East Fremantle, Western Australia
East Fremantle (nicknamed East Freo) is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) south-west of the central business district. The suburb is mainly residential, and is coterminous with the Town of East Fremantle local government area.
| East Fremantle Perth, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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The East Fremantle Town Hall, located on Canning Highway. | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°02′12″S 115°46′04″E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 7,819 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1890s | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6158 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 3.1 km2 (1.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 17 km (11 mi) from Perth | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Town of East Fremantle | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Bicton / Fremantle | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Fremantle | ||||||||||||||
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Previously serving as an outer, rural area of Fremantle, most of the present-day suburb was originally developed in the late 1890s and early 1900s as a result of the Western Australian gold rushes. Further development occurred in the late 1940s and 1950s to provide dwellings for new immigrants. Two major arterial roads – Canning Highway and Stirling Highway – pass through the suburb, which is also bounded to the north by the Swan River.
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