The suburb is thought to be named after either the Spanish city of Málaga, or the Aboriginal word malaga which means ironstone. The name was approved in 1969.
Malaga is an industrial precinct. Currently there are 2409 businesses with a workforce of over 12,000 people. The 2006 census listed only 28 people living in the suburb.[4][5]
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^Peet & Co; Morning Herald Job Printing Department (lithographer.) (1908), Balcatta Park Extension : Swan location K1, Perth, Western Australia Peet &Co, retrieved 22 January 2020
^Walker, Beth; Edith Cowan University. Small and Medium Enterprise Research Centre (2004), Malaga business review 2004, Small and Medium Enterprise Research Centre, Edith Cowan university, retrieved 22 January 2020
^Walker, Beth; Strahan, Bernadette; Edith Cowan University. Small and Medium Enterprise Research Centre; Swan (W.A.). Council (2008), Malaga business review 2008 : informing the Malaga Place plan, Small and Medium Enterprise Research Centre, Edith Cowan University, retrieved 22 January 2020
^"Route 344". Bus Timetable 105(PDF). Transperth. 17 November 2022 [effective from 18 December 2022].
^"Route 360". Bus Timetable 76(PDF). Transperth. 4 August 2023 [effective from 10 September 2023].
^"Route 361". Bus Timetable 76(PDF). Transperth. 4 August 2023 [effective from 10 September 2023].
^"Route 362". Bus Timetable 76(PDF). Transperth. 4 August 2023 [effective from 10 September 2023].
^"Route 378". Bus Timetable 75(PDF). Transperth. 13 November 2023 [effective from 17 December 2023].
^"Route 449". Bus Timetable 80(PDF). Transperth. 24 October 2023 [effective from 17 December 2023].
