Shenton Park is a suburb approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west of the central business district (CBD) of Perth, the capital and largest city of Western Australia.

It is 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of the Indian Ocean, and is part of Perth's affluent western suburbs.

To the south is Nedlands and Karrakatta, to the west is Mount Claremont, to the north is Floreat, Jolimont, Daglish and Subiaco, and to the east is Kings Park.

The dunes consist of brown sand lying over yellow subsoil, with Tamala Limestone below.

[3][4] Birds such as laughing kookaburra, red-tailed black-cockatoo, long-billed corella, lorikeets, Australian pelican, black swan among others can frequently be seen in the suburb especially at Jualbup Lake.

Blue collar jobs were low, with technicians and trades workers at 5.7%, labourers at 4.6%, and machinery operators and drivers at 0.8%.

53.4% of residents aged 15 years or above had a bachelor's degree or above, significantly higher than the state average of 20.5%.

[6] The most common ancestries that people identified with at the 2016 census were English (29.7%), Australian (22.1%), Irish (9.2%), Scottish (8.4%), and Chinese (3.9%).

[6] On the western side is Shenton College, a purpose-built high school established in 2000, a teaching and rehabilitation hospital which includes a health science campus of Curtin University of Technology, two private hospitals, the University of Western Australia Shenton Field Station, offices of numerous health advocacy associations and depots and processing plants associated with the Water Corporation and various councils.

Shenton Park has two animal welfare organisations opposite each other on Lemnos Street: the Dogs' Refuge Home and the Cat Haven.

During an outbreak of smallpox in 1893, the colonial government set up an isolation tent hospital in the bush at Shenton Park.

This seat is part of the North Metropolitan Region of the Western Australian Legislative Council (upper house).

Thomas Street is a six-lane dual carriageway which travels along Shenton Park's western boundary.

To the south, Thomas Street leads to Stirling Highway and the University of Western Australia (UWA).

Hay Street is a four-lane dual carriageway which travels along Shenton Park's northernmost boundary.

Nicholson Road passes under the railway at a bridge, connecting to Selby Street, which runs north–south.

To the south, Selby Street leads to Stubbs Terrace, which runs along the north side of the railway to Claremont.