Highgate is an inner suburb of Perth, Western Australia

Perth, Western Australia

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, located within the City of Vincent and north of the CBD. Highgate was named for the village of Highgate in Kent

Kent

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, England

England

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. Highgate is the second-smallest suburb in Perth, with an area of only 0.4km², with Kwinana Town Centre being the smallest.

Education

• 1 private primary school
  Primary education
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  , Sacred Heart
• 1 International College, St Marks
• 1 government primary school, Highgate Primary School (the second oldest in the state).

Highgate Primary School has students from over 50 different nationalities and backgrounds. The school also has a highly successful chess team and rock band. Highgate Primary participates actively in local sporting events and teaches Indonesian as a special LOTE language.