Шентон-Парк: Пригород и его парк

the park within the suburb

Shenton Park is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Nedlands and City of Subiaco and west of the central business district. Its postcode is 6008. The suburb is named after the park that it contains, Shenton Park, which was named after George Shenton who originally owned the land that is now the suburb of Shenton Park.

Shenton Park is a suburb approximately west of the central business district (CBD) of Perth, the capital and largest city of Western Australia. It is east of the Indian Ocean, and is part of Perth's affluent western suburbs. Shenton Park is bounded to the south by Aberdare Road and the Irwin Barracks, to the west by Brockway Road, to the north by Underwood Avenue, Selby Street, Lonnie Street and Nicholson Road, and to the east by Thomas Street. To the south is Nedlands and Karrakatta, to the west is Mount Claremont, to the north is Floreat, Jolimont, Daglish and Subiaco, and to the east is Kings Park. Shenton Park is divided into two parts by the Fremantle railway line: the eastern part is part of the City of Subiaco and is mostly residential; the western part is mostly bushland, commercial buildings and Shenton College. Shenton Park lies on Spearwood Dunes, which formed around 40,000 years ago. The dunes consist of brown sand lying over yellow subsoil, with Tamala Limestone below. These dunes are part of the greater Swan Coastal Plain. Birds such as laughing kookaburra, red tailed black cockatoo, long billed corella, lorikeets, Australian pelican, black swan among others can frequently be seen in the suburb especially at Jualbup Lake. The Lake is also home to long neck turtles and motorbike frogs. The bushland near Shenton College is home to indigenous bats with purpose built bat boxes in an effort to protect them from non indigenous birds.

Shenton Park is named after George Shenton, who served three terms as Mayor of Perth in the 19th century and owned land in the area.

Shenton Park's population at the 2016 Australian census was 4,525, of which almost all are east of the railway line. This population is an increase on the 4,350 recorded at the 2011 census, the 4,195 recorded at the 2006 census, and the 4,163 recorded at the 2001 census. 47.9% of residents were male and 52.1% were female. The median age was 39, above the state average of 36 and the national average of 38. Councillors for the South Ward are Rick Powell, whose term ends in 2023, and Simon White, whose term ends in 2025. The Mayor of Subiaco is David McMullen, whose term ends in 2025. Within the City of Nedlands, Shenton Park is part of the Hollywood Ward. Councillors for the Hollywood Ward are John Wetherall, whose term ends in 2023, and Ben Hodsdon and Olinka Combes, whose terms end in 2025. The Mayor of Nedlands is Fiona Argyle, whose term ends in 2023.

As of the 2021 Western Australian state election, for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly (lower house), Shenton Park is part of the electoral district of Nedlands. This seat is part of the North Metropolitan Region of the Western Australian Legislative Council (upper house). The current member for Nedlands is Katrina Stratton, of the Australian Labor Party, the main centre left party in Australia. Prior to the 2021 election, the Liberal Party of Australia, the main centre right party, had held the seat every year since 1950. Shenton Park is within the division of Curtin for the Australian House of Representatives. The member for Curtin is the Liberal Party's Celia Hammond. The only voting location in Shenton Park is the Shenton Park Community Centre. Federal elections before 2013 also used St Aloysius Catholic Church for voting as well.

At the 2016 census, 52.1% of Shenton Park residents travelled to work in a car, compared to the state average of 70.4%; 15.7% travelled to work on public transport, compared to the state average of 9.2%; 7.3% walked to work, compared to the state average of 2.8%; and 6.2% cycled to work, compared to the state average of 1.0%. Aberdare Road and Nicholson Road travel along the northern and southern boundaries of the eastern section of Shenton Park, linking Thomas Street with Railway Road. Nicholson Road passes under the railway at a bridge, connecting to Selby Street, which runs north–south. To the north, it leads to Innaloo and Stirling. To the south, Selby Street leads to Stubbs Terrace, which runs along the north side of the railway to Claremont. On the southern side of the railway is Railway Road, which also leads to Claremont south west of Shenton Park. Rokeby Road is a road which goes north from Shenton Park, going into the Subiaco town centre. Shenton Park is served by Shenton Park railway station along the Fremantle line, which links the port city of Fremantle with Perth. The bus routes which serve Shenton Park are route 24, 25, 26, 27, 96, 97, 103, 998 and 999. Routes 998 and 999, also known as the CircleRoute, are a pair of bus routes which travel in a circle around Perth. Route 998 is clockwise, and route 999 is anticlockwise. Their route goes through Shenton Park along Aberdare Road, crossing the railway line at a bus only bridge south of Shenton Park station, before going along Stubbs Terrace and Selby Street. The destinations that the other routes link to include Claremont station along the Fremantle line, UWA, Dalkeith and Nedlands to the south, the Perth CBD, East Perth and Leederville railway station along the Joondalup line.