Tapping, Western Australia

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This article is about the suburb within Perth, Western Australia. For other uses, see Tapping (disambiguation).

Tapping
Perth, Western Australia

Population:

228 (2001 census)^[1]

Postcode:

6065

Area:

1.2^[1] km²

Location:

27 km from Perth

LGA:

Wanneroo

State District:

Wanneroo

Federal Division:

Cowan

Suburbs around Tapping
Neerabup	Carramar	Banksia Grove
Joondalup	Tapping	Mariginiup
Ashby	Ashby	Mariginiup

Tapping is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Wanneroo. Its postcode is 6065, and it came into being in the early 1990s as a subdivision of Wanneroo, originally as part of the Carramar estate.

Tapping was chosen as the suburb name in honour of an early settler family in the Wanneroo area. Mr William Tapping arrived in 1886 and Molly and Dolly Tapping were long time Postmistresses in Wanneroo. The name for the suburb was approved in 1997.^[2]

1 Geography
2 Education
3 Transport
- 3.1 Bus Routes
4 References

[edit] Geography

Tapping is bounded by Joondalup Drive to the north, Pinjar Road to the east, Ashley Road to the south, and Wanneroo Road to the west.^[3]

[edit] Education

A new primary school, Tapping Primary School, opened in February 2007.

Tapping also contains one private School, St Stephen's School, Carramar Campus, an extension of the original St Stephens School in Duncraig. The school supports both primary and secondary education.

[edit] Transport

The suburb is served by bus links which provides connections back to the Joondalup Line via either the Whitfords or Jooondalup railway stations. Bus route 390 runs through the middle of Tapping along St Stephens Crescent before running north at Castledene Way. Bus Route 391 only runs along the northeastern border of the suburb, while Route 468 only stops at the western side near Clarkson Avenue.

[edit] Bus Routes

390 Joondalup - Neerabup
391 Joondalup - Neerabup
468 Whitfords - Joondalup

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b 2001 Census Data by Location Name (Tapping), Australian Bureau of Statistics, released 19 November 2002. Accessed 2006-11-18
^ Western Australian Land Information Authority (Landgate). History of suburb names - T. Retrieved on February 6, 2007.
^ Maps 165-166, 2007 UBD Directory (49th Edition), Universal Publishers Limited, Perth.