Ridgewood is an outer coastal suburb of Perth, Western Australia, 37 kilometres north of the Perth CBD. Select MORE for information on the suburb, its neighbourhood and history.
Welcome to Ridgewood
Ridgewood is primarily a residential suburb, made up of single dwellings with occasional duplex or battle axe block developments.
The suburb is bordered to the north by Butler (Lukin Drive), to the south by Clarkson (Hester Avenue) and to the west by Merriwa (Connolly Drive). The Joondalup railway line reserve separates Ridgewood from the rural locality of Nowergup in the east.
Inside my neighbourhood
Ridgewood is part of the City of Wanneroo local government area and sits within the City’s Established Coastal Place Management Area.
More than 5,000 people currently live in Ridgewood, which is expected to grow slightly to an estimated 5,700 people over the next 20 years
Ridgewood has few facilities or retail establishments. However, it is positioned directly in between the suburbs of Butler, Merriwa and Clarkson, which all contain a sizeable number of shops and services that residents rely on, including the large Ocean Keys Shopping Centre in Clarkson.
Origin of name and history
Ridgewood's name refers to the wooded ridge on the Swan Coastal Plain. The name was approved on 19 June 1998.
The suburb was formerly a part of Merriwa until 1998, when Merriwa was split in two along Connolly Drive. The eastern half of Merriwa was gazetted as Ridgewood. At the time, only south Ridgewood was populated, containing the "Carnegie Private Estate" that was built in the mid-1990s.
(Historic information courtesy of Wanneroo Community History Centre)
Details
Area: 1.7 km2 (0.7 sq mi)
Population: 5,108 (2021 estimate from 2016 Census)
Local Government Area: City of Wanneroo
Phone: 08 9405 5000
Email: enquiries@wanneroo.wa.gov.au