Bickley, Western Australia

Bickley is a suburb located within the City of Kalamunda, in Perth, Western Australia.

Bickley Perth, Western Australia
Coordinates	32.008°S 116.091°E / -32.008; 116.091
Population	713 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)	6076
LGA(s)	City of Kalamunda
State electorate(s)	Kalamunda
Federal division(s)	Bullwinkel
Suburbs around Bickley: Kalamunda Piesse Brook Hacketts Gully Walliston Bickley Reservoir Carmel Pickering Brook Pickering Brook

It is situated on the Darling Scarp and is known for the brook of the same name.^[2]

Before 1949 it was a stopping place on the Upper Darling Range railway. It was originally known as "Heidelburg" or "Heidelberg",^{[3][clarification needed]} but during World War I, Western Australian Government Railways and Tramways renamed it "Bickley" after a local pioneer Wallace Bickley.^[4]

It has been the site of holiday and other sorts of camps.^[5]

The Seven Network and Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Perth television transmission towers have been located there since the founding of television in Perth in 1959.^[6][7]

Perth Observatory, originally situated in West Perth is also currently located in Bickley.^[8]

It is also one of the major meteorological stations within the Perth Metropolitan Area due to its length of time of operation and location on the Darling Scarp.^[9]

It is also the location of water reservoirs.^[10][11]

Climate

Bickley has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa), like the rest of Perth. Bickley has one of the highest average annual rainfalls for the Perth metropolitan region, and it experiences cooler nights than the rest of Perth, meaning that Bickley has a microclimate.^[12][13]

Climate data for Bickley
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	41.8 (107.2)	42.1 (107.8)	41.0 (105.8)	36.5 (97.7)	31.0 (87.8)	23.0 (73.4)	22.0 (71.6)	26.6 (79.9)	31.3 (88.3)	35.8 (96.4)	38.9 (102.0)	41.0 (105.8)	42.1 (107.8)
Mean maximum °C (°F)	38.9 (102.0)	38.3 (100.9)	36.8 (98.2)	31.2 (88.2)	25.8 (78.4)	20.9 (69.6)	19.5 (67.1)	21.5 (70.7)	24.8 (76.6)	30.8 (87.4)	34.6 (94.3)	37.8 (100.0)	39.9 (103.8)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	30.5 (86.9)	30.5 (86.9)	27.9 (82.2)	23.6 (74.5)	19.3 (66.7)	16.2 (61.2)	15.1 (59.2)	16.0 (60.8)	17.6 (63.7)	21.2 (70.2)	25.1 (77.2)	28.2 (82.8)	22.6 (72.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	15.4 (59.7)	15.9 (60.6)	14.6 (58.3)	12.7 (54.9)	10.1 (50.2)	8.1 (46.6)	7.2 (45.0)	7.6 (45.7)	8.2 (46.8)	9.8 (49.6)	11.9 (53.4)	13.8 (56.8)	11.3 (52.3)
Mean minimum °C (°F)	9.8 (49.6)	10.3 (50.5)	8.9 (48.0)	7.4 (45.3)	5.5 (41.9)	3.9 (39.0)	3.0 (37.4)	3.2 (37.8)	3.5 (38.3)	4.9 (40.8)	7.0 (44.6)	8.4 (47.1)	2.4 (36.3)
Record low °C (°F)	8.0 (46.4)	8.0 (46.4)	5.0 (41.0)	4.4 (39.9)	3.0 (37.4)	1.9 (35.4)	1.0 (33.8)	1.0 (33.8)	1.0 (33.8)	3.0 (37.4)	4.0 (39.2)	5.0 (41.0)	1.0 (33.8)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	20.5 (0.81)	20.7 (0.81)	26.1 (1.03)	54.7 (2.15)	130.8 (5.15)	198.1 (7.80)	216.8 (8.54)	176.8 (6.96)	123.2 (4.85)	66.1 (2.60)	40.6 (1.60)	14.6 (0.57)	1,080.4 (42.54)
Average precipitation days	3.3	2.8	4.3	7.4	12.7	17.1	18.0	16.6	14.5	9.4	6.5	3.6	116.2
Average afternoon relative humidity (%) (at 15:00)	35	34	39	49	58	67	68	65	60	51	44	38	51
Source: Bureau of Meteorology[9][14][15] Temperatures: 1994–2020; Rain data: 1969–2020; Relative humidity: 1994–2010

See also

• Australian place names changed from German names