Carramar

Carramar is an outer Perth suburb in Western Australia, located 30 kilometres north of the Perth CBD. Select MORE for information on the suburb, its neighbourhood and history.

Carramar came into being, together with Tapping to the south, in 1995 as a subdivision of Neerabup.

The suburb is bounded by Flynn Drive to the north, Pinjar Road to the east, Joondalup Drive to the south, and Wanneroo Road to the west.

It has a local shopping centre (Carramar Village), community centre, many beautiful parks and a sporting oval located on its Southern border at Millendon Street between Houghton and Cheriton Drives.

The spectacular Carramar Golf Course, designed by Bob Stanton and carved into the surrounding native Australian bushland, was opened in 1994 and is a popular spot for keen golfers.

Carramar is part of the City of Wanneroo local government area and sits within the City’s Established Central Place Management Area. It’s a growing suburb with a population now of over 7,000 people.

Carramar is a Queensland Aboriginal word meaning "shade of trees", and was approved as a suburb name on 4 December 1997.

The Carramar Community Centre was built by the City of Wanneroo and officially opened in May 2006. Carramar Primary School was officially opened in the same year with 880 students enrolled since it commenced in 2005.

The suburb’s first major shopping centre, Carramar Village Shopping Centre is located in the area bounded by Joondalup Drive, Rawlinna Parkway, and Cheriton Drive on the suburb's southern boundary and was opened for trading in March 2009.

The second site zoned for a regional shopping centre is located on a parcel of land to the north of the intersection at Joondalup Drive and Pinjar Road.

(Historic information courtesy of Wanneroo Community History Centre)

Area: 1,070/km2 (2,772/sq mi) Population: 7,000 Local Government Area: City of Wanneroo Phone: 08 9405 5000 Email: enquiries@wanneroo.wa.gov.au

Attribution Historic information courtesy of Wanneroo Community History Centre.