Lockyer is a north-western suburb of Albany

Albany, Western Australia

Albany is a port city in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, some 418 km SE of Perth, the state capital. As of 2009, Albany's population was estimated at 33,600, making it the 6th-largest city in the state....

 in southern Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

, located north west of Albany's central business district

Central business district

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. Its Local Government Area

Local Government Areas of Western Australia

The Australian state of Western Australia is divided into 141 local government areas...

 is the City of Albany

City of Albany

The City of Albany is a Local Government Area in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, about SSE of Perth, the capital of Western Australia. It covers an area of , including the Greater Albany metropolitan area and the Port of Albany, as well as the surrounding agricultural district and...

. The suburb has a median age of 33.

Geography

Lockyer is bounded to the North by the South Coast Highway

South Coast Highway

South Coast Highway is a Western Australia highway. It is a part of the Highway 1 network.With a length of , it runs from Esperance to Walpole roughly in parallel to the Western Australia's south coast...

, to the east by Hanrahan Road, to the south by Cuming Road and to the WEst by Cull Road.

Facilities

The suburb has a local primary school within its boundaries, Mount Lockyer Primary School. Local students would attend North Albany Senior High School

North Albany Senior High School

North Albany Senior High School is a comprehensive public high school located in the North West of Albany, a regional centre south-southeast of Perth, Western Australia...

 in Milpara

Milpara, Western Australia

Milpara is a north-western suburb of Albany in southern Western Australia, located north west of Albany's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Albany. The suburb has a median age of 40....

for secondary education.