Lockyer (Western Australia)

Lockyer
Map of Albany marked with Lockyer in dark green
State :  Australia State : Western Australia
Coordinates : 35 ° 0 ′  S , 117 ° 51 ′  E Coordinates: 35 ° 0 ′  S , 117 ° 51 ′  E
Residents : 1,297 (2016)
Time zone : AWST (UTC + 8) Postal code : 6330 LGA : City of Albany
Lockyer

Lockyer is a district of Albany in the Australian state of Western Australia .

The place is in the west of Albany. The name is to be put in connection with Edmund Lockyer , the founder of Albany.

geography

Lockyer is about three kilometers northwest of downtown on the South Coast Highway .

In the north, the district borders on Orana and McKail , in the west on Gledhow , in the south on Mount Elphinstone , and in the east on Mount Melville .

Infrastructure

Lockyer is on the South Coast Highway and is served by the 808 bus. There are two schools in the village, Parklands School and Mount Lockyer Primary School .

In the village is the urban park Apex Park with the small lake Broke Inlet .

population

The town of Lockyer had a population of 1,297 people in 2016, of which 47.7% were male and 52.3% were female. 7.2% of the population (94 people) are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders

The average age at Lockyer is 36 years, two years below the Australian average of 38 years.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Lockyer ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved September 22, 2019.