The hospital and Stirling Highway are well served by the CircleRoute and other bus routes. Nedlands also contains some grocery shops and a library. It also contains the Perth Children's Hospital, adjoining the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, as part of the Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre complex.
The Peace Memorial Rose Garden on Stirling Highway commemorates lives lost in war. It was developed by the Rose Society and the Nedlands Road Board in the 1950s. It was dedicated in 1951.[2][3]
Nedlands is served by the CircleRoute and other services along Stirling Highway, Hampden Road, Broadway and Princess Road. All services are operated by Swan Transit.
Nedlands is part of the federal division of Curtin. The federal seat has traditionally been regarded as a safe seat, being continually retained by the Liberal Party with the exception of former Liberal Party member Allan Rocher as an independent politician between 1996 and 1998, but was won by independent politician Kate Chaney at the 2022 Australian federal election. For the parliament of Western Australia, the state electoral district of Nedlands is held by Labor member Katrina Stratton.
Its easternmost booth near the university is marginal at both levels of government, and all parts of the suburb exhibit a strong Green vote (and historically environmental concerns have also resulted in a strong primary vote for Liberals for Forests).
^"DEDICATION CEREMONY". The West Australian. Vol. 66, no. 20, 046. Western Australia. 17 October 1950. p. 5. Retrieved 28 September 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Route 23". Bus Timetable 44(PDF). Transperth. 11 January 2024 [effective from 28 January 2024].
^"Route 24". Bus Timetable 44(PDF). Transperth. 11 January 2024 [effective from 28 January 2024].
^"Route 25". Bus Timetable 44(PDF). Transperth. 11 January 2024 [effective from 28 January 2024].
^"Route 103". Bus Timetable 32(PDF). Transperth. 19 June 2023 [effective from 16 July 2023].
^"Route 950". Bus Timetable 202(PDF). Transperth. 24 August 2023 [effective from 20 November 2023].
^"Route 995". Bus Timetable 213(PDF). Transperth. 20 June 2023 [effective from 16 July 2023].
^"Route 998". CircleRoute Timetable 200(PDF) (CircleRoute). Transperth. 29 August 2023 [effective from 20 November 2023].
^"Route 999". CircleRoute Timetable 200(PDF) (CircleRoute). Transperth. 29 August 2023 [effective from 20 November 2023].
^Perth CAT Timetable 203(PDF) (Perth CAT). Transperth. 15 June 2023 [effective from 2 July 2023].
^"Route 96". Bus Timetable 41(PDF). Transperth. 5 January 2024 [effective from 28 January 2024].
^"Route 97". Bus Timetable 41(PDF). Transperth. 5 January 2024 [effective from 28 January 2024].