{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2014}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2014}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb | name = Bullsbrook | city = Perth | state = wa | image = Bullsbrook_SMC_2008.jpg | caption = Bullsbrook | lga = City of Swan | map_type = nomap | local_map = yes | zoom = 10 | coordinates = {{coord|31.663|S|116.03|E|display=inline,title}} | postcode = 6084 | est = | pop = <!--leave blank to draw the latest automatically from Wikidata--> | area = | stategov = Swan Hills | fedgov = Durack | near-nw = Muchea | near-n = Lower Chittering | near-ne = Julimar | near-w = Melaleuca | near-e = Gidgegannup | near-sw = Melaleuca | near-s = Melaleuca | near-se = Upper Swan and Brigadoon }}
'''Bullsbrook''' (formerly '''Bullsbrook East''') is a northern suburb of Perth, Western Australia in the outer metropolitan area. It is located in the City of Swan. The original Bullsbrook townsite is located slightly west of the current town, on the 17-kilometre mark of the Midland Railway. Bullsbrook is also home to the RAAF Pearce airbase, a major training facility for the Royal Australian Air Force.
The suburb is situated on the Great Northern Highway, 25 kilometres north of the Midland Strategic Regional Centre. It is served by several major transport routes, including the Great Northern Highway, Railway Parade and the Brand Highway to the north, Chittering Road to the east and Tonkin Highway, and Neaves Road to the west. Bullsbrook is also adjacent to the state rail network, providing an opportunity for the development of an intermodal freight transport hub. The site is further enhanced by a link to the planned Perth-Darwin National Highway via Stock Road.
Although traditionally a predominantly rural area, the release in 2008 of the Bullsbrook Commercial Centre offered scope for the expansion of commercial and light industrial land use. In addition, the City of Swan is awaiting the state government's approval of the draft Bullsbrook Townsite and Rural Strategy which would allow further industrial, commercial and residential growth.
==History==
Settlement of the area dates from the 1890s, following the construction of the Midland railway line and military land use commenced from 1935. The most significant development occurred from the 1970s, with further population growth in the early 1990s.
Regarding the origin of the name, the Western Australian Department of Land Information states:<ref>{{LandInfo WA|m|B|2007-05-15}}</ref> {{Quote|...the name originates from the railway station, established during the construction of the Midland Railway in the 1890s and named after an adjacent watercourse, Bull's Brook. The watercourse may have been named after Lt Henry Bull who was granted Swan Location 1 about 8km south on 15 May 1831. Another possibility is that the watercourse was named after Richard ("Bull") Jones, one of Henry Bull's servants, who resided in the region for many years.}}
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bullsbrook Centre for National Resilience, a quarantine centre, was constructed in Bullsbrook near the RAAF Base Pearce.<ref name="bcqf">{{cite news |last1=Law |first1=Peter |last2=Le May |first2=Rebecca |date=20 September 2022 |title=Bullsbrook COVID quarantine facility: Build complete but skilled worker housing ruled out, Mark McGowan says |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/coronavirus/bullsbrook-covid-quarantine-facility-build-complete-but-mark-mcgowan-still-searching-for-use-c-8301940 |work=PerthNow |access-date=25 November 2023}}</ref> The centre opened in September 2022, but was never used to isolate COVID-19 patients. The centre cost about $400 million and can house 500 people. In 2023, the facility was briefly used as temporary accommodation for people displaced by the 2023 Wanneroo bushfire.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Holly |first1=Thompson |last2=Peppiatt |first2=Rebecca |last3=Hastie |first3=Hamish |title=At least 10 homes lost as government stands up Bullsbrook facility for fire evacuees |url=https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/early-reports-of-homes-lost-as-bushfire-rages-through-perth-s-north-20231123-p5emay.html |website=WAtoday |access-date=22 May 2026 |language=en |date=23 November 2023}}</ref> The centre was first used for quarantine in May 2026, when six passengers evacuated from the MV ''Hondius'' cruise ship after a hantavirus outbreak on the ship were isolated there.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Melissa |first1=Meehan |last2=Wilson |first2=Nick |title=Experts back quarantine plan for cruise ship evacuees |url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9244676/experts-back-quarantine-plan-for-cruise-ship-evacuees/ |website=Canberra Times |access-date=22 May 2026 |date=12 May 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Branco |first1=Jorge |last2=Bennett |first2=Emily |last3=Wilson |first3=Eleanor |title=Aussies evacuated from hantavirus cruise ship hit snag in repatriation mission |url=https://www.9news.com.au/world/hantavirus-cruise-ship-update-australians-change-plans-repatriation/11d15794-761e-4480-a3ce-f87ff8ed8e33 |access-date=22 May 2026 |work=9 News |date=13 May 2026}}</ref>
==Population== In the 2016 census, there were 5,185 people in Bullsbrook, 66.8% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were England 9.7% and New Zealand 3.6%. 84.9% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 36.1%, Anglican 19.5% and Catholic 18.2%.<ref name=abs>{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC50207|name=Bullsbrook (State Suburb)|quick=on|accessdate =22 September 2018}}50px Material was copied from this source, which is available under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License].</ref>
==Community== The Bullsbrook Youth Committee has hosted events like the Christmas event and also sometimes help run the Bullseye Youth Group. There is also the community garden which is located next to Brearley Park.
