Local Convos
The City’s Local Convos series helps the community gather to discuss local needs, build connections, and set priorities.
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The local community describes Mirrabooka as diverse, home and accessible to services. To better understand what is means to be ‘a local’ our suburb profile seeks to understand the local stories Koora (past), Yeyi (present), Boordawan (future) and respond to Ngalang Maya (our place). This snapshot identifies the unique character of Mirrabooka’s neighbourhood and helps the City rethink how we deliver services with a local focus.
Mirrabooka takes its name from the Aboriginal name for the constellation known as the Southern Cross.
What it means to be a 'local'
Mirrabooka, which takes its name from the Aboriginal name for the constellation known as the Southern Cross, was planned in the 1960s as a satellite city to accommodate the rapidly increasing post-war population.
The area was envisaged to contain over 16,000 dwellings, in addition to commercial and recreational facilities. It was imagined that workers from Perth and the northern industrial areas would be attracted to the development. In the following decades the concept was revised several times, resulting in changes to suburb boundaries and various residential developments.
By 1982, the proposal for a complete satellite city was abandoned and the suburb of Mirrabooka was formally created from an area previously known as Yirrigan.
Guinness World Record - Most nationalities in a drum circle
On Friday 15 March 2019, Mirrabooka Town Square was the home of a successful Guinness World Record for most nationalities in a drum circle, kicking off the City's Harmony Week celebrations.
A total of 77 nationalities were represented in the drum circle, smashing the previous record of 61 nationalities held by a Canadian not-for-profit group.
Local community centres
- Stirling Leisure - Mirrabooka
- Stirling Libraries - Mirrabooka / Mirrabooka Community Hub
- Sudbury Community House.
Places to catch up
- The Square Mirrabooka
- Mirrabooka Town Square/ Bus Station
Markets
Events
- NAIDOC
- Harmony Day.
Local sporting clubs
- Reclink Balga Street Games
- Northern City Football Club
- Edmund Rice Centre – CGP
- ISWA Cricket
- Jaguar Football Club
- Softball WA
- Surf Casting and Angling Club of WA.
Local Schools
What you have told us so far
These are the top local priorities you've told us about what's important for Mirrabooka:
- Crime prevention - “Better security for residents - please help to address the anti-social behaviour.”
Trees and greening - “Plant more native species, encourage homeowners to get solar panels.”
Trees and greening - “Cleanliness in roadsides and should grow more trees to increase greeniness.”
Cat and dog management - “More signage in parks for people to pick up after their dogs.”
Affordable housing - “Better housing.”
The City has created Locally-led Stirling to drive deeper connection at a local suburb level to listen and respond with a local focus. At the heart of this Locally-led approach is an understanding that local people know what they need and a vision for everyone to get involved in shaping what it means to be “a local”.
We want to bring neighbours together, invest in local stories and inspire opportunities to work together. To find out more about Locally-led Stirling, visit Shaping our City. If you're looking for ways to get involved in your local area, please contact one of the City’s Community Engagement Officers by emailing getinvolved@stirling.wa.gov.au.
Facts
Mirrabooka population
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Average number of people per household
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The average age in Mirrabooka is 36 years old
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Top five birthplaces
Australia (42%), Vietnam (9%), Myanmar (6%), Iraq (3%), North Macedonia (2%)
Median weekly household income
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66% of residents are satisfied with liveability
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Local plans
Mirrabooka is largely characterised by single detached dwellings on small to medium sized lots. The average block size is 600 m², though lots of up to 890 m² can be found.
Much of the area has been developed, however there are still a small number of vacant lots remaining in the eastern sector of the suburb.
Houses are predominantly of brick and tile construction and are generally single storey.
Mirrabooka is well-provided with 22 local open spaces, one community open space and three district open spaces. Recreational facilities include the Stirling Leisure - Mirrabooka.
The Mirrabooka Regional Centre, including Mirrabooka Square Shopping Centre, provides the region with a wide range of goods and services and also offers a significant number of employment opportunities.
The suburb also contains a smaller local shopping centre, called Mirrabooka Village, to supplement the larger retail core.
Three primary schools, one high school and a public library are located in Mirrabooka to serve education requirements.
Beach Alexander Bushland is a local natural area and Mirrabooka Bushland is a regionally significant natural bush forever area.
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