Karrinyup is a suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, and is located 12 km north of Perth's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Stirling.
History
The name Karrinyup was originally derived from the word Careniup, a Noongar name for a nearby swamp, an Aboriginal word apparently meaning "the place where bush kangaroos graze". It may also mean "the place where spiders are". In the 1840s, Samuel Moore took up a grant of in the northern part of the suburb. Moore's grant, Swan Location 92 was surveyed by P Chauncey in 1844 and Chauncey recorded a large swamp just to the east of Karrinyup as Careniup Swamp.
In 1929, the foundation committee developing the Lake Karrinyup Country Club golf course opted to change the spelling.
While the area had been subdivided by Charles Stoneman in 1904 and roads built, the country club remained the only significant feature in the area, and rapid growth did not begin until 1957, with the part south of Karrinyup Road developing first. At this stage, the only access to the area from Perth was via Wanneroo Road and Balcatta Beach Road. The building of the Mitchell Freeway to Karrinyup Road in 1983-84 facilitated the growth of Karrinyup and nearby Stirling as a regional hub.
Geography
Karrinyup is bounded by North Beach Road to the north (Reid Highway is located just a few hundred metres further north), Marmion Avenue to the west, Newborough Street to the south and Huntriss Road and the country club to the east. About one-third of Karrinyup's land area is reserve or bushland, or part of the suburb's two golf courses. Karrinyup Road links Marmion Avenue and West Coast Highway to Mitchell Freeway through the suburb.
At the 2016 Australian census, Karrinyup had a population of 9,283. Most of the houses in Karrinyup are relatively modern, though the prolonged period of development has resulted in a range of styles from various eras. Many of the homes within the suburb are of two storeys and the vast majority are of brick and tile construction.
Facilities
The Karrinyup Shopping Centre contains a bus station, community centre and library as well as two major department stores. It was built in 1973 with 54,587 m<sup>2</sup> of retail accommodation with undercover and open-air parking. A major renovation was completed in 2021 when it expanded to 109,000 m<sup>2</sup> of retail space including cinemas and a new dining precinct, making Karrinyup Shopping Centre the largest in suburban Perth. Apartment towers in the north-east of the complex are expected to be finished by 2027. The complex is owned by the superannuation fund UniSuper and managed by GPT.
Karrinyup has two golf courses, Hamersley (public) and Lake Karrinyup (private). Open spaces exist at Lake Karrinyup and at the south-west of the suburb. Karrinyup contains three state primary schools (Karrinyup, Deanmore and Newborough) and a private college, St Mary's Anglican Girls' School, founded in 1921 at West Perth and relocated to Karrinyup in 1961.
Transport
Karrinyup is served by the Karrinyup bus station, located at the shopping centre, with Transperth bus routes 422, 423, 424 and 425 providing a link to Stirling railway station. A Transperth depot in the suburb is to be upgraded to operate electric buses in 2026.
Bus
Bus routes
- 422 Stirling station to Scarborough Beach bus station – serves Huntriss Road, Finnerty Street, Ramsay Street, Dean Street, Francis Avenue, Pascoe Street, Burroughs Road, Karrinyup bus station, Jeanes Road, Deanmore Road, Rinaldi Crescent, Rainer Street and Newborough Street
- 423 Stirling station to Warwick station – serves Huntriss Road, Karrinyup Road and Karrinyup bus station
- 424 Stirling station to Karrinyup bus station – serves North Beach Road and Karrinyup Road
- 425 Stirling station to Warwick station – serves Karrinyup Road, Karrinyup bus station, Milverton Avenue and North Beach Road
Politics
Karrinyup is a reasonably affluent suburb with many "mortgage belt" families and socially liberal voters. It consistently supports the Liberal Party at both federal and state elections, although the part south of Karrinyup Road leans more towards the Australian Labor Party.
