Collingwood Heights is a north-eastern suburb of Albany

Albany, Western Australia

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, Western Australia

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, between the Albany city centre and Emu Point

Emu Point, Western Australia

Emu Point is a north-eastern suburb of Albany in southern Western Australia, located north east of Albany's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Albany...

. Its Local Government Area

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 is the City of Albany

City of Albany

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.

The suburb's name was gazetted in 1981, prior to which it was known as Collingwood.

Geography

Collingwood Heights is bounded by the Yakamia Creek Diversion to the north, Martin and Ulster Roads to the west and Collingwood Road to the southeast. Most of the suburb's population of 691 persons are concentrated around a small residential estate at Breaksea Park.

The suburb was gazetted in 1981.

Facilities

Collingwood Heights is a small residential suburb located within a wider open area in the creek's catchment area. A B&B

Bed and breakfast

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 and an information bay are located in the suburb.

Collingwood Heights contains a private school, Southlands Christian College, which was established in 1999 and teaches the ACE

Accelerated Christian Education

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 curriculum. The nearest state primary school is two suburbs away in Mount Clarence

Mount Clarence, Western Australia

Mount Clarence is an inner suburb of Albany, Western Australia, between the Albany city centre and Middleton Beach. Its Local Government Area is the City of Albany, and over three-quarters of its land area is either parkland or forest, including Albany's Heritage Park.Mount Clarence was gazetted as...

. High school students have the option of going to St Joseph's College, a private Catholic school in Spencer Park

Spencer Park, Western Australia

Spencer Park is a north-eastern suburb of Albany in southern Western Australia, located north-northeast of Albany's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Albany, and the suburb was first gazetted in 1954.-Geography:...

, or Albany Senior High School.