Doubleview is a suburb of Perth

Perth, Western Australia

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, Western Australia

Western Australia

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. Its Local Government Area

Local Government Areas of Western Australia

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 is the City of Stirling.

The suburb was named Doubleview due to its views of both the Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean

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 to the west and the Perth CBD

Central business district

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 and Darling Range to the east.

Doubleview is generally a residential area, lying between Scarborough

Scarborough, Western Australia

Scarborough is a coastal suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located approximately 14 km northwest of the city centre in the local government area of the City of Stirling...

 to the west and Innaloo

Innaloo, Western Australia

Innaloo is a suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, and it is located 9 km from Perth's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stirling....

 to the east on the heavily-trafficked Scarborough Beach Road. Doubleview is near the Scarborough Police and Citizen's Youth Club, a local functions centre at which indoor sports and blue light

Blue Light

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 discos are frequently held for local children.

Education

Doubleview contains one state primary school, Doubleview Primary School (1951). Two other schools, Yuluma (formerly North Innaloo), opened in 1960, and Newborough, opened in 1955, are located just beyond the suburb's eastern and northern boundaries respectively. Prior to the construction of these schools, the area was served by a now defunct school near present-day Westfield Innaloo

Westfield Innaloo

Westfield Innaloo is a major shopping centre in the northern suburbs of Perth, located approximately 8 km north-west of the CBD at the corner of Scarborough Beach Road and Ellen Stirling Boulevard in Innaloo...

 on Scarborough Beach Road. Small sections in the south of the suburb lie in the catchment areas for Wembley Downs and Woodlands Primary Schools.

There are no high schools within Doubleview; the area lies in the Western Suburbs catchment area, allowing students to attend Churchlands Senior High School

Churchlands Senior High School

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 (the closest), Carine Senior High School

Carine Senior High School

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 or Shenton College

Shenton College

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.

Just beyond the suburb's southern boundaries are Hale School

Hale School

Hale School is a selective, independent, Anglican day and boarding school for boys, located in Wembley Downs, a coastal suburb of Perth, Western Australia....

, an elite boys' school, and a Catholic school, Holy Rosary Primary School.