Shoalwater, Western Australia

Suburb of Perth, Western Australia, Western Australia

32°17′42″S 115°42′22″E / 32.295°S 115.706°E / -32.295; 115.706Population4,368 (SAL 2021)^[1]Postcode(s)6169Area2.6 km² (1.0 sq mi)^[2]LGA(s)City of RockinghamState electorate(s)Rockingham Federal division(s)Brand

Suburbs around Shoalwater:
	Peron	Rockingham
	Shoalwater	Rockingham
		Safety Bay

Shoalwater is an outer southern suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, located within the City of Rockingham.

Shoalwater is located within the Shoalwater Islands Marine Park which includes Shoalwater Bay, Warnbro Sound, Cape Peron and several small islands being Penguin island, Seal Island and Shag Rock.

The name 'Shoalwater' was used by the original settlers on the basis of the shallow waters in the area.^[3]

Sport

Shoalwater is the home of the Shoalwater Bay Cricket Club who play in the Peel Cricket Association. The "seals" have senior teams in A, B, C, D, E and F Grade and junior teams in U/17's, U/15's, U/14's. U/13's, U/12's, U/11's and U/10's. They play at Stan Twight Reserve on Hennessy Way, Rockingham and are a feeder club to the Rockingham-Mandurah District Cricket Club who play in the WACA District competition and to the Peel Representative sides that compete in several Country weeks that are played throughout the season against other country representative sides.

References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Shoalwater (WA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "2016 Community Profiles: Shoalwater (State Suburb)". 2016 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
^ "History of metropolitan suburb names – S". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2021.