Bassendean
Town of Bassendean · WA 6054
Bassendean is a north-eastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its local government area is the Town of Bassendean.
Soil zone · Bassendean Sands
Pale grey to white siliceous sands of the eastern coastal plain. Low organic matter, very high infiltration, and very low water-holding capacity.
- Drainage
- Very high
- Water retention
- Very low
Irrigation strategyFrequent short cycles outperform long soaks (water drains past the root zone). MP rotators and drip lines deliver more usable water than fixed pop-ups. Annual wetting agent application strongly recommended.
Installation notesEasy trenching. Anchor sprinkler bodies firmly - sand provides poor lateral support. Backfill compacts unevenly when wet.
Groundwater · Gnangara Mound
Large unconfined superficial aquifer covering most of Perth north of the Swan River. Primary garden-bore source for the northern suburbs.
- Bore prevalence
- Very high
- Water table
- 1-5 m
Bore considerationsDWER bore licence required. Most properties on sandy soils have viable shallow bores. Iron staining is common - filtration often needed. Subject to abstraction limits and metering rules.
Rainfall (2024)
Annual rainfall captured at this suburb's coordinates from Open-Meteo's ERA5 reanalysis archive.
- Annual total
- 775 mm
- Wet season (May-Sep)
- 646 mm
- Dry season (Nov-Mar)
- 66 mm
- Source
- open-meteo
Irrigation implication9% of annual rainfall falls outside the dry season - reticulation carries the load Nov-Mar.
Demographics & geography
- Population
- 10,837 (as of 2021-08-10)
- Area
- 7.39 km²
- Density
- 1,466 / km²
- Postcode
- 6054
- LGA
- Town of Bassendean
- Coordinates
- -31.9050, 115.9490
- Drive distance
- ~23.3 km from Jandakot HQ
Page content this drives
With four independent data dimensions per suburb (soil, bore, rainfall, demographics), the static landing page can vary 5+ content sections meaningfully — not just by suburb name swaps. Real differentiation is what avoids Google's doorway-page penalty.
- Hero copy
- "Reticulation services in Bassendean (Town of Bassendean) — 23.3 km from our Jandakot workshop"
- Soil-aware advice
- "Bassendean sits in the bassendean sands zone. Frequent short cycles outperform long soaks (water drains past the root zone)."
- Bore vs scheme
- "Bore prevalence here is very high (Gnangara Mound, water table 1-5 m)."
- Rainfall context
- "Annual rainfall ~775mm with 66mm in the dry season - irrigation must cover the gap."
- Schema.org payload
- LocalBusinessServiceareaServed: BassendeangeoCoordinates