About Carramar
Carramar is a suburb of Perth, Western
Australia, located within the City of Wanneroo
and it is situated 30 km from the Perth CBD.
Its postcode is 6031, and it came into being,
together with Tapping to the south, in 1995 as a
subdivision of Neerabup. Carramar has a park
and sporting oval located on its Southern
border at Millendon Street between Houghton
and Cheriton Drives. Also located in this same
area is the local Community Centre
constructed and operated by the local council
opened in May 2006.
Two sites within the suburb of Carramar are
zoned for retail facilities. The first is the
Carramar Village Shopping Centre located in
the area bounded by Joondalup Drive,
Rawlinna Parkway, and Cheriton Drive on the
suburb's southern boundary. The site is owned
by the estate's land developer Peet Limited and
opened for trading in March 2009. The second
site is zoned regional shopping centre and is
located on a parcel of land to the north of the
intersection at Joondalup Drive and Pinjar
Road.
A new primary school, Carramar Primary
School, opened on 2 February 2005.
High School studies are provided through
either Wanneroo Senior High School or Kinross
College. A number of students also attend St
Stephen's School in the neighbouring suburb of
Tapping for private primary and secondary
education.