondalup is a council and Local Government Area with City status in Perth, Western Australia. It covers the metropolitan Perth city of Joondalup in its entirety, as well as the town centres of Hillarys and Warwick....

 and the City of Wanneroo. Its postcode is 6026.

Woodvale is bounded to the south by Whitfords Avenue, to the west by the Mitchell Freeway

Mitchell Freeway

Mitchell Freeway is a long freeway in Perth, Western Australia, linking Perth's central business district with its outer northern suburbs. It is allocated Route 2 for its entire length and is named after former state Premier and Governor Sir James Mitchell....

, to the north by Ocean Reef Road and to the east by Wanneroo Road

Wanneroo Road

Wanneroo Road is an important arterial road in Perth, Australia. It is about 75 kilometres long. It links Perth with the City of Wanneroo, and the Towns of Yanchep and Lancelin...

. Rural properties were released from the late 1920s adjacent to Wanneroo Road

Wanneroo Road

Wanneroo Road is an important arterial road in Perth, Australia. It is about 75 kilometres long. It links Perth with the City of Wanneroo, and the Towns of Yanchep and Lancelin...

, but the main suburb development started in 1979 and was completed by 1995 with the release of Woodvale Waters.

Woodvale is an oddity as, while most of the suburb lies within the City of Joondalup LGA, a small portion of eastern Woodvale is administered by the adjacent City of Wanneroo.

Many British expats live in Woodvale and there is also an English style pub the "Woodvale Tavern" along Trappers Drive.

Education

Woodvale contains one secondary college, Woodvale Secondary College, which opened in 1985, and three primary schools, Woodvale (1987) and North Woodvale (1990) as well as St. Lukes Catholic primary school (1986).

Landmarks

Woodvale includes two shopping centres - "The Boulevard" and Woodvale Shopping Centre which is located next to North Woodvale Primary School. There is a library, two doctors surgeries, an elderly village and a large nature reserve called Yellagonga is located on the eastern border, parallel to Duffy Terrace and Wanneroo Road, with Woodvale Waters also backing on to the reserve.