Madeley is an outer Perth suburb in Western Australia, located 20 kilometres north of the Perth CBD. Select MORE for information on the suburb, its neighbourhood and history.
Welcome to Madeley
Previously part of Landsdale, much of the suburb was rural in character until the 1990s, with market gardening a common activity. From 2001 onwards, extensive property development resulted in massive population growth, with the Property Investor Magazine of December 2007 estimating a growth rate of 33.3% per year.
The suburb is bounded by Wanneroo Road to the west, Gnangara Road to the north, Hartman Drive to the east and Hepburn Avenue to the south. It contains the Kingsway City shopping centre.
Inside my neighbourhood
Madeley is part of the City of Wanneroo local government area and sits within the City’s Established South Place Management Area.
The combined Madeley, Wangara and Woodvale suburbs have a population of over 7700 people, which is estimated to remain the same over the next 20 years.
Origin of name and history
Madeley was named after early landowner and Wanneroo Road Board member George Edward Madeley. He owned a series of land grants comprising 400 acres, east of where the suburb is situated today.
Historically, the area was officially unnamed and residents noted their addresses as Wanneroo until the locality of Landsdale was gazetted in 1980, extending from Wanneroo Road to Alexander Drive.
In 1996, with the creation of the East Wanneroo Development Area, Cell 6 was identified as a high priority for development and was divided into western and eastern sections corresponding to modern Madeley and Darch, respectively.
On 10 September 1997, the City of Wanneroo resolved to name the locality Kingsway after the main east-west road running through it and to name the area east of the proposed Skeit Road as Madeley. The name Madeley was approved on 19 June 1998.
(Historic information courtesy of Wanneroo Community History Centre)
Details
Area: 3.1 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Population: 7,792 (2021 estimate from 2016 Census for the combined Madeley, Wangara and Woodvale suburbs)
Local Government Area: City of Wanneroo
Phone: 08 9405 5000
Email: enquiries@wanneroo.wa.gov.au