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Summary of the Karrinyup voting poll results
! Election year !! Candidates !! Party !! Votes !! % !! Swing (%)
|-
! rowspan="8" | 2022 federal election
| Celia Hammond || Liberal || 639 || 39.11 || -18.01
|-
| Kate Chaney || Independent || 436 || 26.68 || +26.68
|-
| Yannick Spencer || Labor || 266 || 16.28 || -7.60
|-
| Cameron Pidgeon || The Greens (WA) || 186 || 11.38 || -2.03
|-
| Dale Marie Grillo || Pauline Hanson's One Nation || 37 || 2.26 || +0.49
|-
| Ladeisha Louise Verhoeff || United Australia Party || 33 || 2.02 || +0.95
|-
| Judith Cullity || Australian Federation Party || 21 || 1.29 || +1.29
|-
| Bill Burn || Western Australia Party || 16 || 0.98 || -0.60
|-
! rowspan="7" | 2019 federal election
| Vince Connelly || Liberal || 1,227 || 57.12 || -4.35
|-
| Melita Markey || Australian Labor Party || 513 || 23.88 || +3.47
|-
| Judith Cullity || The Greens (WA) || 288 || 13.41 || +0.34
|-
| Angus Young || Pauline Hanson's One Nation || 38 || 1.77 || +1.77
|-
| Elizabeth Re || Western Australia Party || 34 || 1.58 || +1.58
|-
| Kevin Host || Australian Christians || 25 || 1.16 || -1.27
|-
| Dorothy Hutton || United Australia Party || 23 || 1.07 || +1.07
|-
! rowspan="6" | 2016 federal election
| Michael Keenan || Liberal || 1,364 || 61.47 || +1.09
|-
| Robert Pearson || Australian Labor Party || 453 || 20.41 || -0.81
|-
| Tom Webster || The Greens (WA) || 290 || 13.07 || +1.11
|-
| Kevin Host || Australian Christians || 54 || 2.43 || +0.70
|-
| Kim Mubarak || Independent || 33 || 1.49 || +0.26
|-
| Alison L Rowe || Rise Up Australia Party || 25 || 1.13 || +0.63
|-
! rowspan="8" | 2013 federal election
| Michael Keenan || Liberal || 1,323 || 60.38 || +2.76
|-
| Dan Caddy || Labor || 465 || 21.22 || -5.85
|-
| Tim Clifford || The Greens (WA) || 262 || 11.96 || +0.50
|-
| Kevin Host || Australian Christians || 38 || 1.73 || +1.73
|-
| Wayne Gordon Thompson || Palmer United Party || 62 || 2.83 || +2.83
|-
| Kim Mubarak || Independent || 27 || 1.23 || +1.23
|-
| Alison Rowe || Rise Up Australia Party || 11 || 0.50 || +0.50
|-
| Matueny Marial Luke || Family First Party || 3 || 0.14 || -0.21
|-
! rowspan="6" | 2010 federal election
| Michael Keenan || Liberal || 1,305 || 57.46 || +1.33
|-
| Louise Durack || Labor || 617 || 27.17 || -5.33
|-
| Chris Martin || The Greens (WA) || 261 || 11.49 || +2.93
|-
| Elizabeth Re || Independent || 45 || 1.98 || +1.98
|-
| Jenny Whately || Christian Democratic Party || 35 || 1.54 || +0.39
|-
| Peter Clifford || Family First || 8 || 0.35 || -0.25
|-
! rowspan="8" | 2007 federal election
| Michael Keenan || Liberal || 1,326 || 56.16 || -2.17
|-
| Peter Tinley || Labor || 767 || 32.49 || +2.79
|-
| Tamara Desiatov || The Greens || 202 || 8.56 || +1.20
|-
| Ray Moran || Christian Democratic Party || 27 || 1.14 || -0.68
|-
| Symia Hopkinson || Family First || 14 || 0.59 || +0.59
|-
| Denise Hynd || What Women Want (Australia) || 10 || 0.42 || +0.42
|-
| Sam Ward || LDP || 7 || 0.30 || +0.30
|-
| Alex Patrick || One Nation || 6 || 0.25 || -0.24
|-
! rowspan="8" | 2004 federal election
| Michael Keenan || Liberal || 1,316 || 58.33 || +4.08
|-
| Jann McFarlane || Labor || 670 || 29.70 || +0.94
|-
| Katrina Bercov || The Greens || 166 || 7.36 || +1.96
|-
| Ray Moran || CDP Christian Party || 41 || 1.82 || +0.55
|-
| Giuseppe Coletti || Australian Democrats || 31 || 1.37 || -4.62
|-
| Marcus Anderson || Independent || 18 || 0.80 || +0.80
|-
| Leone Pearson || Citizens Electoral Council || 3 || 0.13 || +0.13
|-
| Alex K Patrick || Pauline Hanson's One Nation || 11 || 0.49 || -2.57
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2022 Source: AEC - House of Representatives, Division of Stirling - First Preferences
2019 Source: AEC - House of Representatives, Division of Stirling - First Preferences
2016 Source: AEC - House of Representatives, Division of Stirling - First Preferences
2013 Source: AEC - House of Representatives, Division of Stirling - First Preferences
2010 Source: AEC - House of Representatives, Division of Stirling - First Preferences
2007 Source: AEC - House of Representatives, Division of Stirling - First Preferences
2004 Source: AEC - House of Representatives, Division of Stirling - First Preferences
|}
Notable residents
- Peter Dowding, former Premier of Western Australia (1988 to 1990)
- Dennis Lillee, former Australian cricketer
- Emma Matthews, soprano
- Jeff Newman, former television presenter
- Tim Winton, novelist and National Living Treasure, grew up in Gwelup Street
References
External links
- St Mary's Anglican Girls' School
- Karrinyup Shopping Centre