Malaga, Western Australia


Malaga is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, approximately north of the CBD, in the City of Swan.
Early real estate development occurred in the decade before the first world war.

Etymology

The suburb is thought to be named after either the Spanish city of Málaga, or the Aboriginal word malaga, which means "ironstone". The name was approved in 1969.

Demographics

Malaga is an industrial precinct. Currently there are 2409 businesses with a workforce of over 12,000 people. The 2006 census listed only 28 people living in the suburb.

Industry

The suburb contains a Transperth bus depot that opened in December 1986. In 2025, it was the first bus depot in Perth to be upgraded to operate a large fleet of electric buses.
In April 1999, Volgren opened a bus building plant that has bodied over 2,000 Transperth buses.

Transport

Bus