==Education== Bullsbrook has one school, Bullsbrook College, which takes students from kindergarten to year 12. It was established in 1952.<ref>{{cite web |title=Principal's Welcome |url=http://bullsbrook-college.wa.edu.au/our-school/principals-welcome/ |website=Bullsbrook College |access-date=17 August 2021}}</ref> There was previously another school that was built in 1901, and that the present school replaced.<ref>{{cite web |title=WA Schools Gazetteer |url=http://www.geoproject.com.au/News/Schools_gaz_5_excl_preschools_10Dec2018.pdf |website=Geoproject Solutions |access-date=30 August 2020}}</ref>
==Climate== The Bureau of Meteorology operates a weather station at RAAF Base Pearce. Bullsbrook has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification ''Csa''), like the rest of the Perth metropolitan region. Bullsbrook is among the hottest parts of the metropolitan region during summer, having reached some of the hottest recorded temperatures in Perth.
{{Weather box |location = RAAF Base Pearce (Bullsbrook) |metric first = Yes |single line = Yes |Jan record high C = 46.0 |Feb record high C = 45.7 |Mar record high C = 42.9 |Apr record high C = 40.7 |May record high C = 35.4 |Jun record high C = 27.2 |Jul record high C = 29.6 |Aug record high C = 29.6 |Sep record high C = 33.0 |Oct record high C = 38.0 |Nov record high C = 43.1 |Dec record high C = 44.2 |Jan avg record high C = 41.9 |Feb avg record high C = 41.6 |Mar avg record high C = 39.1 |Apr avg record high C = 34.0 |May avg record high C = 28.9 |Jun avg record high C = 23.5 |Jul avg record high C = 22.2 |Aug avg record high C = 23.7 |Sep avg record high C = 26.8 |Oct avg record high C = 32.7 |Nov avg record high C = 36.9 |Dec avg record high C = 39.9 |year avg record high C = 43.4 |Jan high C = 33.5 |Feb high C = 33.3 |Mar high C = 30.6 |Apr high C = 26.5 |May high C = 22.1 |Jun high C = 18.9 |Jul high C = 17.9 |Aug high C = 18.4 |Sep high C = 20.1 |Oct high C = 23.5 |Nov high C = 27.4 |Dec high C = 30.5 |year high C = 25.2 |Jan low C = 17.0 |Feb low C = 17.6 |Mar low C = 16.0 |Apr low C = 13.3 |May low C = 10.7 |Jun low C = 9.3 |Jul low C = 8.4 |Aug low C = 8.2 |Sep low C = 8.8 |Oct low C = 10.2 |Nov low C = 12.6 |Dec low C = 14.6 |year low C = 12.2 |Jan avg record low C = 11.0 |Feb avg record low C = 11.3 |Mar avg record low C = 8.8 |Apr avg record low C = 7.1 |May avg record low C = 4.2 |Jun avg record low C = 3.0 |Jul avg record low C = 2.4 |Aug avg record low C = 2.7 |Sep avg record low C = 3.8 |Oct avg record low C = 4.9 |Nov avg record low C = 6.8 |Dec avg record low C = 8.7 |year avg record low C = 1.2 |Jan record low C = 7.4 |Feb record low C = 6.8 |Mar record low C = 4.5 |Apr record low C = 2.0 |May record low C = -0.6 |Jun record low C = -2.9 |Jul record low C = -1.9 |Aug record low C = 0.5 |Sep record low C = 0.5 |Oct record low C = 1.2 |Nov record low C = 2.8 |Dec record low C = 5.3 |rain colour = green |Jan rain mm = 10.5 |Feb rain mm = 13.1 |Mar rain mm = 16.3 |Apr rain mm = 34.0 |May rain mm = 82.9 |Jun rain mm = 130.7 |Jul rain mm = 133.8 |Aug rain mm = 106.1 |Sep rain mm = 68.2 |Oct rain mm = 35.8 |Nov rain mm = 22.3 |Dec rain mm = 10.9 |year rain mm = 652.1 |Jan precipitation days = 2.0 |Feb precipitation days = 2.5 |Mar precipitation days = 3.6 |Apr precipitation days = 7.2 |May precipitation days = 12.1 |Jun precipitation days = 15.6 |Jul precipitation days = 17.5 |Aug precipitation days = 15.8 |Sep precipitation days = 13.5 |Oct precipitation days = 8.9 |Nov precipitation days = 5.8 |Dec precipitation days = 3.3 |year precipitation days = 107.8 |humidity colour = green |time day = 15:00 |Jan afthumidity = 30 |Feb afthumidity = 31 |Mar afthumidity = 35 |Apr afthumidity = 43 |May afthumidity = 60 |Jun afthumidity = 60 |Jul afthumidity = 61 |Aug afthumidity = 57 |Sep afthumidity = 54 |Oct afthumidity = 46 |Nov afthumidity = 39 |Dec afthumidity = 33 |year humidity = 46 |source = Bureau of Meteorology<ref>{{cite web |title=Climate statistics for Australian locations – Pearce RAAF |url=http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_009053_All.shtml |website=Bureau of Meteorology |accessdate=15 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Monthly highest temperature – Pearce RAAF |url=http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/weatherData/av?p_nccObsCode=40&p_display_type=dataFile&p_startYear=&p_c=&p_stn_num=009053 |website=Bureau of Meteorology |accessdate=15 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Monthly lowest temperature – Pearce RAAF |url=http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/weatherData/av?p_nccObsCode=43&p_display_type=dataFile&p_startYear=&p_c=&p_stn_num=009053 |website=Bureau of Meteorology |accessdate=15 July 2020}}</ref><br/>Temperatures: 1940–2020; Rain data: 1937–2020; Relative humidity: 1944–2011 |date = July 2020 }}
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