Nedlands
City of Nedlands · WA 6009
Karrakatta SandsGnangara Mound674 mm rainfall (2024)14.9 km from Jandakot HQ
Nedlands is a western suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. It is a part of the local government areas of the City of Nedlands and the City of Perth. It is about 7 kilometres (4 mi) from the Perth CBD via either Thomas Street or Mounts Bay Road.
Soil zone · Karrakatta Sands
Pale yellow deep sands inland of the Spearwood zone. Well-drained, slightly acidic, generally easier to work than Bassendean.
- Drainage
- High
- Water retention
- Low
Irrigation strategyStandard pop-up sprays effective for lawn. Wetting agents valuable in summer. Drip preferred for garden beds.
Installation notesStraightforward trenching to standard depth. Stable backfill. Good substrate for valve boxes and manifolds.
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
- 674 mm
- Wet season (May-Sep)
- 557 mm
- Dry season (Nov-Mar)
- 53 mm
- Source
- open-meteo
Irrigation implication8% of annual rainfall falls outside the dry season - reticulation carries the load Nov-Mar.
Demographics & geography
- Population
- 10,561 (as of 2021-08-10)
- Area
- 5.4 km²
- Density
- 1,956 / km²
- Postcode
- 6009
- LGA
- City of Nedlands
- Coordinates
- -31.9820, 115.8070
- Drive distance
- ~14.9 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 Nedlands (City of Nedlands) — 14.9 km from our Jandakot workshop"
- Soil-aware advice
- "Nedlands sits in the karrakatta sands zone. Standard pop-up sprays effective for lawn."
- Bore vs scheme
- "Bore prevalence here is very high (Gnangara Mound, water table 1-5 m)."
- Rainfall context
- "Annual rainfall ~674mm with 53mm in the dry season - irrigation must cover the gap."
- Schema.org payload
- LocalBusinessServiceareaServed: NedlandsgeoCoordinates